University of Worcester Courses & FeesWorcester, UK

Our degree in accounting and finance aims to build your skills portfolio for a rewarding career in the field of accountancy or finance.  You'll actively engage with employers and the leading professional bodies during your time at the University, as you position yourself to enter this highly influential sector.

With its strong focus on contemporary issues (such as globalisation, governance and business sustainability), this degree will show you're a highly analytical, numerate and commercially-driven graduate. You'll also be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills that employers value, and have the opportunity to gain 'real world' experience through the optional placement year.

Set yourself up for a future career in the well-paid finance sector by developing competence in business finance and general management. This course gives you access to regular coaching, specialist academic staff, business leaders, and the professional financial services network, including exemptions from ACCA and ICAEW.

You’ll gain an insight into general management and access a wide range of optional modules that complement your development as a specialist in financial management. Subject expertise in business and finance (including contemporary issues such as globalisation, global trade, governance and sustainability) signal that you are a numerate, astute and commercially-focused graduate.

Active experience through applied projects, placements and internships will enable you to demonstrate the business knowledge, commercial acumen and professional skills valued by employers. You can also experience international cultures and develop a global mind-set through options to work and study abroad.

Prepare to move into a career in business human resource management and development, recruitment & selection, or general management. Our Human Resources degree gives you access to regular coaching, as well as our network of specialist academic staff and business leaders. You'll also be able to become an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

You'll gain subject expertise in human resource (HR) management, alongside a grounding in contemporary business issues (such as change management, talent development, globalisation, workforce diversity, the gig economy and ethical leadership). You'll be able to demonstrate your business knowledge and management skills through active experience, such as applied projects, placements, internships and study abroad. This active experience will show that you are a capable, people-oriented and commercially-focused graduate with a broad range of skills that are valued by employers.

Set yourself up for an exciting career in business marketing. You'll be supported by regular coaching, and our professional network of academic staff, business leaders and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). You'll be well placed to launch your graduate marketing career, whether you aspire to work in a marketing role or for a marketing agency. 

You'll gain subject expertise in business and marketing, alongside a grounding in contemporary business issues (such as globalisation, digital communications and the growth of social media). You'll be able to demonstrate your business knowledge through active experience, such as applied consultancy projects, paid placements, internships and study abroad. This active experience will show that you are a creative, customer-oriented and commercially-focused graduate with a broad range of skills that are valued by employers.

Our flexible Business Management degree explores the latest thinking in innovation, creativity and contemporary issues. You'll work with academics and practitioners who have extensive experience of management, consultancy or running their own business. The course also offers regular careers coaching, and benefits such as our professional network of academic staff, business leaders and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

The course will develop your business knowledge, skills and 'real world' experience through applied projects, placements, internships and study abroad. You’ll explore the latest thinking in areas such as accountancy, advertising, entrepreneurship, finance, human resources, law, marketing and public relations. You'll become an adaptable and commercially-driven graduate and well equipped to succeed in your business management career.

Our Business Management Top-up degree is designed for students who have a Higher National Diploma (HND), Foundation degree or equivalent qualification in a business-related subject. You will join the final year of the Business Management BA (Hons) degree and leave with the same award as those graduating from the full three years' full time undergraduate course.

The course will prepare you well for the widest possible range of careers in the private, public or voluntary sectors. It is particularly good preparation for early-career roles as a trainee manager, in areas such as sales, customer service or recruitment. Many graduates find fruitful opportunities working initially within specialist recruitment agencies or consultancies. It will also provide you with a route to postgraduate study.

Move into an exciting career in business management - whether in the private, public or voluntary sector. Our Business Studies degree has a strong focus on innovation, creativity and personal development. You'll be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills that are most highly valued by employers. You'll also gain 'real world' experience through applied projects, placements, internships and a period of study abroad. 

Your personal, professional and academic development will be supported through regular 1-2-1 meetings with the Business Studies team. You'll have lots of choice across modules in accountancy, advertising, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resources, law, leadership, marketing, project management, public relations and sustainability.

A degree apprenticeship enables you to gain a degree without having to pay fees. There is also no need to receive a student loan. Furthermore, you will receive a salary from your employer.

The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship combines the practical experience of the workplace with degree level university teaching. The CMDA sets a new standard for professionalising and unlocking the potential of managers and leaders, offering an opportunity to achieve Chartered Manager status, enhanced leadership and management competency, professional qualifications and a degree within a single 3-4 year package. Successful apprentices will become chartered Members of the Chartered Management Institute (CMgr MCMI). Also available in partnership with Walsall College.

