BSc (Hons) Business Entrepreneurship with integrated Foundation
After your foundation year, progress to undergraduate study and become an innovator who can drive change across businesses of every kind.
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For aspiring founders, innovators and intrapreneurs who strive to drive change in businesses of every size, Buckingham’s Business Entrepreneurship with integrated foundation degree is practical rather than theoretical. This course combines core business management alongside development of the skills, mindset and confidence to create, launch and grow new ideas.
Business needs people who can do more than understand organisations. It needs people who can spot opportunities, create value, challenge assumptions and turn ideas into action. This degree is designed for students who want to develop that entrepreneurial edge; whether you aim to launch your own venture, grow a family business, work in a start-up or bring innovation into an established organisation.
Following your Foundation studies, you will study the core areas that every business graduate needs, with a distinctive focus on enterprise, innovation, and practical entrepreneurship. You will study the foundations of business, including management, marketing, finance, economics, strategy, people, operations and decision-making. You’ll also explore what it takes to create and develop new products, services and organisations.
The course goes beyond textbook learning. You will have opportunities to engage with entrepreneurs, analyse real entrepreneurial journeys and benefit from links with local businesspeople and wider enterprise networks. You’ll also learn through excellent academic contact, entrepreneur-led sessions, business projects and micro-internships.
A key strength of the programme is its practical focus. Students learn about the psychology of entrepreneurship, innovation, social enterprise and business creation. They also complete a dissertation on an entrepreneurial topic that interests them, allowing them to investigate an area aligned with their ambitions. You will graduate with a recognised degree, practical experience and the confidence to take your next step in business.
Course Highlights
- Begin your degree-level studies confidently after your Foundation year.
- A focus on practical, up-to-date business creation issues.
- You will be assessed through business skills, not exams or essays.
- You’ll be taught by lecturers who have real-world entrepreneurial experience
- Experience valuable connections as you interact with real entrepreneurs.
- You will work on live business projects with real local business founders.
- The development of a powerful mix of business and enterprise skills.
Course breakdown
The Foundation year allows you to prepare for undergraduate study in business management and leadership. You will take core modules that cover academic skills, critical thinking and learning how to study at university level. You will also start to study business and management to get a grounding in the topic before you move on to the first year of your undergraduate programme.
Your undergraduate studies will firstly explore how businesses work and how managers make decisions, alongside the development of your own personal, communication and academic skills. Your studies will progress into accounting, economics and marketing, before looking at how people, teams and organisations behave. You will also discover what it takes to be an entrepreneur as you investigate the psychology of entrepreneurship.
Equipped with this understanding, you will begin developing business ideas and discovering how to innovate. You will learn how to manage people and change as a business grows. Plus, having studied strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship, you will also study how to disrupt and how to avoid a start-up becoming disrupted by technology and other businesses.
Towards the end of your degree, you will discover how businesses go about conducting research, allowing you to complete your own project before running a simulated business online in competition with your fellow students.
Foundation Year
In your Foundation year you will study four modules that will prepare you for higher level study. You will be able to hone your academic skills so that you can be sure you can cope with undergraduate studies. You will also get to start work on various aspects of business and management, so you are ready for the first year of undergraduate work.
Year 1 – Undergraduate
During your first year of undergraduate study, you will focus on business fundamentals, such as marketing, finance, and decision-making, as well as developing the skills you need to be a successful entrepreneur, including understanding the psychology of entrepreneurship.
Year 2 – Undergraduate
In year two, you move on to managing people, behavioural aspects of business, as well as service and strategy. You will also investigate your options for starting businesses, including social enterprises, and discover the problems of disruption.
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Teaching and assessment
We keep class sizes small so you won’t get lost in the crowd. You will be assigned a personal tutor to support you every step of the way, and our academic and student support teams will ensure you have the tools to succeed in your studies. We value the quality of your learning experience.
Teaching methods
Your timetable will show “lectures,” but we don’t run traditional lectures in this business degree! Instead, when you see the word “lecture” it really means “workshop” or “seminar” or “practical session”; we want you to learn by doing. So, whilst you will receive some short theoretical or instructional talks, these are always enhanced by practical exercises that you complete in class. During many of your “lectures”, you’ll be asked to leave the lecture theatre to complete an exercise elsewhere, on campus or perhaps in Buckingham itself, before returning to discuss your findings.
Each week, you will also attend a tutorial session for each of your modules. A tutorial is a small-group session with around eight students, where you’ll have the opportunity to discuss your learnings or to complete specific tasks set by your lecturer. These sessions allow you to check your own understanding of a topic, and your lecturer can support you with any concepts you may be struggling with. Or, as is often the case, the lecturer will see your positive progression and therefore challenge you with additional material. Either way, tutorials are an excellent way to ensure you get to grips with the topic.
