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BUSINESS UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL PROSPECTUS 2021
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CONTENTS VISIT US WELCOME TO THE
Welcome to the Business School 3 Exeter Campuses
BUSINESS SCHOOL
Accounting degrees 4 2020 Open Days are taking place on:
The world is rapidly changing, with emerging technologies,
Economics degrees 8 Friday 29 and Saturday 30 May
the climate crisis, the growth of the gig economy, and shifting
Management degrees 12 Saturday 5 September socio-political dynamics creating critical new challenges and
Saturday 24 October opportunities.
A day in the life 16 I chose the Business School
We run campus tours throughout term times Studying at the University of Exeter Business School at Exeter
Related degrees 17 at both the Streatham and St Luke’s campuses. means gaining the skills to stay ahead of this rapidly changing
because when I came to the
environment and lead the next generation of business. The open day I absolutely loved the
Enhance your employability 18
Penryn Campus
flexibility of our degrees allows you to pursue specialist buzz and atmosphere on campus.
Careers support 20 knowledge and graduate with a powerful transferable skill
2020 Open Days are taking place on: set – putting you in control of your future.
I loved how green the campus
Work experience options 21 Thursday 28 May was and how much was going
We are absolutely committed to preparing you to succeed
Study abroad options 22 Saturday 26 September in a complex, hyper-connected future. When you begin your on. That combined with the
We run campus tours throughout term times undergraduate journey with us, you will be welcomed into a variety of courses available at the
Add entrepreneurship to
at our Penryn Campus in Cornwall. community where academics support your development. This Business School just really made
your degree 24 friendly and academically rigorous environment means you will
rapidly develop the entrepreneurial, intellectual and leadership
me want to be a part of it.
Alumni 25 To book your Open Day experience or register skills that will last a lifetime. Read on to find out more about the Lara, BA Business and Management
Scholarships and bursaries 26 on a campus tour, head over to: huge range of opportunities open to you at the University of
exeter.ac.uk/opendays Exeter Business School, and what it is like to study with us.
How to get here 27
WHY CHOOSE US?
3rd 9th 10th
UK Business for Business and for Accounting for Economics in the
School for graduate Management studies and Finance in the Complete University
outcomes1 in the Complete Complete University Guide 2020
University Guide 2020 Guide 2020
UofEBusiness
University of Exeter Business School
UofEBusiness
94.4%
of our graduates are Internationally triple International Winner Gold in the Teaching
in graduate work or accredited Business at the What Uni? Excellence Framework 2017
For more information visit exeter.ac.uk postgraduate study six School Student Choice
months after graduation▲ Awards 2017
business
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ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING
DEGREE STRUCTURES I love how my degree has
helped me broaden my
global business perspective,
BSC ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE BSC ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS
and allowed me to explore
First year management concepts
Introduction to Financial Accounting
alongside accounting. I really
Introduction to Management Accounting like that my degree allows me
Economic Principles flexibility to choose modules
Business Law for Accountants from other disciplines so
Introduction to Statistics for Accountants I can tailor it to my own
Business Finance for Accountants interests.
Management Concepts and Practice Khin, BSc Accounting and Finance
Second year
Financial Accounting A
Financial Accounting B
Intermediate Management Accounting
Choose two from:
Organisational Behaviour
Corporate Finance Operations Management
60 credits – optional modules Human Resource Management
Leading in International Contexts
45 credits – optional modules
Optional Year Abroad or Industrial Placement Year
Final year
Advanced Management Accounting
Advanced Management Accounting
Advanced Corporate Finance
Strategic Management (30 credits)
Advanced Financial Reporting
75 credits – optional modules
75 credits – optional modules
We also offer a large number of elective modules 120 credits must be completed each year. To see a list of optional modules please
in contemporary and relevant topics which add visit: exeter.ac.uk/business-school/study/undergraduate/modules
tremendous flexibility to our programmes. Last
year these included: Data Science, Business Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in
Analytics, and Financial Modelling. Please check this document is correct at the time of going to print. However, the University cannot
our website for currently available electives. guarantee the accuracy of this information and reserves the right to make variations to
the services offered where such action is deemed necessary. For full details please visit:
exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/accounting
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ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING DEGREES
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Accounting and Finance has
a great mix of modules from
both areas, and the transition
between years is very smooth.
