Course Summary

Studying Business and Entrepreneurship, you learn the key concepts that help uncover the complex nature of organisations and the business environment. You explore the significance of entrepreneurship and innovation to both business and the world. Most exciting of all, you get the opportunity to start and launch your own innovative venture. You study a range of compulsory modules and in your final year select an optional module in an area that interests you, including Business Law and Supply Chain Management. You learn from established and successful entrepreneurs and apply this to your venture. You will develop innovative solutions in response to genuine problems in the first year, evaluate and select venture-worthy opportunities based on these problems in the second year, and pivot or scale-up in the third year. You have excellent opportunities to experience entrepreneurship in action through hands-on experience from starting and launching your venture, in-class live case studies, our visiting industry experts, enterprise challenges and even the opportunity to shadow an entrepreneur. You also have an opportunity to gain entrepreneurial skills that will enable you to accelerate your innovative thinking into practice. **Course Details** **Foundation year** In your foundation year, you will study compulsory modules to prepare you for undertaking our BSc programmes. You will study topics such as business analysist, European & international business, economics, maths & statistics to ensure you have the foundation knowledge to successfully progress on to the three or four-year Business and Entrepreneurship courses. **Stage 1** Your first year is a compulsory introductory year, designed to provide you with a solid foundation to understand Business and Entreprenurship where you identify problems that you are passionate about and which present attractive venture-creation opportunities. You will study topics such modern business and employability, marketing principles, principles of new venture creation and innovation management. **Stage 2** Your second year is a compulsory, more-specialised year, allowing you to evaluate the business opportunities developed in Year 1 and launch a venture. You will study topics such as project management, entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity, social enterprise and sustainability and launching a start-up. **Stage 3** Your final year allows you to commercialise or re-work your venture based on feedback you receive from resource holders, including customers and investors. You will develop your specialist knowledge with a range of modules covering topics such as consultancy and practice, strategic entrepreneurship and innovation, business law and employability rights, and sustainable commercialisation.

Course Details - Modules

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Course Details – Assessment Method

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Course Details – Professional Bodies

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How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: N197

Institution code: K24

Campus Name: University of Kent at Medway

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Foundation

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

Scottish Higher qualifications are considered on an individual basis.

The University will not necessarily make conditional offers to all Access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If we make you an offer, you will need to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above. A typical offer might be D0, M21, P24.

Applicants should have either an overall grade of 24 or 12 points at higher level

The University will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and National Extended Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF; OCR) on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us for further advice on your individual circumstances.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

Minimum Qualification Requirements

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English language requirements

Test Grade AdditionalDetails

Applicants should have grade C or 4 in English Language GCSE or a suitable equivalent level qualification.

Please visit our website for further information:

https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements.html

Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 84%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 56%

Go onto work and study: 85%

Fees and funding

Additional Fee Information

All fees for 2022/23 are to be confirmed. Please see the programme page at www.kent.ac.uk for further information on fees and funding options.

Provider information

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