Course Details
Are you a budding entrepreneur? The University of Bolton's innovative 2-year BSc (Hons) Business Start-Up degree is a full-time, accelerated course designed to support you in setting up your own business. Traditional business degrees cover the broad scope of business, but this course is different. We focus as closely as possible on your individual industry and business development needs, incubating your entrepreneurial potential.
Whatever your business speciality, through individually tailored teaching and assessment, and personalised business support, we aim to ensure you and your business are commercially sustainable post-study.
Tailored teaching and assessment
Our team of highly experienced business partners and lecturers are dedicated to helping you develop the fundamental business knowledge and practical expertise needed to set up and run your own business. We'll focus on building your understanding, skills, and confidence so you can plan and implement each stage of your new business effectively. One-to-one support is fundamental to our approach, and each module offers focused knowledge and skills that you can employ to help pass the assessments and, more importantly, support your business.
Personalised business support
Enrolling in this course gives you access to our hands-on business mentors through our Business Start-Up Support Network. Network members will act as mentors to provide our students' new ventures with the best possible starting point. We'll identify your needs and introduce you to a business mentor, then work with you to assess your business opportunities and ability to grow.
After graduation, you'll be a valued member of our business alumni network, so we can continue to support you and your business in the future. You may hopefully become a mentor to our students yourself!
Building your business network
You'll benefit from workshops and guest lectures from business start-up experts, SME advisors, successful entrepreneurs, and business owners. Networking events will help build your confidence and interpersonal skills. This direct access to the business community will help develop your skills and facilitate your success and growth.
Become a full-stack entrepreneur
Our BSc (Hons) Business Start-Up accelerated programme combines core, fundamental business, and specialised modules to develop the skills and knowledge needed to set up and grow your new business.
Enterprise and Opportunity – including the process of setting up a business
Business Skills Development – including sourcing suppliers and talent
Finance for Business Decision-Making – including financial documentation and processes
Issues in Enterprise Planning – including assessing market conditions and identifying opportunities
Business Growth – including identifying funding mechanisms and measuring capital returns (ROI)
Company Law – including contract law and intellectual property
Sustainability and Business Ethics – including both commercial and environmental sustainability
Overall, we aim to support you in gaining the vital mix of technical, practical, and theoretical business knowledge and skills needed to build a business from the ground up. We'll focus on the hard and soft skills necessary for success in your chosen business area, so you are ready to appraise risks, seize opportunities and lead your business to long-term growth and profitability.
Highlights
- Our Business, Management and Marketing courses are ranked second in the UK and top in the North West of England for Course and Teaching Satisfaction by The Guardian University Guide 2022.
- The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022 ranks our Business, Management and Marketing courses second in the UK and top in the North West of England for Student Experience.
- Our team of highly experienced and enthusiastic lecturers have worked in a wide range of businesses ranging from multinational organisations to SMEs and are experts in their fields.
- Benefit from studying with business management students (core modules) and like-minded entrepreneurial students from across the globe who are in the process of setting up and developing their own enterprises (specialist modules).
- Personalised business advice through our Business Start-Up Support Network will guide you in navigating the complexities of starting your own business.
- Some modules will support you in taking a deep dive into your business to investigate a business problem or opportunity and devise realistic, implementable solutions.
Key Features
- This intensive 2-year full-time accelerated undergraduate degree runs over three trimesters per year, including over the summer.
- This course is offered within our vibrant Institute of Management environment in Bolton town centre.
- We use small group and tutorial teaching, so you can fully benefit from the excellent support offered by our teaching staff.
- Benefit from the advice and guidance of a business mentor who can support you in developing your business ideas.
- Course materials are available online, allowing you to prepare work at home and make the most of the highly interactive in-class tuition.
- The University offers 24/7 access to excellent library and IT facilities, Wi-Fi, and well-appointed learning areas.
- Choose to study with us and you'll have the chance to enjoy Bolton's many shops, bars, restaurants, and leisure facilities. Manchester, one of the UK's most multicultural and lively cities, is less than 20 minutes away by train. Not forgetting the Northwest of England is renowned for its beautiful countryside, coastline, and heritage sites.