BSc Accounting and Finance E BSc Accounting and Business E The modules I did in my first
N422 3 yrs NN41 3 yrs year gave me the skills to help
N423 with Year Abroad 4 yrs NN1L with Year Abroad 4 yrs me perform well in my final
NN43 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs NND4 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs
year. All my lecturers have
AAA | IB: 36 | BTEC: DDD AAA | IB: 36 | BTEC: DDD
GCSE Maths minimum grade B or 5 GCSE Maths minimum grade B or 5
been extremely helpful when
Or GCE AL/AS Maths▲; GCSE English Language minimum Or GCE AL/AS Maths▲; GCSE English Language minimum I needed support, and I’ve
grade B or 5 grade B or 5
found the campus is ideal for
my studies as it has everything
you need – lecture rooms,
cafes, shops, gym
Designed for students interested in pursuing a career An interdisciplinary programme maintaining the core
in accounting, finance or business, you will get a head focus of accounting, whilst helping you develop a much
and the library.
start in the job market, and may gain exemptions from broader understanding of business. The programme Nazik, BSc Accounting and Finance
professional accounting qualifications. You will develop incorporates finance, accounting, business, management with Proficiency in Spanish
a professional understanding of accounting, finance and and economics, as well as offering modules in law,
business, applicable to real world jobs. You are also facilitating you in developing a set of graduate skills and
able to tailor your degree to your interests by choosing attributes hugely desirable to 21st century businesses.
from a wide range of optional modules.
For more information visit exeter.ac.uk
accounting
For full entry requirements visit:
exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate
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Candidates may offer GCE AL Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths; or Core Maths.
Year abroad Industrial experience C Cornwall E Exeter
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ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS ECONOMICS DEGREES
DEGREE STRUCTURES ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
BSC ECONOMICS BSC ECONOMICS BSC BUSINESS BSC ECONOMICS
BSC ECONOMICS
AND FINANCE WITH ECONOMETRICS ECONOMICS AND POLITICS
First year BSc Economics E BSc Economics with Econometrics E
Economics I Modules in Italics are with the Department of Politics. L100 3 yrs L190 3 yrs
Economics II
Basic Quantitative Methods L101 with Year Abroad 4 yrs L191 with Year Abroad 4 yrs
Introduction to Statistics
Introduction to Econometrics Economic Principles L102 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs L193 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs
Mathematics for Economists Statistics for Business and Management A*AA–AAA | IB: 38–36 | BTEC: D*DD–DDD A*AA–AAA | IB: 38–36 | BTEC: D*DD–DDD
To include GCE AL Maths or IB Higher Level Maths To include GCE AL Maths or IB Higher Level Maths
History of History of Economic (Maths Studies is not accepted). GCSE English Language (Maths Studies is not accepted). GCSE English Language
Economic Introduction to History of Economic Theory and Practice Thought grade B or 5 grade B or 5
Thought Finance Thought of Management Introduction to Public Policy
30 credits 30 credits – 30 credits – optional 45 / 60 credits – Power and Democracy
– optional optional modules modules optional modules 15 / 30 credits –
modules optional modules
Enabling you to understand modern economics, Including many core modules of the Economics
Second year this programme covers a wide range of topics from programme, this degree delves deeper into specialised
Microeconomics II inflation to the control of monopoly power. A unique econometrics modules. This equips you with expert
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics II aspect of this degree is its extreme flexibility – allowing knowledge such as the application of statistical
Intermediate Microeconomics
Econometrics you to specialise or expand your knowledge of a broad concepts and methods to economics.
range of related areas.
Financial Markets Economics of Politics
and Decisions I Introduction to
45 credits Econometric Theory The Politics of the World
Money and 60 / 90 credits –
– optional Economy
Banking 30 credits – optional modules
modules 30 / 60 credits –
15 credits – optional modules
optional modules optional modules
Optional Year Abroad or Industrial Placement Year
Final year The teaching at Exeter has
120 credits – Asset Pricing 120 credits – International Political
been excellent. I’ve developed
optional
Financial Markets Econometric Analysis optional modules Economy or Public Finance a new passion for learning
modules (at least 30 must
(at least 90 must
and Decisions II 90 credits – be Economics
(if not taken in second year) and developing myself
90 credits – 105 credits –
be Economics
optional modules
optional modules modules, excluding
optional modules
through study. My final
modules) Dissertation)
year modules have been
We also offer a large number of elective modules 120 credits must be completed each year. To see a list of optional modules please visit: incredibly interesting, driving
in contemporary and relevant topics which add exeter.ac.uk/business-school/study/undergraduate/modules
tremendous flexibility to our programmes. Last Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this
this feeling.
