Business and Management (Top-up Degree) BA - BA (Hons)

Keele University

Elevate your business and management knowledge and convert your existing business credentials into a 'top-up' undergraduate degree. Our one-year Business and Management Top-Up BA is the perfect way to gain a deeper understanding of business providing a stepping stone to further academic study and greater career opportunities.  

* Transform your current qualifications into a 'top-up' undergraduate degree * Benefit from employability opportunities to apply your skills in a 'real-world' setting * Study alongside innovative companies in Keele Business School * Top 5 in England for Business Management (NSS 2026, full-time students in broad-based English universities)\* The programme is structured to allow you to apply learning in a real-world context, design and test ideas, analyse current global issues, and build critical thinking and professional skills. It’s built around four core themes - strategic management, entrepreneurship and venture creation, contemporary global topics, and employability and the future of work. You’ll develop your understanding about how businesses deal with complex challenges, remain competitive, make key management decisions and ultimately build long-term success. The programme explores contemporary challenges and opportunities faced by companies operating in a global context such as sustainability, geopolitical risk and emerging markets. You will also complete an independent study project enabling you to focus on a specific business theme or you could choose to undertake a consultancy project, which will see you working on a ‘real’ project set by a local organisation. There’s also the option to turn a business idea into a real venture applying entrepreneurship theory into practice from business planning, market research and funding. Alternatively you could work on your professional development, improving your communication, digital and workplace skills to boost your employability.

Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university. We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level. Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre. *\*We have compared the positivity ratings of all participating UK institutions using the NSS 2026 sector data to determine Keele's position relative to other broad-based universities (i.e. excluding specialist institutions and further education colleges).*