金斯頓大學(xué)

If you aspire to a career in the fast-moving, innovative world of marketing or advertising, this is the course for you.

Designed in consultation with leading industry experts, it merges cutting edge theory with practical experience.

You'll boost your employability and build your personal brand through business experience. You can gain hands-on marketing expertise through a work placement, or develop your skills as a consultant by working in a team on a live project. Another option is to venture into entrepreneurship and develop your own business, with support from the University.

This degree comes 'with business experience', which includes the following:

• The Business Readiness Programme develops your business skills and qualities so that you hit the ground running on the first day of your work internship or graduate job.
• Business Practice gives you the opportunity to gain valuable, real-life and hands-on experience. In the second year, from May, you will gain a minimum of three months hands-on experience from a choice of:
  • A work internship where you will work within a business in a role linked to your degree or area of interest. This work experience is invaluable on your CV in helping to secure a job after you graduate.
  • A university-based module, which brings a 'real-life' project into the classroom. Through a 'consultancy in practice' or 'entrepreneurship' module you will work alongside your peers, with the support of your lecturers, to develop your own business or find solutions for a 'live' business project.

This course, 'with business experience', aims to increase your employability and future career success. You'll graduate from this degree with both the knowledge from a three year degree as well as three months direct business or research experience; helping you to stand out from the crowd in the future. Kingston Business School holds the prestigious international accreditation by the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in recognition of the excellence of its business education. This accreditation has been earned by just 5% of the world's business schools and recognises the high quality and standard of our business degree offering.

You will be taught by an experienced teaching team whose expertise and knowledge are closely matched to the content of the modules on this course. The team includes senior academics and professional practitioners with industry experience. Student academic mentors also provide support during certain tutorials / seminars, under the supervision of the module leader.

Our course offers a work placement to help you develop your skills and gain invaluable experience, this option will also help you to:

• Improve your career choices: Business experience and placements help you to make better-informed career choices and help you stand out from the competition when you look for a job
• Help with your studies: Statistics indicate that on average students who do placements get better results in their final year
• Develop your professional skills: Preparing you for your career
• Increase your employability: Each year many of our students receive graduate job offers from their placement employer.