year these included: The Economics of Financial document is correct at the time of going to print. However, the University cannot guarantee Matt, BSc Economics
Crises, Global Environmental Economics, and the accuracy of this information and reserves the right to make variations to the services
Bitcoin, Money and Trust. Please check our offered where such action is deemed necessary. For full details please visit: exeter.ac.uk/
website for currently available electives. undergraduate/degrees/economics
Year abroad Industrial experience C Cornwall E Exeter
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ECONOMICS
BSc Economics and Finance E BSc Economics and Politics E
LN13 3 yrs LL12 3 yrs
LN1J with Year Abroad 4 yrs LL1F with Year Abroad 4 yrs I chose Exeter due to the
LND3 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs LL1G with Industrial Experience 4 yrs
highly ranked Economics
A*AA–AAA | IB: 38–36 | BTEC: D*DD–DDD A*AA–AAA | IB: 38–36 | BTEC: D*DD–DDD
To include GCE AL Maths or IB Higher Level Maths GCSE Maths grade A or 7 or GCE AL/AS Maths▲;
discipline, and Business
(Maths Studies is not accepted). GCSE English Language
grade B or 5
GCSE English Language grade B or 5 Economics because of the
flexibility it offers. You study
mostly compulsory modules
You will explore modern economics and its applications This multidisciplinary degree offers you solid grounding
in the first year, however in
to financial systems and organisations, allowing you to in both politics and economics – two deeply integrated your third year you are able
gain knowledge of advanced financial techniques such areas. You will take an interdisciplinary module each to pick all your modules
as derivatives pricing, risk management and portfolio year that looks at this relationship between economics including some outside
management. and government policy, and you will explore the
interaction between economic ideas, economic the Business School. This
behaviour and the political process. is great because you can
tailor your degree to suit
BSc Business Economics E your interests; I chose
to study Japanese for
L112 3 yrs For more information visit exeter.ac.uk
L115 with Year Abroad 4 yrs
beginners which I found
L192 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs economics really engaging.
A*AA–AAA | IB: 38–36 | BTEC: D*DD–DDD For full entry requirements visit: Adeline, BSc Business Economics
GCSE Maths grade A or 7 or GCE AL/AS Maths▲; exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate
GCSE English Language grade B or 5
Develop a deep and practical understanding of the role
of economics in business, and gain the ability to analyse
social and economic decision making. You will combine
the development of key skills in economics, accounting
and management, and apply them to solve many of the
problems facing modern businesses.
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Candidates may offer GCE AL Maths, Pure Maths or Further Maths; or Core Maths.
Applicants studying a BTEC Extended Diploma will also require GCE AL Mathematics
for Economics, Economics and Finance and Economics with Econometrics.
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MANAGEMENT
BSC BUSINESS BSC BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENT
MANAGEMENT
(PENRYN CAMPUS, CORNWALL) (PENRYN CAMPUS, CORNWALL)
First year
Business and Society Business Strategy and Analysis
DEGREE STRUCTURES Business Practice and Analysis
Operations Management: A Sustainable Perspective
Business Economics
Accounting
Marketing in a Digital Age Understanding Work and Organisations
BSC BUSINESS BSC BUSINESS AND BSC INTERNATIONAL BSC MARKETING AND
Economics for Managers Earth System Science
BUSINESS AND MODERN Accounting Analysis of Environmental Data
ANALYTICS MANAGEMENT LANGUAGES MANAGEMENT
Theory and Practice of Management Global Issues in Environmental Science
First year
Understanding Work and Organisations Legal Foundation for Environmental Protection
Discovering Management Discovering Management Discovering Management Second year
Statistics and Mathematics The International Nature Discovering Management
Statistics for Business and
for Business Analytics Management of Business Statistics for Business and Business Analytics
Sustainable Enterprise Economy Project Management
Language, Communication and Management Economics of Climate Change
Economics for Fundamentals of Marketing Society Business Practice (Placement/Work Experience project)v
Management Fundamentals of Marketing Remote Sensing for Environmental Management
Economics for Select 30 credits of compulsory Strategic Concepts for Business
modules in your chosen language Strategic Concepts for Business Finance
Fundamentals of Marketing Management Marketing and Society Research for Inquiry
Select 15 credits of optional Introduction to Ecological Consultancy
Programming for Business Introduction to Business Modules Economics for Management Finance for Business
Accounting
Geographical Information Science and Systems
Analytics 30 credits – optional 30 credits – optional modules
Select 15 credits of optional 30 credits – optional modules
30 credits – optional 30 credits – optional modules relating to your chosen modules
modules modules language▲ Optional Year Abroad or Industrial Placement Year
Second year Final year
Analysing Organisations Analysing Organisations Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
Business Analytics in Social and Technological Innovation
Practice Integrative Concepts in Brands and Branding Practice-Based Consultancy Management Biomimicry
Analysing Organisations International Business
Operations Management Marketing Communications: Globalisation and Internationalisation Modelling with Big Data Analytics
Managerial Accounting Intercultural communication Strategies and Applications
Database Technologies for Local-Global Innovation: Quaternary Environmental Change
Business Analytics Human Resource Select 30 credits of compulsory Consumer Behaviour (Cornwall Research Seminar Series)
Management modules in your chosen Marine Climate and Environmental Change
Marketing Analytics language Quantitative Marketing Future-Facing Dissertation/Project – 30 credits
Operations Management Research Whole Energy Systems
Human Resource Select 15 credits of optional 30 credits – optional modules
45 credits – optional Business School modules Qualitative Marketing 30 credits – optional modules
Management
modules Select 15 credits of optional Research
45 credits – optional modules relating to your chosen 15 credits – optional
modules language▲ modules We also offer a large number of elective modules in contemporary and relevant topics which add tremendous flexibility to
our programmes. Last year these included: Business Ignition – idea to implementation, Business and Climate Change, and
Optional Year Abroad or Industrial Placement Year◆
Ethics and Responsible Innovation. Please check our website for currently available electives.
