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You have a highly active mind and see opportunity everywhere. Now you need life-changing skills and theory from a business management degree to sharpen your approach to business and management, and turn your ideas into action. We'll match your ambition.

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Business Management

Undergraduate - BSc (Hons)

Available in Clearing
Study in:
Chelmsford
,
Cambridge
Available as:
3 years full-time
,
2 years accelerated
,
4 years with placement
,
4 years with foundation
Accredited by:

CMI

Chartered Management Institute logo
Course details Apply

Business with Finance

Undergraduate - BSc (Hons)

Available in Clearing
Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
3 years full-time
,
4 years with placement
,
4 years with foundation
Course features
  • Build your finance and trading skills
  • Stand out with a Bloomberg certification
  • Enhance your CV with a placement year
Course details Apply

Supply Chain Management

Undergraduate - BSc (Hons)

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
3 years full-time
,
4 years with foundation
,
4 years with placement
Course features
  • Develop thorough, in-demand supply chain knowledge and skills
  • Explore the most up-to-date issues affecting global supply chains, with a focus on sustainability
  • Gain valuable experience with an optional placement year
Course details Apply

Human Resource Management

Postgraduate - PG Dip

Study in:
Chelmsford
,
Cambridge
Available as:
15 months part-time
,
2 years part-time
Accredited by:

CIPD

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development logo
Course details Apply

International Business

Postgraduate - MSc

Study in:
Chelmsford
,
Cambridge
Available as:
1 year full-time - January or September
,
1 year full-time - May
,
2 years with professional experience - January or September
,
2 years with professional experience - May
Course features
  • Develop a global perspective on managing people and business operations
  • Study in the Netherlands or Switzerland for a semester
  • Gain valuable experience with an optional placement year
Course details Apply

International Business with Business Analytics

Postgraduate - MSc

Study in:
Chelmsford
,
Cambridge
Available as:
1 year full-time
,
2 years with professional experience
Course features
  • Develop your knowledge and skills in international business, business modelling and big data analytics
  • Take a multidisciplinary view of the rapidly-changing global political economy
  • Gain valuable experience with an optional professional placement year
Course details Apply

International Business with Economics

Postgraduate - MSc

Study in:
Chelmsford
,
Cambridge
Available as:
1 year full-time
,
2 years with professional experience
Course features
  • Kick-start or further your career in economics, international trade, or business
  • Develop comprehensive theoretical and practical skills
  • Gain valuable insights into management, marketing, analysis and more
Course details Apply

International Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Postgraduate - MSc

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
1 year full-time - all start dates
,
2 years with professional experience
Accredited by:

CIPS

Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply logo
Course details Apply

Professional Doctorate in Business and Management

Research - DBA

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
Part-time
Course features
The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) has been designed to increase your professional capabilities, make a positive contribution to your organisation, and produce publishable-level research. The DBA is a professional doctorate, designed to generate an original contribution to professional practice, through a rigorous engagement with management theory, and a focussed programme of independent research into a specific ‘research problem’ in your professional practice.
Course details Apply
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At the Faculty of Business and Law, we’ve designed our learning experience to help you amplify your talents and the impact you make in the world. Here through our different ways of learning, you’ll learn to think critically, creatively, and entrepreneurially. You can find your voice, grow in confidence and develop the skills you need to be a positive force for change in the world. Innovative and forward thinking, we do things differently to shape students who go on to stand up for justice, tackle inequality, champion sustainability and more.

You can boost your CV with our work experience and placement opportunities, as well as our unique ARU Certificate for Professional Development (ARUCPD).

And you don't have to wait until you graduate to follow your dreams: you could get a head start on your career with business support and mentoring from our start-up hub.

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Better futures

At ARU you'll be part of our Faculty of Business and Law. Our Dean, Professor Gary Packham, talks about the faculty's impact on your future.

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Career support from day one

Study at a university that’s known for its entrepreneurial spirit and:

  • attend business events, seminars and talks
  • make connections with local employers
  • take an optional placement year in industry
  • benefit from ongoing careers and employability support
  • get business support and mentoring through our start-up hub.
Business student Emma

"My placement helped me to gain infinite amounts of confidence and so many other skills, such as problem solving, resilience, thinking on my feet and communication. I feel so much more knowledgeable about the career I want to go into and the skills and experiences I need to get there."

Emma Scriven

BSc (Hons) Business with Human Resource Management student

Emma's story
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