During your degree, you will also experience guest lectures from people in business, such as owners of local businesses, small firms or major global brands. Each term, you will get to engage with several businesspeople who come to deliver these guest lectures. As a result, you’ll hear about what is occurring in businesses right now and therefore get to grips the challenges that they encounter.
Another way in which you’ll engage with businesses is through the project work you will undertake. Businesses come to the University and provide students a real, live project that they need help with. You get more deeply involved in the business, and this gives you a real, tangible understanding. Recently, our students have produced a marketing plan for a wine shop, a business plan for a gym, and a strategy for a radio station.
Timetabled activities
In your first year of undergraduate study, you can expect:
| Activity | Hours per week |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 9 |
| Tutorials | 3 |
Assessment Methods
Students are assessed via:
- Business reports
- Case study analysis
- Projects
- Presentations
- Posters
- Group work
- Role plays
- Simulations
- Reflections
- Peer assessment
- In-class tests (open book)
- Tutorial contributions.
We do not have exams in this business programme.
After your course
Having completed the BSc Business Management with Entrepreneurship degree, you will be well-placed to evolve into a wide range of roles. Some students launch their own businesses, develop a family enterprise or build a freelance career. Others may join a start-up, small business or fast-growth company where entrepreneurial thinking is highly valued. Many will enter graduate roles in management, marketing, business development, sales, operations, project coordination or innovation. Larger organisations also need intrapreneurs: employees who can improve processes, develop new ideas and respond to technological disruption.
Here are just some of the career opportunities and skills that can stem from studying on this course:
Career opportunities
- Entrepreneur/Start-up founder
- Innovation/Enterprise officer
- Business Development Executive
- Graduate Management Trainee
- Marketing Executive
- Key Account Manager
- Project Manager
- Operations Manager.
Career skills
- Entrepreneurial thinking
- Commercial awareness
- Innovation and problem-solving
- Communication and presentation skills
- Teamwork and leadership
- Networking and relationship-building
- Self-management and professional confidence.
Careers and Employability Support
Our courses strive to effectively combine academic challenge with the transferable skills that will stand you in good stead for future employment. The Buckingham tutorial teaching model means that our students are well prepared as they embark on their careers and future study.
Find out more about our Careers and Employability Service.
Postgraduate study
Our two-year degrees mean you can begin your postgraduate studies quicker than your peers.
“Buckingham helped make the impossible, possible. The strong support offering and small class tutorials make the degree less daunting.”
Reni, Undergraduate student
Entry requirements
See our general University entry requirements for information on flexible entry, mature students and alternative qualifications.
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Foundation
Applicants must have a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grades 4-9, including English and Maths, or their international equivalents. In addition, applicants must have one of the following qualifications or their international equivalents:
- A Levels with minimum grades of DD
- BTEC National Diploma with minimum grades of MPP
- Other Level 3 qualifications equivalent to at least 48 UCAS points
International Applicants
We welcome equivalent qualifications from around the world. However, you must also demonstrate your English language proficiency by achieving an IELTS score of 6 with a minimum score of 5.5 in each component, or another approved language test.
We have a number of standard entry requirements for our international applicants.
If you are uncertain on whether you will be eligible to apply for this course, please contact our Admissions team.
Course fees
The fees for this course are:
| Start | Type | 1st Year | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
Month Year Full-time (2 Years) | UK | £00,000 | £00,000 |
| INT | £00,000 | £00,000 | |
Month Year Full-time (2 Years) | UK | £00,000 | £00,000 |
| INT | £00,000 | £00,000 |
The University reserves the right to increase course fees annually in line with inflation linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI). If the University intends to increase your course fees it will notify you via email of this as soon as reasonably practicable.
Course fees do not include additional costs such as books, equipment, writing up fees and other ancillary charges. Where applicable, these additional costs will be made clear.
Scholarships and bursaries
How to apply
We welcome applications in two different ways – directly via our online application form, or through UCAS.
Apply direct
Apply online from this page as:
- The most flexible option.
- You can apply until shortly before the course starts.
- There are no application fees.
- Apply as an additional option to your UCAS choices.
You can apply directly through our website by clicking the ‘Apply Now’ button.
Apply via UCAS
Alternatively, if you do not wish to apply directly with us, you can apply via UCAS where you can easily make Buckingham one of your UCAS choices.
Do bear in mind that the application and decision deadline are set by UCAS and there is an application fee to UCAS.