Final year
120 credits must be completed each year. To see a list of optional modules please visit: exeter.ac.uk/business-school/study/undergraduate/modules
Managing in a Global Context Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this document is correct at the time of going to print. However,
Operations Analytics the University cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information and reserves the right to make variations to the services offered where such action
Intercultural Communication in Strategic Management is deemed necessary. For full details please visit: exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/business
Strategic and HR Analytics a Global World 30 credits
Strategic Management
Analytics and Visualisation 30 credits Select 30 credits of compulsory
modules in your chosen Marketing Issues and Trends
for Managers and
Finance for Managers language Marketing Management
Consultants
75 credits – optional Select 45 credits of optional and Strategy
Strategy Business School modules
modules 60 credits – optional
60 credits – optional Select 15 credits of optional modules
modules modules relating to your chosen
language▲
▲
On the Modern Languages side of your programme you may select a maximum of 15 credits of either the SML or HUM coded modules for the year.
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The Year Abroad or Industrial Placement Year is compulsory for student studying BSc International Business and Modern Languages.
v
F or the consultancy report assessment for this module, WIE students will be offered the opportunity to complete a thematic analysis of the topic rather
than undertake a work placement project if they choose.
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MANAGEMENT DEGREES BSc Business (Penryn Campus) C BSc Business and Environment
(Penryn Campus)
C
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
NII0 3 yrs
N111 with Year Abroad 4 yrs N116 3yrs
N113 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs N117 with Year Abroad 4 yrs
AAB–ABB | IB: 34–32 | BTEC: DDD–DDM N118 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs
GCSE grade B or 5 in Maths or GCE AL/AS Maths ; AAB–ABB
E
▲
BSc Business Analytics BSc International Business and E GCSE English Language minimum grade B or 5 GCSE Maths grade B or 5 or GCE AL/AS Maths, Pure
Modern Languages¬ Maths or Further Maths; GCSE English Language minimum
N300 3 yrs grade B or 5
N302 with Year Abroad 4 yrs NN13 4 yrs
N301 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs AAA | IB: 36-34 | BTEC: DDD
On our Penryn Campus, the BSc Business programme
AAA | IB: 36 | BTEC: DDD GCSE Language grade B or 5. GCSE Maths minimum The BSc Business and Environment degree is a direct
grade B or 5 or GCE AL/AS Maths, Pure Maths or will develop your sustainable, future focused business
GCSE Maths minimum grade A or 7 GCE AL/AS Maths▲;
Further Maths; GCSE English Language grade B or 5 acumen, equipping you with the knowledge and response to the climate crisis and the growing challenges
GCSE English Language minimum grade B or 5 and opportunities it poses to business. As a result
experiences to stand out in today’s competitive
The BSc International Business and Modern Languages international graduate job market. Underpinned by an of intensifying environmental and corporate social
degree is a brand new programme enabling you to ethos of ethics and sustainability, and incorporating responsibility, future business leaders will need increased
The BSc Business Analytics is a brand new degree launch into a global business career. By taking an even extensive work placements, the programme addresses awareness of the interaction between environmental and
designed to address a critical skills gap within modern split of business and languages modules, you will the challenges of growing business in an interconnected, business systems. This interdisciplinary programme equips
business, making you an invaluable graduate job graduate with an advantage in a globally connected climate changing world. you with a unique combination of knowledge and skills
candidate. You will become crucial to the future of multilingual workplace. Not only will you develop within environmental sciences and business management,
business by developing skills in the extraction, analysis relevant commercial knowledge, but also the making you an adaptable and resilient business leader,
and interpretation of complex business data. You will communication and cultural skills to implement that able to contribute long-term solutions.
