Overview
Entrepreneurial and innovation skills and mindset are a requisite for any businesses to succeed in today’s ever-changing world. Whether you want to start your own enterprise, enter the family business, or drive change within a large organisation, the Business Management with Entrepreneurship BSc will develop essential skills and give you tools you need to spark, build and manage.
This programme equips you with a robust understanding and experience of entrepreneurship and management and goes beyond theoretical learning. In your second year, you'll have the unique opportunity to create, run, and grow a real-life enterprise as part of a group project. This immersive experience allows you to apply classroom knowledge in a practical setting, preparing you to tackle real-world challenges in the business and entrepreneurial landscape.
Through a series of specialist modules, you will develop a wide range of skills, from financial management and strategy to innovation and problem-solving. This diverse skill set opens doors to various career opportunities. Whether you aspire to launch your own business, contribute to an established organisation's innovation strategies, or take on roles like business development manager, management consultant, or start-up adviser, this programme prepares you for success across a spectrum of business-related careers.
You will also gain sought-after transferable skills, such as: resilience, collaboration, self-management and reflection, critical and strategic thinking, building and maintaining relationship, and leadership. By learning through doing, you’ll hone these skills and thrive on solving social and economic problems.
Along the way, there are lots of resources available to help you to get the most out of your degree:
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one to one mentorship: the programme offers a comprehensive one to one mentorship scheme that connects you with industrial entrepreneurs in your second year. These mentors share insider best practices and provide guidance that goes beyond traditional textbooks. Additionally, you'll benefit from the network of professionals and guest speakers from various industries who contribute to your learning experience, giving you valuable insights into the entrepreneurial and business world.
- Pitch event: you will present your business in your second year to real investors to receive feedback and investment; in a Dragon's Den style.
- We arrange public liability insurance to cover your enterprise’ sales to the public, in your second year, and give you the option of an HSBC business account
- Access to the Brunel Entrepreneur Hub, which offers expert advice, funding opportunities, and resources specifically designed to support student start-ups. The Hub serves as a nexus for entrepreneurial minds, offering a supportive environment for ideation and business growth.
- Through the Co-Innovate programme, you can opt to collaborate with an SME and help them solve a real business problem as part of your final year project
- London Ecosystem Engagement: Located in London, a global hub for entrepreneurship and innovation, Brunel University offers you access to a vibrant ecosystem of events, activities, and collaborations. From attending trade fairs to competing for awards like the Mayor's Entrepreneur award, you'll be immersed in real-world entrepreneurial experiences, enhancing your skills and mindset for success in the dynamic business landscape.
You have the option to take a work placement between your second and third year in established organisations or focus on developing your start-up business. Previous placement employers have included: Adidas, Microsoft, British Airways, PwC and Nissan. Find out more on our work placement year page.
Course content
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation BSc degree will equip you with a broad knowledge and an appreciation of subject principles in business and management, as well as the finer points of entrepreneurial and innovation practices. You’ll become adept in the areas of finance, strategy, Innovation, as well as understanding how entrepreneurship and innovation are nurtured within established corporate organisations.
Compulsory
- Introduction to Management Enquiry
This module introduces students to fundamentals of business and management with the focus on a number of key concepts. This includes subjects such as understanding organisational planning with a focus on the foundations of decision, organisational structure and design and managing human resources, leadership, trust, and managing communication, information and operations.
- Managing Information with Technology
This module’s primary aim is to broaden students’ knowledge and skills in the use of IT and statistics in managing and analysing data for business to improve the quality of decision-making in a dynamic business environment.
- Principles and Practice of Marketing
This module focuses on developing an understanding of concepts of marketing, marketing mix principles and practices. It also aims to develop students’ awareness of skills needed and ethical issues in marketing.
- Organisational Behaviour
This module introduces students to the study of organisations. It outlines key sociological and psychological perspectives used to analyse organisations and occupational groups. Students encounter core topics including organisational design, bureaucracy and contingency theory. Theory and practice are linked via seminars, case study discussions and reflections on students’ experience of organisations.
- international Business Environment
Developing students’ understanding of the basic economic concepts and principles that apply to the international business environment with emphasis on European business, and developing analytical and conceptual skills in economic and business environment for them to be able to respond to problems associated with modern international business environment.
- Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management
The module introduces students to the essential concepts of accounting and financial management. As the foundation of all other accounting modules, you will study how financial information is prepared, communicated and used. You will develop skills in critically evaluating and appreciating the importance of the accounting and finance function within organisations particularly in connection with business decision making. Students will learn how to: prepare a set of essential financial statements for a business, prepare information for business planning - such as budgets, prepare information for decision making using techniques such as cost, volume, profit analysis and investment appraisal techniques.
