Responsiveness,
dynamisism and
innovation –
these characteristics
are key to success in
Management
business and
management and our
courses will enable
you to develop your
natural talents
Why QMU?
QMU is a small university. Its scale allows
the Business School’s own responsive,
dynamic and innovative delivery of
high-quality management courses to be
coupled with a close student-tutor
working relationship where students’
interests, aspirations and concerns are
central to our activity. Our fundamental
belief is that profitable business and
effective management must have a
positive impact on people and on our
planet, and this ethos is to be found in all
that we teach and in the way that we
teach it. That ‘caring’ approach begins
with the caring approach we employ in
our engagement with our students.
We have high levels of student
satisfaction on our Business
Management, Events Management, and
International Hospitality and Tourism
Management degrees, averaging 85% in
our recent National Student Survey
2018. Satisfaction translates into
success: 90% of our graduates are in
employment or further training after six
months (Unistats, 2018).
Smaller class sizes compared with many
other universities, means you’ll get close
support and guidance from staff who
want to get to know you. We work on a
‘first-names’ basis in the Management
School: lecturers and tutors will get to
know you by name, and will help
manage your learning from your very first
lecture right through to graduation.
Join the success story! QMU as a whole
is ranked as the top ‘post-92’ university
in the Complete University Guide 2019,
and QMU is ranked in the top five in
Scotland for for student satisfaction
Business Studies (National Student
Survey 2018).
Our full range of undergraduate
management degrees consists of:
• BA/BA (Hons) Business
Management
• BA/BA (Hons) Business
Management with Enterprise
• BA/BA (Hons) Business
Management with Finance
• BA/BA (Hons) Business
Management with Marketing
• BA (Hons) Business Management
(Graduate Apprenticeship)
• BA/BA (Hons) Events and Festival
Management
• BA/BA (Hons) International
Hospitality and Tourism
Management.
• BA/BA (Hons) Accounting and
Finance (New for 2020)
• BA/BA (Hons) Marketing
Management (New for 2020)
Many of our students go on to create
their own businesses. Uniquely, we have
our own Business Innovation Zone
(which hosts start-ups) and Business
Gateway on-campus at QMU. These
resources, with the first-class
professional advice they can offer, will
help you turn your entrepreneurial idea
into a reality – and that applies equally to
all of our undergraduate degrees. BA
(Hons) Business Management graduate
Lauren Leisk utilises the services - please
see her case study on page 118 for
more information on her business and
her success.
Students in Years Three and Four of our
courses benefit from QMU’s Employer
Mentoring programme, which offers the
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into sought-after
management expertise.
opportunity to meet with experienced
professionals who have a wealth of
industrial insight relating to all our
degrees. The mentee-mentor relationship
allows students to develop networks and
increase their confidence and
employability in their chosen field of
study.
We are a member of the Chartered
Association of Business Schools, and
our BA (Hons) Business Management
with Finance course is accredited by the
Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants (CIMA).
Business Management
Business is one of the cornerstones of
society. Equipping graduates to interact
with a variety of business sectors
remains key to the development of both
individual careers and economic
prosperity at a national level.
The UK will need 1.9 million new
managers by 2024, according to the
2016 Working Futures report. Our
Business Management degrees are
designed to equip students to become
these managers of tomorrow: leaders
who will make a positive contribution in
the public, private and third sectors.
Invaluable work experience will be gained
on placement in Year Four, where you will
be operating in the best possible
environment to learn those higher-level
management skills required by
tomorrow’s companies, and to
consolidate the knowledge acquired
throughout your programme of studies.
In addition, in Year Three you can choose
modules that inspire you, and gain the
opportunity to study abroad.