have a resilient skillset adaptable to the data driven, knowledge in a global market. You will also undertake
quickly evolving business environment. a compulsory year abroad with the option to study For more information visit exeter.ac.uk management
at a partner university, undertake a year-long work
placement, or combine both. For full entry requirements visit: exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate
BSc Business and Management E
N202 3 yrs BSc Marketing and Management E
N203 with European Study 4 yrs
NN1F with International Study 4 yrs N2N5 3 yrs
NN12 with Industrial Experience 4 yrs N2NM with European Study 4 yrs
AAA | IB: 36 | BTEC: DDD N2NA with International Study 4 yrs Studying at the University of Exeter
GCSE Maths minimum grade B or 5 or GCE AL/AS N2NN with Industrial Experience 4 yrs in Cornwall was one of the best
Maths▲; GCSE English Language minimum grade B or 5 AAA | IB: 36 | BTEC: DDD
decisions I have ever made. The BSc
GCSE Maths minimum grade B or 5 or GCE AL/AS
Maths▲; GCSE English Language minimum grade B or 5 Business course was diverse, exciting
and engaging and the university
The Business and Management degree is a rigorous and
experience was unbeatable. My
flexible programme focusing on the purpose and
functioning of organisations and the associated global The Marketing and Management programme is a personal highlights of the course
business environment. You will gain detailed knowledge flexible business degree, with optional modules allowing include the focused cohort, the
of business structures and environments, and explore you to shape the course to your interests. Gain applied
marketing insights from our corporate partners, by
real-world opportunities to apply
new business models, disruptive technology and the
Fourth Industrial Revolution. An applied focus helps you working to solve challenges facing the business world. learning and the passionate lecturers.
solve real world challenges and develop transferrable ¬
If you commit to the programme, you
hen completing your UCAS form please indicate your proposed
W
skills allowing you to excel in your future career. subjects under ‘Further details’ in the ‘choices’ section of the application. really reap the rewards in terms of
The current Chinese and Portuguese language options are intended for
beginners or post-beginners with GCSE (or equivalent). If your current employability, key networking skills
and a wealth of industry contacts.
▲
andidates may offer GCE AL Maths, Pure Maths or
C level of Mandarin Chinese or Portuguese is beyond this, contact us to
Further Maths; or Core Maths. check that we can offer a sufficiently advanced level for you.
Olly, BSc Business graduate 2018
Year abroad Industrial experience C Cornwall E Exeter
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A DAY IN Every day at university is different,
but here’s a typical day from Olya,
RELATED DEGREES
THE LIFE a third-year BSc Business student
studying on the Penryn Campus.
LLB Law with Business C BBL Bachelor of Business and Laws C
(Penryn Campus) (Penryn Campus)
M111 3 yrs NM00 3 yrs
It took 30–40 mins to get I love sports and being active. M118 with Professional Placement 4 yrs NM03 with Professional Placement 4 yrs
ready and have breakfast, In my first year I was part of M115 with Industrial Placement 4 yrs NM02 with Industrial Placement 4 yrs
and 20 mins to get to uni. It’s so convenient that the the Volleyball society. I try to join a new gym each AAB–ABB | IB: 34–32 | BTEC: DDD–DDM AAB–ABB | IB: 34–32 | BTEC: DDD–DDM
bus stop is only three mins away from my house. year so I had a look at the different options nearby
and some of them look amazing.
I had a quick catch-up with
my coursemates and lecturers Started working on my Gain a qualifying law degree with additional business This is a Joint Honours degree in collaboration with the
at a campus coffee shop, Koofi. presentation for the Small modules included at the Penryn Campus in Cornwall. University of Exeter Law School in Penryn. You will
Business Management tutorial. Had to talk about You will learn business and commercial awareness skills explore the interrelation of law and business in a way
transferrable to careers in both law and business. that can open various career paths and provide the
Went to my first lecture myself, my plans and about my business idea.
critical and analytical skills required to succeed in a
of the day, where our
rapidly changing business world.
employability advisor told us what this module, Once I finished my homework,
Practice-Based Consultancy project, will include. I had dinner with my flatmates.
This year I have to consult a business of my choice, We cooked together and talked about what
so at the lecture I learnt how to approach a everyone has been up to.
business and the benefits and disadvantages of
the consultancy industry. Went to help my friend to
unpack as he just moved into
Had an hour-long break after a new house. After, we just spent some time on Exeter is a lovely place to live.
my first lecture. Went to the their balcony, which has an amazing view. It is safe and friendly, and has
Stannary, the campus canteen, to have lunch
with friends.
loads of good restaurants and
In the evening, had a chance
to spend more time with my pubs. My favourite place in
Arrived at my Small Business flatmates. Everyone was at home and we were Exeter is the Quayside by the
Management lecture. Had happy to be back together. river – I enjoy jogging there
a chance to talk about my business idea with the and there are loads of places
other students.
to eat. Exeter is also close
As I am a part of the to several beaches and parks
Entrepreneurs Society if you fancy a day out.
committee, I had a chat with the committee after Ruby, BSc Economics and Finance
class. It was amazing to plan our future events – with Industrial Experience
I hope we will do a great job!
