Business Management (Including Year Abroad)

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BSc (Hons) Business Management

Undergraduate Course

(Including Year Abroad)

Start date

October 2026

October 2027

Study mode

Full Time

Course options

+ Year Abroad

+ Placement Year

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Business Management (Including Year Abroad)

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Essex Business School

What is the BSc (Hons) Business Management degree?

The BSc (Hons) Business Management is a three-year degree, extendable to four with an optional placement or study abroad year.

The degree prepares you to think critically, work ethically with AI and data, and understand how people are at the heart of successful organisations. You'll develop the knowledge, analytical skills and confidence to make informed business decisions, solve complex challenges and create positive impact in business, communities and society.

Why this course

Develop a broad understanding of business, learning how organisations create strategy, manage people and achieve sustainable success in a rapidly changing world.

Add a placement or study abroad year to apply your learning in professional or international settings while developing valuable industry and intercultural experience.

Graduate with the knowledge, practical experience and critical thinking skills needed to pursue careers across business, management, consultancy or entrepreneurship.

Who should apply

Future business leaders, managers and entrepreneurs

Students interested in business strategy, leadership and organisational success

Those wanting to understand how businesses use AI, innovation and data to make decisions

Critical thinkers looking to build analytical, communication and problem-solving skills

What you'll learn

Business strategy: Understand how organisations develop strategy, manage operations and respond to changing business environments

Leadership and people: Explore leadership, organisational behaviour and human resource management

Responsible management: Examine ethical, social and environmental challenges while learning how organisations can create sustainable value

Digital innovation: Develop knowledge of AI, management and digital transformation

Your learning experience

Optional study abroad year: Spend a year at one of our partner universities and experience another culture with university support from Study Abroad at Essex

Optional placement year: Gain professional experience in a business or organisation with university support from Placements at Essex

Real-world learning: Apply your knowledge through organisational case studies, collaborative projects and contemporary business challenges

Independent research: Complete a final-year research project investigating your chosen topic

Expert teaching: Learn from internationally recognised academics and researchers at Essex Business School, a school committed to responsible management and ethical business practices

Careers and outcomes

A BSc (Hons) Business Management degree prepares you for a wide range of careers, including:

Business management: Operations, business development and organisational management

Consultancy: Business analysis and innovation management

Leadership: Human resource management, project management and team leadership

Entrepreneurship: Launching your own business or driving innovation within established organisations

Employers of Business Management graduates

Graduates from Essex Business School who studied Business Management have progressed to roles in national and international organisations, including:

CEO and Founders of WYSPR - a 'Friendvertising' social media start-up

Business Development Manager at Footprint Digital - a fast-growing digital marketing agency

Sales and Marketing Manager at Chrysodalia - a Cyprus-based food manufacturing company

Digital Marketing Executive at Premier Labellers - a machinery manufacturer based in Essex

Delivery Consultant at RED - The Global SAP Solutions Provider - a specialist recruitment firm

iX Business Consultant at IBM - a multinational technology company

Our Business Management graduates enjoy successful careers in their fields.

In addition to the skills development offered by Essex Business School, BSc (Hons) Business Management students can also take advantage of the University of Essex Careers Service, which focuses on supporting the development of undergraduate employability, including careers fairs, career mentoring, skills development, careers advice and guidance, placement year support, job opportunities, start-up support and more.

Specialise your degree

Your first year in our BSc Business Management programme gives you a strong foundation across key areas of business and management, while helping you develop the knowledge and skills you will build on throughout your degree.

From your second year onward, you can start to shape your degree around your interests. You can specialise in a particular area through a qualifier pathway, or stay on the general BSc Business Management route and keep your studies broad and flexible.

Our qualifiers give you the opportunity to explore an area of business in more depth and develop knowledge and skills relevant to your chosen area.

If you would rather explore a wider range of business and management topics, you can stay on the general BSc Business Management pathway and choose the options that interest you most.

Below is an overview of each qualifier to help you explore the different pathways available.

Business Analytics

If you are interested in using data to understand how businesses perform and make decisions, this qualifier offers you the chance to explore business analytics in more depth. You will explore areas such as data mining and visualisation, intelligent enterprise systems and project management, while developing practical analytical and decision-making skills.