Compulsory
- Entrepreneurship and Marketing in BusinessThis module aims to help students develop an appreciation of the key characteristics of Entrepreneurship and Business ventures and addresses the theoretical and practical issues of marketing communications in a global context.
- Research Methods in Business and Management
This module aims to develop the students' understanding and skills in the application of quantitative and qualitative research methods in business management and interpret data and present coherent and appropriate recommendations that lead to effective business and management decisions.
- New Venture CreationThis module addresses both the theoretical and practical issues of small business development. It provides conditions whereby you can test out business ideas and develop your skills and abilities by creating and running a real-life small business.
- Business Growth and SustainabilityThis module builds on the foundations of entrepreneurship to address strategic, operational, and financial issues that are particularly important for the continued growth and sustainability of new business ventures. It will provide you with an in-depth understanding of theoretical approaches to devising growth strategies of young firms in uncertain market conditions.
- Creativity, Innovation and LeadershipThis module aims to introduce the key concepts surrounding creativity, innovation and leadership and how they relate to the entrepreneurial context. Specifically, this module aims to discuss the creativity and innovation process in the context of new ventures, organisations, and networks; evaluate the creativity and innovation process and the role of leadership and technology in nurturing creativity and innovation at individual, team, organisational and systems levels.
- Digital Marketing
This module aims to develop an understanding of the major issues facing marketers in the rapidly growing area of marketing using digital technologies, with particular emphasis on the organisational implications of evolving business models.
Compulsory
- Issues and Controversies in Management Project
This core module helps students to conduct critical appraisals of issues and controversies involving contemporary organisations and of managerial responses to these challenges. It also provides focused support in appropriate research methods and in the effective communication of research findings in oral presentations, small group discussions and an extended written report.
- Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
This module focuses on theories and practices related to the entrepreneurial and innovation process within established organisations. In particular, it emphasises intrapreneurship and managing innovation in organisations, and the processes, structures and culture pertinent to the successful discovery, evaluation and implementation of entrepreneurial and innovation opportunities in established organisations.
- Corporate Issues of Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Management
This module aims to enable students to appreciate the many, wide ranging issues and challenges that confront strategic managers, introduce concepts, topics and methodological approaches relevant to the analysis of the strategic position of the organisation and the development and implementation of strategies in complex uncertain environments, including a consideration of major operational implications, and to develop skills of strategic thinking, analysis and argument.
Optional
- Innovation and Knowledge Management
This module is designed to give students an understanding of the role of knowledge assets as a key to corporate success and particularly in relation to innovation. It examines how organisations create, utilise and exploit knowledge in the globalising knowledge-based economy, and the wider social and economic factors affecting knowledge creation and transfer.
- Entrepreneurial FinanceThis module aims to develop your knowledge about the preparation and analysis of the financial statements of new and innovative firms; as well as about methods of valuing new businesses. It will enable you to critically evaluate the various strategies for financing new businesses and develop your skills in pitching to attract external financing including communication skills, presentation skills and negotiation skills.
- Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability and Governance
The module aims to provide students with the opportunity to gain critical understanding of theories and contemporary approaches to business ethics, corporate social responsibility and governance in the age of globalisation, and the challenges of sustainable development and business responses to it.
- International Business Strategy
This module provides students with knowledge of the economic and managerial underpinnings as well as managerial and business implications of global strategies. It discusses theories, concepts, and cutting-edge developments in the field of international business strategy and relates them to real world firm behaviour.
- HRM in Context: Resourcing, Performance and Assessment
Understanding the framework of analysis for how organisations manage people. Focus on recruitment, selection process and assessment, onboarding, changing work roles and changes in employment practice.
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This course has a placement option. Find out more about work placements available.
Please note that all modules are subject to change.
Read more about the structure of undergraduate degrees at Brunel.
Careers and your future
Our program is built with input from leading academics and business professionals with the specific aim of helping you become entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders. We have extensive links with employers and industry and you’ll benefit from our networks as well as having the opportunity to learn from a variety of guest speakers.
As a graduate you’ll be fully equipped to:
- Launch your own business or run your family business.
- Gain employment with an established small or large organisation, in a variety of roles, including: business development manager, innovation manager, management consultant, sales manager, business analyst, business operations manager, product development manager, start-up adviser, strategic Leader, NGO officer, and government advisor.
- Going on to study at Master's level.
Some of the well-known names who value Brunel Business School graduates include: Accenture, Amazon, Barclays, British Airways, Capgemini, HSBC, Jaguar Land Rover, L’Oréal, McCann, Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Xerox.
Find out more about how we'll support your future goals.
UK entry requirements
2024/25 entry
- GCE A-level AAB-BBB.
- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DDM in Business or Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma DM in Business, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship or Personal & Business Finance with an A-level at grade B. (Other combinations may be considered on a case-by-case basis).
- BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma D with A-levels grade BC.
- International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4 and Mathematics SL 4 or HL 4.
- Obtain a minimum of 120 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma in Business, Business and Management or Business and Law with 45 credits at Level 3.
- T levels : Distinction overall.
Brunel University London is committed to raising the aspirations of our applicants and students. We will fully review your UCAS application and, where we’re able to offer a place, this will be personalised to you based on your application and education journey.
A minimum of five GCSEs are required, including GCSE Mathematics grade C or grade 4 and GCSE English Language grade C or grade 4 or GCSE English Literature grade B or grade 5.
EU and International entry requirements
English language requirements
- IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)
- Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
- BrunELT: 63% (min 55% in all areas)
- TOEFL: 90 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)
You can find out more about the qualifications we accept on our English Language Requirements page.
Should you wish to take a pre-sessional English course to improve your English prior to starting your degree course, you must sit the test at an approved SELT provider for the same reason. We offer our own BrunELT English test and have pre-sessional English language courses for students who do not meet requirements or who wish to improve their English. You can find out more information on English courses and test options through our Brunel Language Centre.
Please check our Admissions pages for more information on other factors we use to assess applicants. This information is for guidance only and each application is assessed on a case-by-case basis. Entry requirements are subject to review, and may change.
Fees and funding
2024/25 entry
UK
£9,250 full-time
£1,385 placement year
International
£21,260 full-time
£1,385 placement year
Fees quoted are per year and may be subject to an annual increase. Home undergraduate student fees are regulated and are currently capped at £9,250 per year; any changes will be subject to changes in government policy. International fees will increase annually, by no more than 5% or RPI (Retail Price Index), whichever is the greater.
More information on any additional course-related costs.
See our fees and funding page for full details of undergraduate scholarships available to Brunel applicants.
Please refer to the scholarships pages to view discounts available to eligible EU undergraduate applicants.
Teaching and learning
At Brunel Business School (BBS), you will experience a rich and engaging on-campus learning environment. Our modules are delivered through engaging lectures, and in most modules, through seminars that allow for interactions in smaller groups. Additionally, you will have access to a wide range of resources on Brightspace, our online learning platform, including PowerPoint slides, video recordings, and peer-reviewed academic publications that align with the module learning objectives. Moreover, BBS students benefit from a range of support and opportunities from our dedicated staff and faculty, such as:
- Extra-curricular activities designed to enhance your skills and expand your network, such as social events, guest speakers and industry visits/field trips (please note these may vary within programmes)
- A dedicated Student Experience Team to provide pastoral care
- A dedicated ASK Academic Skills support team to help you understand and address coursework requirements
- Personalised tutoring and wellbeing advice to support your academic and personal development
- Employability guidance and career planning from our in-house director.
Access to a laptop or desktop PC is required for joining online activities, completing coursework and digital exams, and a minimum specification can be found here.
We have computers available across campus for your use and laptop loan schemes to support you through your studies. You can find out more here.
Teaching is delivered through a combination of lectures, small group seminars, hands-on workshops, and one-to-one sessions with your tutor.
Many of our lecturers are internationally or nationally recognised for their innovative work and research, which results in challenging and stimulating course content. Lecturers may consult for major companies and have practical business experience, potentially from running their own companies. All of this contributes to real-time, real world observations and teaching.
There'll be email discussion groups and you’re encouraged to engage with online material using the university’s virtual learning environment. To support your course content, Brunel Business School (BBS) regularly offers research talks on key management issues and presentations by outside speakers. Throughout the course, you will also be expected to undertake group work and individual projects and presentations.
Your personal tutor will be assigned in your first year and will be available to help with academic or personal issues. In your second year, this support will be continued through the Business School’s Pastoral Care programme – BBS Student Support – a team of specially chosen personal tutors who are available throughout the working week. Additionally, if you choose a four-year sandwich course, you'll be allocated an industrial tutor who'll provide support during your work placement. In your final year you'll receive one‑to‑one supervision for your major project.
Academic staff are available for a number of hours each week should you need to get advice. Their availability will be displayed on their office doors so you can make an appointment or drop by to see them if they have any concerns about their studies.
Should you need any non-academic support during your time at Brunel, the Student Support and Welfare Team are here to help.
Assessment and feedback
Each subject is assessed either by a combination of continuous appraisal and examination or by coursework or examination alone. As a rough guide, the split is approximately 50:50 exam to coursework but the exact ratio varies depending on the modules you select.
Your results from Level 1 do not count towards your final degree classification, but you have to pass the first year to continue with the degree. Level 2 is worth a third of your final mark and Level 3 - the rest. In your final year you will undertake an assessed project of around 8,000 words worth a third of your Level 3 marks.