With thousands of businesses competing on a daily basis, marketing has become a critical management function. It places businesses in the consumers mind in order to gain competitive advantage.

Marketing is a fun, dynamic, competitive and creative environment to work in. Our Marketing course is designed to meet the needs of fast-paced marketing careers across all organisational sectors and will ensure that your skills and competencies are right up to date when you enter the job market.

You will take specialist modules in key areas such as buyer behaviours, communications, digital, strategy and innovation, and implement the theory you learn in modules and assessments and through industry placement opportunities, business competitions or enterprise projects.

This course gives you the chance to graduate with more than just a degree, through our recognition with the the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Market Research Society (MRS). Depending on the modules you take you could graduate with a Certificate in Marketing and Social Research, a CIM Certificate in Professional Marketing or a CIM Diploma in Professional Marketing in addition to up to four Google Academy qualifications.

This gives you the opportunity to graduate with additional professional qualifications which will give you an edge in the jobs market, ensuring that you have the industry relevant skills, knowledge and theory employers are looking for.

This course can be studied over three years full-time or four years with a placement and offers all students the opportunity to gain industry experience or travel overseas to study abroad in one of our partner universities with our unique opportunities scheme.

This cutting edge, practical course has been designed to give you the best possible preparation for a career in marketing.

Graduates from this course have gone onto working in both public and private sector, undertaking positions such as:

• Social Media Insight Assistant
• Marketing Associate
• International Trade Marketing Assistant
• Fragrance Marketing Graduate
• Buying Assistant.