Career paths:

Business Analyst

Data Analyst

Business Intelligence Analyst

Project Manager

Business Analytics Consultant

International Business and Entrepreneurship

If you are interested in starting, growing or managing businesses in an international environment, this qualifier lets you explore business from both a global and entrepreneurial perspective. You will look at how organisations operate across different markets, how new business ideas are developed, and the role of strategy and digital innovation in international business.

Career Paths:

Business Development Executive

International Business Analyst

Entrepreneur

Strategy Analyst

Management Consultant

Supply Chain and Logistics

If you are interested in what goes behind the scenes to keep businesses running, this qualifier gives you the chance to explore supply chains, logistics and operations in more detail. You will look at how organisations manage global logistics and supply chains, alongside business analytics and project management, giving you the skills that can be applied across a wide range of industries.

Supply Chain Analyst

Logistics Analyst

Operations Manager

Supply Chain Consultant

Why we're great.

Take advantage of Essex Startups, the support scheme for entrepreneurial students.

We're world renowned for our research on workplace behaviour and management.

We are ranked in the Top 150 for business and economics in the THE World University Rankings by Subject 2026.

We have studied some really insightful case studies in my business management modules and our assignments have involved a lot of practical work, including: market research; writing a marketing plan: ethnographic research; strategy and analysis - which altogether has given me a sound understanding of how the concepts and models taught in the lectures are applied in a real-life setting.

Karolina Hausman, BSc Business Management

Meet the experts

Dr James Fowler

Expert in business history and corporate strategy

Essex Business School , University of Essex

Dr Fowler is a leading authority on business and management history, with three books on corporate strategy, hybrid organisations and the story of London's transport. Over more than a decade of research, he has published in journals including Business History and Enterprise & Society, alongside consultancy for industry. Students gain a historical perspective on how organisations succeed, fail and adapt.

Dr Stefano Cirella

Expert in organisational change and collective creativity

A Reader in organisation studies, Dr Cirella has spent over 15 years exploring creativity and organisational change, studying how teams and organisations innovate, learn and transform. He has co-authored a book on organisational change management, published multiple articles on creativity, change and leadership in academic journals including the Journal of Business Research, and received British Academy funding. Students gain insight into how organisations enhance creative ideas and lead change.

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Course structure

This course is designed to provide you with a broad overview of all the main areas of business management, whilst also allowing you to be flexible to study your own areas of interest.

In the first year our current students cover the fundamentals that every business manager needs to know. However, we are planning some changes to our first year and we'll be tailoring it more closely to your chosen course. Then in second and final year you will have a mixture of compulsory and optional modules.

We offer a flexible course structure with a mixture of core/compulsory modules, and optional modules chosen from lists. Please be aware that we are planning changes to our first year to make it more relevant to your chosen course.

Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field. The following modules are based on the current course structure and may change in response to new curriculum developments and innovation.

We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision for you. We'll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities as described on our website and in line with your contract with us. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to significant disruption, we'll let our applicants and students know as soon as possible.

Components and modules explained

Components

Components are the blocks of study that make up your course. A component may have a set module which you must study, or a number of modules from which you can choose.

Each component has a status and carries a certain number of credits towards your qualification.

What this means

You must take the set module for this component and you must pass. No failure can be permitted.

Core with Options

You can choose which module to study from the available options for this component but you must pass. No failure can be permitted.

Compulsory

You must take the set module for this component. There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the qualification if you fail.

Compulsory with Options

You can choose which module to study from the available options for this component. There may be limited opportunities to continue on the course/be eligible for the qualification if you fail.

Optional

The modules that are available for you to choose for each component will depend on several factors, including which modules you have chosen for other components, which modules you have completed in previous years of your course, and which term the module is taught in.

Modules are the individual units of study for your course. Each module has its own set of learning outcomes and assessment criteria and also carries a certain number of credits.

In most cases you will study one module per component, but in some cases you may need to study more than one module. For example, a 30-credit component may comprise of either one 30-credit module, or two 15-credit modules, depending on the options available.

