BSc Business Management With Finance

Studying BSc Business Management with Finance at the University of Salford gives you an understanding of the challenges faced by governments and organisations worldwide, as well as the skills and knowledge to work in a high-level business or managerial career. 

This industry-led course combines theory with professional experience, through business simulations, live projects and professional placements. 

This course is taught at our green Peel Park campus close to Manchester city centre with a wide range of dedicated flexible study spaces and resources to support your learning. 

You will learn to use the key tools used by the professionals: training in Minitab, Excel and Sage is embedded in your learning. In addition, specific modules focus on your professional development so that you graduate with the necessary skills to take the first steps in your career. 

Our business management with finance course is dual accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), the UK's only chartered professional body dedicated to upholding the highest standards in management and leadership. 

Working closely with industry partners, we've ensured that the programme remains highly practical, career-focused, and industry-informed, preparing you for a successful management career. We also take pride in collaborating with our student panel, ensuring that our teaching remains relevant, inclusive, and respectful to all. 

You'll also have access to a wide range of opportunities that help you develop your real-world skills, such as live projects, paid work placements and study abroad schemes. The programme allows you the chance to spend your second year studying on an international exchange with one of our global partner institutions in Europe, the US or the rest of the world. 

You Will:

• Study in a dynamic environment and learn practical management skills from business simulations and live projects.
• Build the business experience required for a range of general management positions.
• Develop the key skills that employers look for, such as project planning, team work and self-presentation.

Employability is at the core of every programme offered at Salford Business School. This means the modules included on BSc (Hons) Business Management with Finance have been developed to meet the current needs of employers.

In your first year, you will start to develop an understanding of how organisations work, looking at key business and finance concepts, developing the skills needed for responsible leadership and understanding how to think strategically. You will be learning by doing through working on exciting and innovative business simulations or real-world projects.

The second year is all about exploring more specialised theories and learning skills that will be transferable across multiple business functions.  With core and optional modules, you can start to shape your own learning. 

The Professional Development module is designed for you to practise the skills you need – CV writing, being interviewed, assessment centres - to apply for and get a placement year and, ultimately, your dream job on graduation. 

By your final year, you are becoming a professional, developing the skills needed for the finance sector and understanding how to think strategically.  Core modules increase your in depth knowledge and continue your career development while the optional modules allow you to specialise in your areas of interest.