We are in the process of finalising our postgraduate taught courses for 2027/28 entry. In the meantime, you can view our 2026/27 courses.
Develop the skills and knowledge to succeed in the rapidly changing world of business – and gain valuable real-world experience – with our BSc Business and Management with Placement Year degree.
This flexible, four-year course, taught by experts from Henley Business School, equips you with the fundamental skills of business – from theory and practice to their real-world applications.
An integrated placement year provides a fantastic opportunity to put your skills into practice in preparation for your future career.
After the first year of your BSc Business and Management with Study Year Abroad degree, you'll have the option to transfer to any of our specialist pathways:
If you choose to remain on the general degree course, you’ll still be offered a wide range of options in your second and final years – allowing you to tailor your learning to your individual interests.
We also offer two variations of this course: BSc Business and Management, a three-year course without a placement year, and BSc Business and Management with Study Abroad Year, a four-year course with a year spent studying overseas instead of on placement.
In your third year, you’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a real-world setting with our Work Placement module whilst on placement. We will support you to find and secure a placement that’s right for you.
As well as enriching your studies, an industry placement can be an excellent way to:
You’ll learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical workshops, and self-guided study. This will provide you with the opportunity to discuss subject materials in an in-depth way with your lecturers and fellow students.
91% of our students said teaching staff are good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2025, 90.7% of responders from Business and Management courses).
You’ll study the core disciplines that underpin business – including economics, psychology and sociology – and explore theories and concepts such as:
Throughout your studies, you will:
We are passionate about developing your personal skills alongside your business acumen.
Our focus on self-development aims to prepare you for the external market – from internships and placements to full-time employment. The skills required to secure, and succeed, in future roles are embedded into the curriculum.
For example, you’ll undertake a short, guided project in your second year focusing on social responsibility in action. Working with local communities, you’ll have the opportunity to put your skills into practice, gain new experiences, and open yourself up to new ways of thinking.
Develop the skills and knowledge to succeed in the rapidly changing world of business – and gain valuable real-world experience – with our BSc Business and Management with Placement Year degree.
This flexible, four-year course, taught by experts from Henley Business School, equips you with the fundamental skills of business – from theory and practice to their real-world applications.
An integrated placement year provides a fantastic opportunity to put your skills into practice in preparation for your future career.
After the first year of your BSc Business and Management with Study Year Abroad degree, you'll have the option to transfer to any of our specialist pathways:
If you choose to remain on the general degree course, you’ll still be offered a wide range of options in your second and final years – allowing you to tailor your learning to your individual interests.
We also offer two variations of this course: BSc Business and Management, a three-year course without a placement year, and BSc Business and Management with Study Abroad Year, a four-year course with a year spent studying overseas instead of on placement.
In your third year, you’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a real-world setting with our Work Placement module whilst on placement. We will support you to find and secure a placement that’s right for you.
As well as enriching your studies, an industry placement can be an excellent way to:
You’ll learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical workshops, and self-guided study. This will provide you with the opportunity to discuss subject materials in an in-depth way with your lecturers and fellow students.
91% of our students said teaching staff are good at explaining things (National Student Survey 2025, 90.7% of responders from Business and Management courses).
You’ll study the core disciplines that underpin business – including economics, psychology and sociology – and explore theories and concepts such as:
Throughout your studies, you will:
We are passionate about developing your personal skills alongside your business acumen.
Our focus on self-development aims to prepare you for the external market – from internships and placements to full-time employment. The skills required to secure, and succeed, in future roles are embedded into the curriculum.
For example, you’ll undertake a short, guided project in your second year focusing on social responsibility in action. Working with local communities, you’ll have the opportunity to put your skills into practice, gain new experiences, and open yourself up to new ways of thinking.
Select Reading as your firm choice on UCAS and we'll guarantee you a place even if you don't quite meet your offer. For details, see our firm choice scheme.
Our typical offers are expressed in terms of A level, BTEC and International Baccalaureate requirements. However, we also accept many other qualifications.
ABB
Extended Project Qualifications (EPQ): If you are taking an EPQ, you will receive two offers: our standard offer and an alternative offer of BBB in your A-level subjects on the condition that you achieve a B in your EPQ.