Modules may be taught at different times of the year and by a different department or school to the one your course is primarily based in. You can find this information from the module code. For example, the module code HR100-4-FY means:

The department or school the module will be taught by.

In this example, the module would be taught by the Department of History.

The module number.

The UK academic level of the module.

A standard undergraduate course will comprise of level 4, 5 and 6 modules - increasing as you progress through the course.

A standard postgraduate taught course will comprise of level 7 modules.

A postgraduate research degree is a level 8 qualification.

The term the module will be taught in.

AU: Autumn term

SP: Spring term

SU: Summer term

FY: Full year

AP: Autumn and Spring terms

PS: Spring and Summer terms

AS: Autumn and Summer terms

Year Abroad

Final Year

COMPONENT 01: CORE

Introduction to Management

(15 CREDITS)

Introduction to Management is a broad-ranging module intended to provide a foundation in the most significant issues in management theory and practice, as well as to prepare you for related modules in subsequent years of your course. Because theoretical explanations, i.e. academic interpretations of what managers do and even of what they say they do, and what managers actually do in real organisations on a day-to-day basis, may differ, we will also draw out some of the connections and disjunctures between management theory and management practice. Our teaching also emphasises the ethics of managing and how to balance the bottom line of the business with the organisation's wider responsibilities to society and other stakeholders. The module also looks to explore how AI is being employed by managers and how this is changing the roles and responsibilities of the managers across sectors whilst also creating new risks and challenges.

View Introduction to Management on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 02: CORE

Introduction to Marketing

A key module across all our Business, Management, and Marketing courses Introduction to Marketing sets out the fundamental principles of marketing and covers the core elements of marketing management. The module explores marketing planning; the segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP) process; and the extended marketing mix (product, price, promotion, place, people, process, and physical environment). The module aims to help students develop marketing knowledge and skills that are important for future modules as well as the workplace.

View Introduction to Marketing on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 03: COMPULSORY

Introduction to Accounting and Finance

It’s essential that every aspiring entrepreneur, manager and leader understands the basics of accounting and finance. In this introductory module you’ll explore the principles of financial and management accounting; the recording of transactions; the preparation of financial statements and their analysis; the principles of cost accumulation and decision making in businesses; techniques of cost control; the management of working capital; the sources of funding and investment appraisal. You’ll explore the key theories, carry out problem-solving exercises and learn how to apply these within companies.

View Introduction to Accounting and Finance on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 04: COMPULSORY

New Venture Creation

If you’re looking to start your own business, or to help an existing business to grow, then this module provides the essential knowledge you’ll need. You develop a greater understanding of the various aspects involved in new venture creation and growth, from opportunity identification, evaluation and implementation through to continued growth and management. Using practical exercises, case studies and videos, you learn about the business life cycle from start-up to growth and maturity and explore business development from economic and behavioural perspectives.

View New Venture Creation on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 05: COMPULSORY

Business Economics

This module introduces you to key economic theories and concepts, covering highly topical issues affecting the business world. Using real-life case studies, you explore the key microeconomics principles and concepts that can help to explain why economic activities occur and explore whether it is possible to improve economic situations for society.

View Business Economics on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 06: COMPULSORY

Introduction to International Business

At Essex Business School we’re proud of our international community, bringing international expertise into the classroom. In this module you are introduced to the global business environment and how this impacts upon corporations and their decision to operate internationally. You explore the different strategies organisations can adopt when entering international markets and examine aspects of managing multinational corporations, such as marketing, human resource management and global supply chain management.

View Introduction to International Business on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 07: COMPULSORY

Introduction to Business Analytics

Introduction to Business Analytics will allow you to develop core knowledge and skills in the domain of business analytics and data science.

You’ll focus on different tools and approaches to support data analysis and decision making in business environment. The module is designed to enhance your ability of data analysis to uncover embedded information useful for decision making.Learn how to valuate the potential of data analytics in supporting complex decision making in real-world business environment.

View Introduction to Business Analytics on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 08: COMPULSORY

Professional and Academic Development

This Professional and Academic Development module helps you build a foundation in core academic skill requirements to further improve the standard of your academic work across all of your first-year modules. This module also introduces you to the themes of career planning, employability skills, and awareness of career paths.

