We were the first to introduce marketing on an undergraduate level, and we’re at the forefront of the industry today. Our Marketing BA(Hons) course reflects our efforts to keep abreast of the latest marketing issues, trends, and developments and is designed to help you step with confidence into an industry role. This course aims to teach you key principles of marketing, branding, and consultancy, as well as develop your skills to develop creative and compelling content and communications. The knowledge you learn from this course can be used to help businesses stand out in a competitive market.

You can look forward to a high-quality education here, as your teachers rank in the top three in England for the proportion who hold doctorates (HESA 2022). On campus, you’ll study a wide range of subjects including:
• strategic marketing planning
• creative consultancy
• developing creative marketing content. You’ll also take ASPIRE modules, allowing you to work on a real business challenge while preparing you to transition from higher education to the workplace. You’ll gain relevant real-world experience, too, putting your knowledge and skills to the test in an optional, third-year 48-week work placement in your area of interest, in the UK or abroad. This placement could potentially enhance your employability, with the course generally preparing you for a variety of potentially exciting careers in a range of fields in the industry. You could work as a global marketing executive, PR executive, marketing manager or content director, or you could even set up your own business.

Our links with the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), the key professional organisation for the marketing industry, give students access to a range of marketing industry events and guest speakers. The marketing course is accredited to The CIM Graduate Gateway programme, which gives our students exemptions from some elements of the CIM professional qualifications. We’re also a member of the Institute of Data and Marketing (IDM). You’ll also be studying at an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International-accredited Business School. Globally, fewer than six per cent of institutions offering business degrees achieve this accreditation.

Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.