32 points overall, including 4 in Maths and English at standard level
Maths and English at grade B (5).
DDD
IELTS 6.5, with no component below 5.5
For information on other English language qualifications, please visit our international student pages.
For country specific entry requirements look at entry requirements by country.
If you are an international or EU student and do not meet the requirements for direct entry to this degree, you can join the University of Reading’s International Foundation Programme (IFP).
International Foundation Programme – September entry
International Foundation Programme – January entry
Successful completion of the International Foundation Programme, along with any other relevant degree entry requirements, guarantees you the opportunity of a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.
Learn more about our International Foundation Pathways
If you need to improve your English language score you can take a pre-sessional English course prior to entry onto your degree.
| Code | Module | Convenor |
|---|---|---|
| MM1F19 | Management Debates: Ways of thinking about business | DR Mads Emil Wedell-Wedellsborg |
| MM1F20 | Business in Practice: Markets, Marketing and Management | DR Andrew Hull |
| MM1F27 | Business in Practice: Accounting for Managers | MRS Sian Weatherburn |
| MM1F28 | Business in Practice: Data analytics | DR Markos Kyritsis |
| MM1F29 | Developing Professional Excellence | DR Can Ererdi |
These are the modules that we currently offer. They may change for your year of study as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.
| Code | Module | Convenor |
|---|---|---|
| MM296 | Building competitive advantage: Business Strategy and Operations | DR Joseph Lane |
| MM297 | Managing Work and People: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management | DR Rita Fontinha |
| MM298 | Social Responsibility in Action | DR Irina Heim |
| Code | Module | Convenor |
|---|---|---|
| MM2100 | Sales and Business Development | MR Fabio Goncalves De Oliveira |
| MM2101 | Founder Dilemmas | PROF Norbert Morawetz |
| MM218 | Marketing Essentials | DR Shobhit Kakaria |
| MM230 | Comparative International Management | DR Denise Tsang |
| MM231 | Firms in the Global Economy | PROF Davide Castellani |
| MM258 | An Introduction to the Management of Information Systems | DR Stephen Gulliver |
| MM270 | Practice of Entrepreneurship | DR Chris Golding |
| MM281 | Business Data Analytics | DR Giannis Haralabopoulos |
| MM282 | Business Applications Development | DR Giannis Haralabopoulos |
| MM295 | Business Ethics 1 | PROF Kleio Akrivou |
| MM299 | Branding Theory and Practice | DR Shayan Shaikh |
| AC201 | Management Accounting | DR Xing Huang |
| AC216 | International Corporate Financial Reporting | MS Sue Blackett |
| AP2EM5 | Digital Marketing | DR Rodrigo Perez Vega |
| LW2BA | Banking Law | DR Monica Vessio |
These are the modules that we currently offer. They may change for your year of study as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.
Gain a comprehensive view on personal leadership development and learn how to plain your own leadership skills strategy. You’ll examine concepts, theories, and evidence needed to develop your understanding and competencies associated with leadership development and demonstrate contextual and self-awareness.
Develop your critical understanding of the role of management accounting in organisational decision making, planning, control and performance management. You’ll be provided with a critical conceptual and technical understanding of management accounting tools and techniques.
Develop financial acumen for a career in marketing. You’ll evaluate financial statements, apply relevant marketing metrics, assess marketing costs, and monitor marketing performance results.
Following on from the module Marketing Essentials, this module introduces cross-cultural marketing based on the recognition of diversity in different markets of the world and local and global consumers. You’ll embark on a group project that provides you with the opportunity to apply concepts and tools in a creative and challenging team task that addresses cross-cultural marketing issues.
Study the strategic issues confronting managers of multinational enterprises (MNEs) both within the firm and in the global marketplace. You’ll examine factors that influence the development and the competitive positioning of MNEs and gain an understanding of both the external business environment and internal nature of the firm and its strategy.
Covering key concepts and theories within the area of service operations and management, this module will introduce you to particular challenges facing service organisations in an era where services contribute more to gross domestic product (GDP) than manufacturing. You’ll be provided with theoretical and practical grounding to work within service organisations or service business units within manufacturing organisations.