Digital technology is transforming our workplaces, challenging organisations from all sectors to seek out graduates with the digital business know-how that is essential in all sectors. If you aspire to build a career in the areas of ecommerce, social media and digital technologies, our Digital Business course will give you the knowledge, skills and experience to prepare you for the digital revolution facing employers. This course enables you to step ahead on the route towards digital transformation to support organisational growth. You'll be supported by regular coaching, and our professional network of academic staff, business leaders and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

With the Learning & Work Institute reporting that the UK is heading toward a “catastrophic” digital skills shortage, this course will place you in an ideal position having developed your digital skills for employability. These skills will enable you to meet the needs and aspirations of organisations adopting new digital technologies with roles including Digital Business Transformation, eCommerce, Digital Content Systems, Business Data Analytics and Cybersecurity. You'll be able to demonstrate your digital business knowledge through active experience, such as applied consultancy projects, paid placements, internships, and study abroad. This active experience will demonstrate that you are a digital native, with creative, e-business-oriented skills that are valued by today’s employers.

Where do you start if you want to develop a digital marketing strategy? Given the digital revolution facing today’s workforce, digital marketing provides vital skills today for acquiring and retaining customers. This course enables you to step ahead on the route towards digital transformation to support organisational growth. You'll be supported by regular coaching, and our professional network of academic staff, business leaders and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).

This course has been designed to ensure you have all of the knowledge, skills and expertise to launch yourself as a digital marketing graduate. You'll be well placed to launch yourself as a digital marketing graduate, whether you aspire to work in a marketing role or for a marketing agency.  You will gain subject expertise in marketing with a grounding in contemporary digital issues (such as digital content systems, Ecommerce, social media advertising, digital marketing communications and E-business). You will be able to demonstrate your digital marketing knowledge through active experience, such as applied consultancy projects, paid placements, internships, and study abroad. From this active and authentic learning experience you will have the skills to demonstrate that you are a digital native, with creative, customer-oriented and commercially focused skills that are valued by today’s employers.

Digital Media Production and Film Production covers a broad combination of creative and film areas. You will learn how to design and create across a range of digital platforms to develop your concepts into reality.

Your creativity and film making and production skills, together with your development of digital skills and visual communication will allow you to tailor your course to suit your interests and career aspirations. 

Using a broad range of traditional, digital and visual communication techniques, you will develop innovative, interdisciplinary final year projects that draw together your interests across both courses.

In combination, these subject areas are well worth considering if you are interested in the wider application of digital design and video across media and if you are looking for a degree that will provide you with a wide-ranging suite of visual communication skills in preparation to enter the job market.

Digital Media Production and Graphic Design covers a broad combination of creative areas. You will learn how to design and create across a range of traditional and digital platforms to develop your concepts into reality.

Your creativity and understanding of traditional design practice, together with your development of digital skills and visual communication will allow you to tailor your course to suit your interests and career aspirations. 

Using a broad range of traditional, digital and visual communication techniques, you will develop innovative, interdisciplinary final year projects that draw together your interests across both courses.

In combination, these subject areas are well worth considering if you are interested in the wider application of design across media and if you are looking for a degree that will provide you with a wide-ranging suite of visual communication skills in preparation to enter the job market.

There are regular visits to museums and exhibitions in London, Bristol and live brief related day visits and workshops too. There is also an annual opportunity to take part in a visit to a destination in mainland Europe. Student performance is assessed entirely by course work.

Joint Honours Digital Media Production and Journalism provides you with an exciting opportunity to combine development of creative work using digital media with exploration of the practical business of how to research and communicate what's happening in the world, now.

Studying these subject areas in combination will be an interesting prospect if design and communication are at the heart of your interests, if the media and contemporary culture are your passions, if thinking and learning through doing is your preferred approach to academic study, and if design and media-related employment is your long-term goal.

Joint Honours Digital Media Production and Media & Culture provides you with an exciting opportunity to learn how to design and create across a range of digital platforms, developing your concepts into reality, alongside more academic study of the media and contemporary culture.

Studying these subject areas in combination will be an interesting prospect if you like both academic study and creative, practical work and design - and if the media and contemporary culture are your passions.