Olya, 3rd year BSc Business student (Penryn Campus)
Year abroad Industrial experience C Cornwall E Exeter
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ENHANCE YOUR EMPLOYABILITY
Make the most of studying at the #1 Business School in the UK
for graduate outcomes▲ by choosing from the flexible degree STUDY AND WORK ABROAD OPTIONS
enhancements that help 94.4% of our students go into graduate MORE
WITH YEAR ABROAD
level work or postgraduate study within six months of graduating. INFO
4 4 year degree
Study Abroad in
your 3rd Year
Worldwide ON P22
CAREERS SUPPORT AND WORK EXPERIENCE OPTIONS
WORK AND STUDY ABROAD
4
All Business School students have access to the dedicated Business School One semester
Careers Team and the employability support they offer. MORE 4 year degree studying, one Worldwide
INFO semester working
12 MONTH PLACEMENT – WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
ON P20
4 4 year degree
Industrial placement
in your 3rd Year
£ Typical salary:
£22k
3
SHORT TERM STUDY ABROAD
3 year degree
Study abroad at
a summer school
Worldwide
BUSINESS INTERNSHIPS AND PLACEMENTS MODULE
3
Guided programme Develop knowledge
3 year degree of study worth and practical skills to
15 credits support you with your
DEVELOP YOUR MODULES WITH
internship LANGUAGE SKILLS OTHER COLLEGES
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE OPTIONS ‘With Proficiency in (language)’ Many of the Business School undergraduate
3
To have this added to your degree title, you need programmes offer the opportunity to undertake
3 year degree A range of short Support from the to successfully complete a minimum of 60 credits in modules from another department at the University,
term options Careers Team one language from the University of Exeter Foreign for example Politics or Geography. This can benefit
Language Centre (FLC). Your degree must therefore you academically and enhance your employability.
offer you at least 60 credits of optional modules. Find out more at exeter.ac.uk/students/
Find out more at exeter.ac.uk/flc/undergraduate/ administration/rulesandregulations/ug-pgt/
languages modulechoice
SPECIALISE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MORE Foreign Language Evening Classes
STUDENT SOCIETIES INCLUDE:
If your degree does not offer 60 credits of optional
Add ‘with Proficiency in Entrepreneurship’ to your degree by selecting INFO modules, or you prefer to use those available credits
four out of five specialist entrepreneurship modules: n Business and Finance Society
ON P24 in another way (to achieve ‘with Proficiency in
Entrepreneurship’ for example), you can still make n Women in Business
the most of foreign language evening classes at n Exeter Entrepreneurs
the FLC. Find out more at exeter.ac.uk/flc/evening/ n Management and Marketing Society
languages
n Bright Futures Exeter
n Economics Society
Innovation in the Start-up Thinking Managing Business ignition
entrepreneurship entrepreneurially entrepreneurially – from idea to n The Consulting Society
Fourth Industrial
Revolution implementation n The With Industrial Experience Society
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CAREERS SUPPORT WORK EXPERIENCE OPTIONS
Our careers support is built around the knowledge and skills that 12 MONTH PLACEMENTS – BUSINESS INTERNSHIPS
graduate employers want, and our professional Careers Team are WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE AND PLACEMENTS MODULE
The ‘with Industrial Experience (WIE)’ programme is If you choose not to do the four year ‘with Industrial
here to help from day one. a four year degree that gives you the opportunity to Experience’ programme, you can still secure valuable
gain valuable work experience in your third year of paid work experience with top graduate employers.
Through a range of events, workshops and one-to-one support, we continually work to improve each study, before you then return to the Business School to Competition for these internships can be intense, so
student’s employability to help them stand out in a competitive global job market. Opportunities include: complete your fourth and final year. This means you can our Careers Team have designed the credit-bearing
put into practice what you learn in the first two years Business Internships and Placements module to
of your degree while in a real world business setting. provide guidance through seminars, online resources
Salaries vary depending on employer, but typically range and one-to-one support. As part of this module,
from £19,000 to £23,000, although can extend from students are required to undertake an approved work
£15,000 up to £52,000. We support you every step placement or summer internship for a minimum of
Employability Meet the employer Employer recruitment CV and application four weeks.
skills sessions sessions presentations form guidance of the way, from finding and applying for a placement
through to making the most of your work experience.
OTHER WORK
HOW TO APPLY EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES
With Industrial Experience (WIE) is available on all our Outside of the curriculum, the Careers Team can also
undergraduate programmes. You can apply through help you apply for and secure other work experience
Mock interviews One-to-one careers Networking Professional LinkedIn UCAS or ask to transfer onto WIE in the first term of opportunities such as Spring Insight days, Career
appointments events portrait photo your first year. Find out more about how to apply to Mentoring and summer internships. You can find
all work experience options online. out more about these opportunities online.
