Business Entrepreneurship and Innovation, BA (Hons)

About Business Entrepreneurship and Innovation, BA (Hons) - at University of Greenwich

This specialist business programme will enable you to develop your entrepreneurial skills and will prepare you to start up and grow your own micro-enterprise or small or medium-sized business. In your first year, you will study courses on business processes, economics for business, organisation behaviour and business planning and development. 

You will be encouraged to enter our business-planning competition which rewards student entrepreneurship and innovation with prizes of investment capital. One of our previous students won a top prize of £5,000. You will be linked with a mentor through our employer networks to support you in developing your business plan. You will have the option to undertake a work placement in your third year.

You can also participate in the Erasmus+ international exchange programme. Students on this programme may apply to become affiliate members of the Chartered Management Institute. Successful completion of all programme courses will lead to exemptions towards associate and fellow membership on graduation.

Employability

Youwill connect with employers through our dedicated Business SchoolEmployability Team who focus on developing your employmentskills. They also provide you with CV support and will inviteyou to employment fairs to network with employers and recruiters fromindustries. The team was shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards.

We are actively improving job prospects for graduatesthrough the support we provide. According to survey findings, 93 per centof 2014/15 Greenwich graduates looking for work were already in jobs or furtherstudy by January 2016.

Experience abroad

You can participate in the Erasmus+ internationalexchange programme. This will help improve your language skills and give youexperience of living and working in another country. The Erasmus+ Schemeprovides a grant towards the cost of studying abroad for a year. 

Extracurricular activities

Our GreenwichEmployability Passport schemerecognises and rewards your participation in additional activities such aspart-time work, volunteering, student societies or industry guest lectures.

Business start-up

You will be encouraged to enter theuniversity's Enterprise Challenge which rewards student entrepreneurship andinnovation. Previous winners received aprize of £5,000 for their idea of developing an enterprise and study hub.

We encourage our graduates withcredible business ideas to develop their business under academic supervision.International students who wish to develop their business in the UK aftergraduation may be able to apply for a visa Tier1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) scheme, subject toeligibility and availability.

Ranking

Greenwichis one of the top two most globally diverse universities in the UK, US, Australia andNew Zealand, by Hotcourses Diversity Index.

Wehave also been named as one of the "mostinternational" universities on the planet by Times Higher Education magazine.

Outcomes

The aims of the programme are:

• To prepare you to behave entrepreneurially in micro-enterprise and small andmedium sized enterprises (SME) start-up and development
• To introduce you to the role of corporate entrepreneurship.

Degree re-structure

This degree is currentlybeing restructured in collaboration with employers, professional bodies andstudent feedback. This ensures we develop degrees that are aligned with latestindustry trends and gives you the opportunity for subject specialisms. (This is standard UK practiceacross institutions).

The degree structure and courses listed will be updated oncethese are confirmed.

Notes about fees for this course

Your time at university should be enjoyable and rewarding, and it is important that it is not spoilt by unnecessary financial worries. We recommend that you spend time planning your finances, both before coming to university and while you are here. We can offer advice on living costs and budgeting, as well as on awards, allowances and loans.

Find out more about our fees and the support available to you at our:

• Undergraduate finance pages
• International students' finance pages

Entry requirements for this course

Contact University of Greenwich to find course entry requirements.

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