View Professional and Academic Development on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 01: COMPULSORY

Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management

The Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management module integrates topics from manufacturing-operations, process design, capacity and inventory planning, and supply chain management. This module will give you an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to manage business operations and supply chain effectively in a real-world environment.

The aim of this module is to provide comprehensive understanding of key principles, concepts and approaches used to ensure effective management of business operations and supply chain management. The module covers an extensive range of issues including structure and scope of operations, process design, capacity and inventory management, supply chain management and quality management.

View Principles of Operations and Supply Chain Management on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 02: COMPULSORY

Organisational Behaviour

This module builds on your understanding of management, work and organisation, exploring how these concepts have evolved over time and how they are understood now. You look at how management theory relates to organisational practice, examine the social dynamics underpinning the field of organisation studies and analyse some of the most important themes affecting management today.

View Organisational Behaviour on our Module Directory

Business Research Methods

This module introduces a number of business and management research methods, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship and small business. You explore philosophical research issues, such as selecting appropriate research methods and judging the quality and value of findings. You learn how to write a research proposal and design and plan quantitative and qualitative research. This includes collecting data, analysing findings and presenting results.

View Business Research Methods on our Module Directory

COMPONENT 04: COMPULSORY WITH OPTIONS

Compulsory option from list

(30 CREDITS)

Professional and Academic Development 2

This module will give you a clear understanding of feedback, Dweck`s concept of a `growth mindset`, and how you can use these to improve your studies and career.

We want you to have a passion for learning, a willingness to challenge yourself, and an eagerness to learn from mistakes, so this module will help you to understand group work and presentations and to acquire the relevant skills to successfully undertake both.

The module also serves as a bridge for your final year, so that students should be able to understand the expectations of the final year and the possible career paths you can take after you graduate, and how you can use summer vacations to get ahead.

View Professional and Academic Development 2 on our Module Directory

Business Strategy

The business world is increasingly global, complex and fast changing. While some organisations are consistently successful over a long period of time, many fail and are forgotten forever. In theory it should become consecutively easier to imitate the strategies of winning companies and dissipate their profits. In practice, however, only a few firms become long-term leaders. In this course, you explore why that is.

View Business Strategy on our Module Directory

Leadership in Organisations

The module aims to develop your understanding of leadership in organisations. You explore a range of traditional and current leadership theories and relate these to business and managerial practice. You also examine business ethics and develop your teamwork, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

View Leadership in Organisations on our Module Directory

Abroad Module 120 Credits

(120 CREDITS)

View Abroad Module 120 Credits on our Module Directory

Responsible Artificial Intelligence

This module explores the ethical dimensions, societal implications, and practical considerations of implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the organisations and analytics context. It focuses on key themes such as fairness, transparency, privacy, and accountability, while examining fundamental concepts like algorithmic fairness, transparency, and ethical decision-making. Engaging with debates around AI autonomy, bias mitigation, and regulatory frameworks, students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the responsible AI landscape.

View Responsible Artificial Intelligence on our Module Directory

Strategic Human Resource Management

Political, economic, and socio-cultural changes have culminated in the emergence of Human Resource Management (HRM) as a distinct function within many organisations.

In particular, HRM has taken an increasingly strategic view of the organisations' employees as drivers of competitive advantage with primary HRM functions including recruitment and selection, performance and reward management, and training and development, which are correspondingly aligned with this aim. This is also accompanied by an increasing emphasis being placed on a host of new devolvement's including the use of digitised employee management systems and an emphasis on promoting organisational sustainability.

This module will explore existing theories and approaches to contemporary strategic HRM, while also adopting a critical perspective on their impact and implementation. In doing so, it will consider how institutional and cultural contexts shape the ways in which employer-employee relationships are constructed, enforced, and normalised and will seek to highlight and explain the oft-observed gaps between theory and practice. This will enable you to develop a critical appreciation of strategic HRM challenges and an understanding of its potential impact on individuals, organisations, and the wider society.