For more information visit
exeter.ac.uk/business-school
careers
Industrial placements undertaken by University of Exeter Business
The support I received from the School students in 2018/19 include:
Business School Careers Team, n Adidas n Bank of England n EY n HM Treasury
such as mock assessment centres, n Apple n Deloitte n GlaxoSmithKline n Morgan Stanley
psychometric test skills sessions, n ASOS n Disney n Goldman Sachs n PwC
and the one-to-one advice from
the Employability Advisers, was
invaluable to secure my placement.
If you are thinking of applying for
94.4% 109
of our graduates are in graduate UK Business School for employers engaging with the
placements, I highly recommend work or postgraduate study six Graduate Outcomes▲ Business School in 2018/19
months after graduation▲
these services to help you
showcase your best self.
Diana, BA Management with Marketing
with Industrial Experience
205 99% 62%
students on industrial of WIE students get a 1st of 2018 WIE students gained
placement 2018/19 or 2:1 (2018) compared to a graduate job offer from
▲ 82% of non WIE students their WIE employer
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STUDY ABROAD OPTIONS GLOBAL STUDY ABROAD DESTINATIONS
Your experience at the University of Exeter Business School can reach NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND
far beyond South West England and help set you apart in the graduate DENMARK
job market. CANADA
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
POLAND
SWITZERLAND
All Business School students have the opportunity to ‘With Year Abroad’ is open to all Business School FRANCE SLOVENIA
USA CHINA
study abroad by taking the ‘with Year Abroad’ pathway. students regardless of language abilities. The majority PORTUGAL ITALY JAPAN
SPAIN TURKEY
We currently have over 60 partner universities in 26 of our partner universities offer a full range of modules MEXICO HONG KONG
TAIWAN
different countries, so choosing to study abroad really taught in English, but you may like to study a foreign THAILAND
does open up a world of opportunities. language at the University of Exeter’s Foreign Language
Centre (FLC) to help you make the most of your SINGAPORE
It is now more important than ever to demonstrate
time abroad. PERU
a global outlook to graduate employers. A report by
AUSTRALIA
Universities UK International shows that graduates
who were mobile during their degree were more likely
to be in a graduate level job and earn more than their NEW ZEALAND
non-mobile peers.¬
a variety of business related activities from local
WITH YEAR ABROAD company visits to cultural elements. For a select
If you decide to undertake a year abroad, number of placements, there is the opportunity to
you will study at Exeter for the first two years transfer credits earned towards your University of
of your degree, go abroad for your third year, Exeter degree.
Studying abroad is a unique and return to Exeter for the fourth and final
experience. You can immerse year of your degree.
HOW TO APPLY
yourself in a new culture and Study Abroad options are available on all our
a different university life. It is a WORK AND STUDY ABROAD
undergraduate programmes. It is recommend you
great opportunity to meet new WORLDWIDE apply for the ‘with Year Abroad’ variant of your
degree through UCAS, or you can ask to transfer
people and improve existing You also have the opportunity to live, learn and
onto the programme in your first year, but this may
work in an international context by splitting your
language skills or pick up new year abroad into one semester studying, and limit destinations available to you. Eligibility for the
ones. It also allows you to one semester working. Examples of previous year abroad is based on first year results; you will
placements include PwC, EY, L’Oréal, Toyota, need 50% pass rate to study in Europe and 60% to
broaden your perspectives, visit HSBC, and Kraft Heinz. study internationally. The allocation of destinations
new places and experience new is competitive via a selection process in your
challenges all of which will be SHORT TERM STUDY ABROAD
second year. Acceptance is dependent on
satisfactory academic performance and the level of
beneficial to you in the future. Get a taste of studying abroad by spending two research you have undertaken into your chosen
Tashana, BA Management with Marketing with to six weeks at one of our international partner institution. Find out more online.
European Study and Proficiency in Spanish universities. These short term options can include
For more information visit exeter.ac.uk/business-school study abroad
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ADD ENTREPRENEURSHIP ALUMNI
TO YOUR DEGREE Join our community of more than 26,000 Business School Alumni
in over 150 countries.