This multi-disciplinary digital media degree puts a strong focus on getting you ready to enter the job market. Through a combination of live industry briefs, expert guest speakers and the chance to work with specialist industry-experienced teaching staff, you will learn how to design and create across a range of digital platforms. Your studies will incorporate photography, video, motion graphics, visual effects, sound and web content as well as new and emerging technologies such as virtual reality and projection mapping. Our range of modules and briefs will allow you to tailor your digital media course to suit your interests and career aspirations. 

Our Digital Arts Centre has industry standard facilities and software, including Mac suites and study areas, as well as state-of-the-art specialist studio spaces for the creation of video, photography, visual effects and sound.

You will also develop key conceptual skills, gaining an understanding of the cultural, historical and technological influences that continue to shape design and visual communication, alongside your creative and practical work. We encourage innovation in our constantly changing digital industry.

Employers highly value multi-skilled creatives, with the visual communication skills necessary to produce effective campaigns across all digital media for a variety of audiences. Through our industry links, we have achieved a very high graduate employability rate and our graduates continue to drive key creative innovations in a range of sectors. We are proud of our Digital Media community, gaining 100% student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2019.

Begin an exciting journey towards a fulfilling career in international business management.

You will spend a year abroad in either study or work placement. You have the option to study at one of our partner universities in Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand or the USA. You can opt to study foreign languages and take a one-year paid overseas placement. Our network of academic staff, business coaches, worldwide partner Universities and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), will support you as you launch your international career.

With its focus on innovation, creativity and contemporary issues (such as globalisation, emerging markets, protectionism, demographic changes, more rapid global communications and environmental sustainability), this flexible degree will signal that you are a well-networked, culturally-aware and commercially-focussed graduate. You will be able to demonstrate that you have the knowledge of international business, the intercultural awareness, management capabilities and language skills that employers most value.

Our range of fun extra-curricular activities, such as sport clubs, societies, cultural visits and the student social scene further add to your university experience and personal development.

If you are unable to undertake the mandatory Third Year Abroad as part of BA (Hons) International Business Management and this course is no longer an option, you may wish to consider BA (Hons) Business Management instead.

Specifically designed for, but not limited to, international students, this top-up degree enables you to build on your existing qualifications/study and graduate with a specialist degree in Finance in just one year of full-time study. It will help you develop a future career in the well-paid finance or banking sector, as well in broader international management. This course gives you access to specialist academic staff, business leaders, and the professional financial services network including exemptions from ACCA, CIPFA and ICAEW.

Subject expertise in finance, alongside a grounding in contemporary business issues (such as globalisation, global trade, governance and sustainability), signal that you are a numerate, astute and commercially-focused graduate possessing the business knowledge, commercial acumen and professional skills valued by employers.

Our range of fun extra-curricular activities, such as sport clubs, societies, cultural visits and the student social scene further add to your university experience and personal development.

Equip yourself for a challenging career in the fast-paced and fast growth marketing communications industry. It is also recognised by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) as career-relevant.

You'll learn from our team of specialist academic staff and marketing communications professionals and be supported by regular career coaching. You'll actively engage with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) as you position yourself to enter this highly creative sector.

With its strong focus on innovation, creativity and contemporary issues, (such as digital communications, social media, instant gratification and globalisation), this highly-specialised degree will signal that you are creative, focused and commercially-driven. You will be able to demonstrate your marketing communications expertise alongside the skills most valued by employers.

Our Outdoor Adventure Leadership degree will prepare you for an exciting career in the outdoor industry. We offer a diverse range of optional modules, so you'll be able to tailor your degree and explore your interests. You'll also develop your professional portfolio of practical skills, by applying your learning to sessions in the field.

The programme is taught by our highly experienced team of staff, drawn from a range of outdoor adventure backgrounds. Our graduates have worked around the world as wilderness guides, outdoor educators, leaders in adventure travel companies and schools.

The course has been designed to reflect the constantly evolving landscape in sport policy and provision from a national and international context. It explores the sport delivery environment in ways that is both intellectually and creatively challenging to enable you to understand the complex partnerships and interactions which create sport programmes and initiatives across all the sectors in sport.

Sport businesses are a growing and dynamic sector of the global economy. These range from the familiar sport facility manager, to the growing number of small, niche sport tourism operators who cater for the needs of travellers wanting to experience various sporting events that take place around the world. This growth has meant that there is a healthy demand for talented professionals in this field, who can project manage and deliver high quality sport services and products.