View Strategic Human Resource Management on our Module Directory

Business Ethics

This module builds on your understanding of management and organisation by considering the ethics of business activity. You are introduced to the origins, practice and theory of business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR). You consider a range of perspectives and use business literature to critically examine organisational ethics and analyse its constraints.

This module has been designed to enable students to integrate their subject knowledge with an understanding of sustainable development, acquiring the skills and competencies essential for addressing the urgent sustainability challenges of the 21st century.

View Business Ethics on our Module Directory

Final Year Project option from list

COMPONENT 05: OPTIONAL

Management option(s) from list

COMPONENT 06: OPTIONAL

EBS option from list or outside option

Career Skills in Business

(0 CREDITS)

This module will help you to understand the interests, skills and competencies which are relevant to your future career choices.

You will learn how to find the graduate-level roles and career paths available to business students and you will learn about the skills necessary to successfully compete in the graduate labour market after you graduate.

View Career Skills in Business on our Module Directory

Placement

On a placement year you gain relevant work experience within an external business or organisation, giving you a competitive edge in the graduate job market and providing you with key contacts within the industry. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.

Year abroad

On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.

Teaching

Undergraduate students at the Department of Essex Business School typically have 12 hours of teaching time per week.

Teaching includes a combination of lectures, seminars and computer-based lab sessions

Modules delivered by experts in the field as well as guest speakers

Contribute and interact in lectures through the use of smart technology

Lecture presentations and notes are uploaded online beforehand to help you prepare in advance

Complete your final-year project in consultation with a personal supervisor

Assessment

Assessed through traditional methods of end-of-year exams and multiple-choice questions, in-class tests and essays

Plus more innovative and creative assessments include poster presentations, real-business case problems and group presentations

Your first-year marks do not count towards your final degree

UK entry requirements

GCSE: Mathematics C/4.

Plus one of the level 3 qualifications below:

112 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of the equivalent of 2 full A-levels.

IB: 29 points in the IB Diploma or 112 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of 2 Higher Level subjects. Our Maths requirement can be met with either: 2 in Standard level Maths; 2 in Higher level Maths; or 4 in IB Middle Years Maths.

We accept A-levels, AAQs, BTECs, Access to HE Diploma, T-levels and most other qualifications that hold UCAS tariff points. Acceptability of some non A-level qualifications (such as BTECs) may depend on the subject studied and units taken.

You can calculate your UCAS tariff points on the UCAS website.

Whilst International A-levels and BTECs aren't on the UCAS tariff calculator, we assign them the same tariff points as their UK counterparts.

Don't meet the entry requirements?

We know everyone's journey is different. If your achieved or predicted grades don’t match our entry requirements, you have a non-traditional educational background, or you're returning to study as a mature student, we'd still encourage you to apply. We review every application individually and may be able to offer you a place on this course, or an alternative route such as a foundation year.

Find out more about applying, personal statements, references, visas, deferred entry, extenuating circumstances, and support for mature students on our undergraduate application information page.

Contextual Offers:

We are committed to ensuring that all students with the merit and potential to benefit from an Essex education are supported to do so. We make Contextual Offers to applicants from underrepresented groups residing in the UK. Our Contextual Offers policy outlines the full eligibility criteria.

GCSE Mathematics C/4 plus

96 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of 2 full A-levels.

International & EU entry requirements

We accept a wide range of qualifications from applicants studying in the EU and other countries. Get in touch with any questions you may have about the qualifications we accept. Remember to tell us about the qualifications you have already completed or are currently taking.

AFGHANISTAN

ANTIGUA AND BARBUADA

ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA

AZERBAIJAN

BANGLADESH

BARBADOS

BELARUS (BYELORUSSIA)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA

BULGARIA

BURKINA FASO

CAMBODIA (KAMPUCHEA, KHMER R)

CAMEROON

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP

COLOMBIA

CONGO (DEM REB, ZAIRE)

COSTA RICA

CZECH REPUBLIC

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICA

DOMINICAN REP

EAST TIMOR

EL SALVADOR

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ETHIOPIA (ABYSSINIA)

GIBRALTAR

GILBERT ISLANDS (KIRIBATI)