A new undergraduate pathway has been launched at the University The Business School Alumni Association (BSAA) is here n Networking and social events around the world
of Exeter to enable you to work towards gaining ‘with Proficiency in to support you throughout your degree and beyond Business School alumni have gone on to work
for the following international organisations:
by providing a range of alumni benefits that help you
Entrepreneurship’ as part of your degree. network and develop professionally, as well as support n Goldman Sachs n Diageo
your lifelong learning:
Develop your entrepreneurial mindset and business By completing 60 credits▲ in entrepreneurship modules n Deloitte n Accenture
acumen through choosing specialist optional and gaining ‘with Proficiency in Entrepreneurship’ n Access to a huge range of support on
n EY n Ogilvy and Mather
entrepreneurship modules. to your degree title, you demonstrate valuable My Career Zone
n Unilever n Fujitsu
entrepreneurial insight to potential employers, and n Graduate job listings and internships
You will gain a sound platform of knowledge and
strengthening the possibility of starting a venture of n JP Morgan n Department
skills from which to start making a positive impact n One-to-one appointments with Career Consultants
your own. n Sony Music for Education
shaping the industry that you are passionate about. n CV, cover letter and application checks
n Microsoft n PwC
n Online webinars
n Barclays n IBM
Choose four of the following modules to be eligible: n Career Mentoring (as a mentee for up to three
n ASOS n Lloyds
years after graduation and as a mentor past
three years) Banking Group
n Manchester United
Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution YEAR n Siemens
n Free access to over 3,000 online journals Football Club
1
This optional module introduces you to technology and the
circular economy, enabling you to develop your knowledge of n Alumni magazine and e-newsletter n KPMG
business innovation that can create positive impact. n Business School LinkedIn group
Start-up Entrepreneurship YEAR
2
You will learn how to identify and create business opportunities
and what actions are needed to capitalise on them.
Since graduating from the University of Exeter
Thinking Entrepreneurially YEAR
Business School, I have gone on to start my
2
Explore what it means to be an entrepreneur and how own company, KOMPAS. We’ve been able
entrepreneurial thinking can create value within any organisation. to raise significant funding to grow, partner
with leading financial institutions and develop
Managing Entrepreneurially a company recognised as one of the world’s
Discover the business fundamentals of entrepreneurship and FINAL leading artificial intelligence start-ups.
increase your ability to manage new venture projects, including YEAR
how to reduce potential risks. The best thing about studying at the Business
School was being given the opportunity to try
Business Ignition: from idea to implementation
new things and meet people from all over the
You will develop and test a real-world business idea through FINAL world. It developed my cultural understanding
YEAR
launching a social enterprise to create impact for a local charity. and gave me ideas when starting a business.
Tom, BSc Economics and Politics with European Study 2016.
▲
Available to students whose degrees allow them to take at least 60 credits of optional modules throughout the entirety of their degree. (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, KOMPAS)26 University of Exeter Business School 27
SCHOLARSHIPS AND HOW TO MANCHESTER
BURSARIES, FEES AND GET HERE
FUNDING All our campuses are well connected
BIRMINGHAM
At the University of Exeter we reinvest a large Scholarships and Bursaries: exeter.ac.uk/
by road, rail and air travel.
proportion of our tuition fee revenue back undergraduate/money/scholarships CARDIFF
into our undergraduate bursary, scholarship STREATHAM CAMPUS AND
Fees and Funding: exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/
schemes and financial assistance, ensuring that we ST LUKE’S CAMPUS, EXETER BRISTOL
money/fees and exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/
continue to attract and support the best students Both campuses are within easy walking LONDON
international/livingcosts
regardless of financial background. As part of distance of the city centre. London toExeter:
200 miles
this, we have trained experts on hand to provide
financial advice. By train EXETER
The average journey time from London NEWQUAY
Paddington to Exeter St David’s station
is 2 hours 30 minutes. PENRYN
By coach
Exeter is well connected by coach, and local
buses from the coach station can take you By coach
direct to either of our campuses. For timetables visit nationalexpress.com or phone
National Express on +44 (0) 8717 818181.
By car
The M4/M5 links Exeter directly to London, the By car
Midlands, South Wales and the North including The Penryn Campus is approximately a 2 hour
Scotland. The average journey time from either drive from Exeter. For satellite navigation use
London or the Midlands is 3 hours. postcode TR10 9FE or TR10 9EZ.
For satellite navigation use postcode EX4 4QJ for By air
the Streatham Campus and EX2 4TE for St Luke’s. The closest airport to the Penryn Campus is
at Newquay.
By air
The nearest regional airports are at Exeter For full instructions and directions to each campus,
and Bristol. A flight between Exeter and London please see exeter.ac.uk/visit/directions
typically takes around one hour.
EUROPEAN TRAVEL
PENRYN CAMPUS, CORNWALL All our campuses are easily accessible from
By train London by road and rail. Regular flights to cities
There are regular services to Truro from all major including Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin and Edinburgh
British cities, and connecting services from Truro (1 hour), operate from Exeter airport. Newquay
to Penryn. The average journey time from London airport (Cornwall) flies to UK and European
Paddington to Truro is just over 4 hours, and from destinations. Bristol airport (1 hour by train from
Truro to Penryn about 15 minutes. Exeter) has direct flights to 100+ destinations.
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