Football Business and Finance with Foundation Year BA (Hons)
UCFB
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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4 Years

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UCFB Wembley

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The global football industry attracts some of the most powerful and recognisable brands in the world, such as Nike, BMW, Samsung, Budweiser, Coca Cola and McDonald’s. In contrast, many clubs and organisations struggle to break even and meet their responsibilities of paying creditors and the tax authorities. This degree therefore is essential to produce commercially astute business and finance graduates for this ever-expanding industry.Your studies will focus on the core functions of football ...Read more

The global football industry attracts some of the most powerful and recognisable brands in the world, such as Nike, BMW, Samsung, Budweiser, Coca Cola and McDonald’s. In contrast, many clubs and organisations struggle to break even and meet their responsibilities of paying creditors and the tax authorities. This degree therefore is essential to produce commercially astute business and finance graduates for this ever-expanding industry.Your studies will focus on the core functions of football business management and will be supplemented by the financial pathway, whose modules introduce you to the principles of financial accounting, management accounting and require you to integrate theory with practice.The degree programme integrates the core functions of business management with financial accounting in the context of football and sport organisations and governing bodies. The degree monitors the intense media coverage of contemporary football issues to apply relevant themes to enhance the student learning experience. You will be taught in lectures and participate in seminar debates, with support from UCFB’s virtual learning environment to fully encompass the academic experience. The interconnected facets of football business are applied across a diverse range of assessment strategies to provide you with a contextual insight of how sources of finance affect an organisation’s performance, and how that performance affects an organisation’s bottom line. This degree will prepare you for a career in commercial business and finance, both inside and outside the sector.Throughout all three years of study, core business modules are supplemented by finance modules which require you to understand and apply the fundamentals of accounting terminology such as balance sheets, cash flow, gearing ratios, return on investment, net present value and consolidated accounts. You will have a comprehensive set of transferable skills to provide you with a competitive edge in business. The final year contains a range of elective modules which allows you freedom to pursue a new area that interests you the most, providing you with greater flexibility upon graduation.The foundation year will provide students with an understanding of a range of concepts and models related to understanding and managing people, work and behaviour in national and international football related organisations, including the influence of marketing, sources of finance for different commercial purposes and political landscape of the game.University Campus of Football Business is an embedded college of the University of East London. All students who successfully complete their three or four year undergraduate degrees with UCFB from September 2021 onwards will be awarded a degree from the University of East London upon successful graduation.

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Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 80 = 20% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
20%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
85%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Finance graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Finance graduate salary
£20,000
Management Studies
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 81 = 19% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
19%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
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84%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Management Studies graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Management Studies graduate salary
£22,000
What students say
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Dylan
23 Feb 23

Wembley is an amazing place to study. It is the most iconic stadium in the country, where all finals take place, so to be studying there it feels absolutely amazing. You get to..Read more

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Lucas
04 Oct 22

UCFB may not be the traditional university but this does not hold it back. As UCFB gives you the work experience opportunities that no other uni could offer through its long list..Read more

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Popular A-level subjects

Management Studies

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Business Studies
39%
Media Studies
19%
Physical Education
17%
History
16%
Geography
14%
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Finance

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Business Studies
48%
Mathematics
28%
Economics
22%
History
20%
Physical Education
19%
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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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£14,950 per year

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Students from EU

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£14,950 per year

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D
Dylan
23 Feb 23
Football Business BA (Hons)
Wembley is an amazing place to study. It is the most iconic stadium in the country, where all finals take place, so to be studying there it feels absolutely amazing. You get to...
Read more
L
Lucas
04 Oct 22
Football Business and Finance BA (Hons)
UCFB may not be the traditional university but this does not hold it back. As UCFB gives you the work experience opportunities that no other uni could offer through its long list...
Read more
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