Become acquainted with the various forms of financing for entrepreneurship including debt, equity financing, non-for-profit and alternative financing. You will gain an in depth understanding of the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach and develop skills of cost-benefit analysis of a project and a financial appraisal of new ventures.
Study the increasingly important role of technology in both marketing practice and society. You’ll learn to apply a range of skills to implement digital marketing approaches and study key strategic drivers behind the growth of the digital economy.
Explore frameworks that allow description and understanding of national institutions and competitive dynamics related to emerging economies such as China, Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa. You’ll gain understanding as to how managers can address challenges of different national institutions in product markets, labour markets and financial markets in the face of competition.
Develop your awareness of contemporary debates and practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as you consider challenges such as reducing poverty, protection vulnerable ecosystems and facing up to global climate change. You’ll consider the wider role of business in society and global sustainable development and focus on specific areas of corporate responsibility.
Learn the key concepts for understanding international human resource management. You'll explore the practice of managing human resources in international businesses and consider variations in the practice of managing human resources in different countries and cultures.
Study the fundamental principles of commercial law through a critical examination of relevant case law, legislation, business practice, academic work, historical influence and public policy. You’ll primarily focus on the law surrounding contracts for the sale of goods, with particular reference to commercial transactions in England and Wales.
Discuss marketing communication theories to understand how intended audiences are targeted and engaged with. You’ll learn how marketing communications work in practice as you consider both traditional and digital strategies associated with advertisement, sales promotion, design, and management.
Develop your ability to address complex business problems involving the use of technology and identify appropriate options and formulate recommendations. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with a group of peers to apply technology advisory practices to a contemporary business case and gain business and academic skills applicable to different areas of advisory practice.
Study how fairness shapes our understanding of justice and morality as you delve into different theories that ask the importance and relationship of fairness to concepts such as justice, impartiality, need, and deservingness. You’ll examine real word examples such as global poverty, climate change, and the intersection of fairness and moral demandingness.
In this module, you’ll develop financial acumen through reading, evaluating and analysing real companies published financial statements as you consider key financial rations and performances. You’ll expand on oral communication skills as you plan and give a presentation that integrates your knowledge and creative ideas.
Develop your awareness of global approaches to ethics. You’ll gain a critical understanding of the key approaches to ethical theory from different cultural and national contexts as you study their application to key global issues in the relationships between business and society.
Cement your knowledge of digital marketing and learn its role in achieving business goals. You’ll learn how to consult organisations of different sizes on the most appropriate digital marketing approaches sing a range of skills and gain practical experience of digital platforms used to implement marketing strategies.
Consider the corporate strategies of companies with a single primary line of business to the strategies of multi-business firms. You’ll consider choices related to corporate strategy such as those concerning diversification, vertical integration, acquisitions, and the allocation of resources. As you embark on this module, you’ll develop a sense of what strategists must do to improve firms long-run performance.
In this hands-on module, you'll work on project-based group activities to develop a practical understanding of the tools and techniques used in project management. You'll also explore the core theories that underpin the project management process.
Gain an in-depth knowledge on the law of copyright, performers’ rights, trademarks and passing off. You’ll identify and explore rationales of intellectual property protection and learn to assess their practical, day-to-day implementation to understand the interface between legal rules and physical realities.
Gain an in depth understanding of the complexity and variety of factors playing a role in designing and implementing international marketing programmes. This module will stimulate your critical and independent thinking as you consider topics from theoretical and empirical perspectives and the implications for marketing operations of organisations trading across cultures.
Gain an in depth understanding of the structure and function of information processed and presented by IT systems in organisations. You’ll acquire the ability to plan and develop information system solutions to support digital transformation of organisations with the awareness of social and technological changes and advances.
This interactive module offers an experiential introduction to social entrepreneurship. You’ll embark on a journey exploring social enterprise from conception through to design and delivery. Additionally, you’ll explore opportunities and challenges surrounding social enterprises and the impact of various stakeholders on the development, survival, and growth of such organisations.
Become familiarised with private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) fund raising and investment processes. You’ll develop an appreciation of the practical aspects of investing by PE and VC firms and understand the dynamics between venture capital investors and the entrepreneur.