GUATEMALA

GUIANA, FRENCH

GUINEA BISSAU

HONDURAS

HONG KONG

INDONESIA

IRAN (ISLAMIC REP)

IRELAND, REP

IVORY COAST

KAZAKHSTAN

KOREA SOUTH

KYRGYZSTAN (KIRGIZIA)

LIECHTENSTEIN

LITHUANIA

LUXEMBOURG

MADAGASCAR (MALAGASY REP)

MALAYSIA

MALDIVE ISLANDS

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MAURITANIA

MAURITIUS

MONGOLIA, OUTER

MONTENEGRO

MONTSERRAT

MOZAMBIQUE

MYANMAR (formerly Burma)

NETHERLANDS (HOLLAND)

NEW ZEALAND

NICARAGUA

NORTH MACEDONIA

OMAN (MUSCAT AND OMAN)

PAKISTAN

PALESTINE

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PARAGUAY

PHILIPPINES

PORTUGAL (MADEIRA, AZORES)

SAMOA (WESTERN)

SAN MARINO

SAUDI ARABIA

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE

SINGAPORE

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

SOLOMON ISLANDS

SOMALI REPUBLIC

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH GEORGE & STH SANDWICH IS

SOUTH SUDAN

SRI LANKA (CEYLON)

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

ST. LUCIA

ST. VINCENT

SWAZILAND

SWITZERLAND

TAJIKISTAN

TANZANIA

THAILAND

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TURKMENISTAN

TUVALU, ALSO ELLICE ISLANDS

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UNITED STATES

UZBEKISTAN

VENEZUELA

VIETNAM, SOC REP

YEMEN (PDR,ADEN,SOCOTRA)

ZIMBABWE

Sorry, the entry requirements for the country that you have selected are not available here. Please contact our Undergraduate Admissions team at ugquery@essex.ac.uk to request the entry requirements for this country.

English language requirements

English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English

IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component, or specified score in an equivalent test that we accept.

Details of English language requirements and the tests we accept for applicants who require a Student visa (excluding Nationals of Majority English Speaking Countries) can be found here

If we accept the English component of an international qualification it will be included in the academic levels listed above for the relevant countries.

Pre-sessional English courses

If you do not meet our IELTS requirements then you may be able to complete a pre-sessional English pathway that enables you to start your course without retaking IELTS.

Additional Notes

If you’re an international student, but do not meet the academic requirements for direct admission to this degree, you could prepare and gain entry through a pathway course. Find out more about opportunities available to you at the University of Essex International College

Home/UK fee

£10,050 per year

International fee

£23,750 per year

Fees will increase for each academic year of study.

If your course has the option to include a placement year or study abroad, and you choose to do so, you will pay the following:

Placement year

20% of your standard tuition fee for that year

Full year abroad

15% of your standard tuition fee for that year

Single term abroad

Standard tuition fee

Scholarships and financial support

There may be scholarships, bursaries or discounts available to help with the cost of this course.

Fees and funding guide

Home/UK fees and funding information

International fees and funding information

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Applications for our full-time undergraduate courses should be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Full details on how to apply can be found on the filling in your UCAS undergraduate application web page.

Our UK students, and some of our EU and international students, who are still at school or college, can apply through their school. Your school will be able to check and then submit your completed application to UCAS. Our other international applicants (EU or worldwide) or independent applicants in the UK can also apply online through UCAS Apply.

The UCAS code for our University of Essex is ESSEX E70. The individual campus codes for our Loughton and Southend Campuses are 'L' and 'S' respectively.

For information on transferring from another university, applying when you are not at school or college, and applying for readmission, please see How to apply and entry requirements

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Set within 200 acres of award-winning parkland - Wivenhoe Park and located two miles from the historic city centre of Colchester – England's oldest recorded development. Our Colchester Campus is also easily reached from London and Stansted Airport in under one hour.

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If you live too far away to come to Essex (or have a busy lifestyle), no problem. Our 360-degree virtual tour allows you to explore our University from the comfort of your home. Check out our Colchester virtual tour to see accommodation options, facilities and social spaces.

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Got a question about this course? Chat with Dr Jordon Lazell, Director of Student Recruitment in Essex Business School.

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