Explore the conflicts, controversies and moral challenges in the world of marketing – and challenge the way you think about the subject. You'll examine the effects of marketing on consumers’ physical and mental well-being, as well as the alleged exploitation of vulnerable consumers. This module combines marketing with other subject areas, including science, nutrition and law.
Examine time-dependent phenomena in business & management and learn how evolutionary processes can lead to radically different outcomes to those predicted by neoclassical economics. You will consider the impact of time-dependent business phenomena on firm survival, growth, domination, or extinction.
Study the fundamental principles of commercial law through a critical examination of relevant case law, legislation, business practice, academic work, historical influence and public policy. You’ll primarily focus on the law surrounding contracts for the sale of goods, with particular reference to commercial transactions in England and Wales.
Explore effective communication traits in both written and spoken forms. You’ll learn to present data persuasively and delve into rhetorical theory for critical analysis of various texts, including social media communications. You’ll create informative and persuasive documents and reflect upon your own use of language in the workplace and beyond.
Learn to conduct an in-depth examination of a chosen topic through guided independent research to produce a 10,000-word dissertation.
These are the modules that we currently offer for 2024/25 entry. They may be subject to change as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they're informed by the latest research and teaching methods.
Please note that the University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them.
You can also register your details with us to receive information about your course of interest and study and life at the University of Reading.
New UK/Republic of Ireland students: The home tuition fee for 2027 entry is £10,050. The home tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study.
New international students: £26,850 for 2027/28. The International tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study as set out in your student contract. For more details, please visit our Fees for International Students page.
To find out more about how the University of Reading sets its tuition fees, see our fees and funding pages.
Placement year fees
If you spend a full year on placement, you will only pay 15% of your usual tuition fee for that year. For more information, please see our fees and funding pages or contact placements@reading.ac.uk.
Some courses will require additional payments for field trips and extra resources. You will also need to budget for your accommodation and living costs. See our information on living costs for more details.
You may be eligible for a scholarship or bursary to help pay for your study. Students from the UK may also be eligible for a student loan to help cover these costs. See our fees and funding information for more information on what's available.
This exciting new undergraduate scholarship scheme is focused on creating a community of global sustainability leaders of the future. We are offering up to 400 scholarships per year, for high-achieving students from the UK and overseas.
Each scholar will receive £6,000 a year for maintenance and living costs, for up to four years of full-time study on their course (subject to terms and conditions).
Find out more about the Global Sustainability Leaders Scholarship scheme.
Our business graduates are successful in the job market and in their career aspirations. In the Daily Mail University Guide 2026, we are ranked 1st in the UK for Career on track, and 2nd for High-skilled jobs in Business Studies.
92% of Business and Management students are in work and/or further study 15 months after the end of their course (based on our analysis of HESA data © HESA 2025, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022/23; includes UK domiciled, full-time, first-degree Business and Management respondents).
Your degree in business and management will prepare you for a career in both the public and private sectors. The skills and knowledge you acquire will be applicable to, and provide a route into, many areas:
Our graduates have gone on to work at a variety of high profile organisations including Deloitte LLP, EY, IBM, Kimberly-Clark, Capgemini, Reed and Vodafone.
While studying at Henley Business School, you’ll have access to one-to-one careers support from our dedicated service. Henley Careers can help you plan your future, develop interview and application skills, build confidence and give you advice on different career journeys.
Our team will provide you with expert advice and guidance on placements – from help choosing the right role to support while you are on placement. We will help you make your applications stand out and run workshops covering all the main selection methods used by employers: competency interview training, CVs, cover letters, application forms and drop-in clinics.
At the University of Reading, we help you turn your environmental and sustainability values into opportunities that make a difference to your career and the wider world.
Employers are already reshaping their businesses to respond to climate change, and they increasingly value graduates with expertise in environmental stewardship – one of the fastest-growing skill areas (World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025).
During your time at Reading, you’ll have access to a wide range of opportunities and support. This will help you graduate with the knowledge and confidence to tackle environmental and sustainability challenges in your career.
In 2025, the University of Reading won the AGCAS Green Careers Award. Judges highlighted the impact of our Careers service and the positive outcomes our students achieve.
Explore climate and sustainability initiatives you can get involved with as a student at Reading.
