Business careers offer limitless possibilities. Whether you’ve got ambitions of holding high-profile roles or setting up your own company, we'll help you gain the right skills to get you started.

This course specifically prepares you for studying our BA (Hons) Business Management degree.

It will help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to study for an honours degree, even if you don’t currently meet the academic requirements. 

Once you’ve passed, you’ll be ready to start your degree course. That means your degree will take four years, or five years if it includes a work placement or year studying abroad.

Preparing for the world of work

The full BA (Hons) Business Management isn’t just about business theory. It will prepare you for a variety of roles.

By the end of your degree you’ll be ready to take on leadership positions, manage teams, develop strategies and make decisions.

You’ll have fundamental skills like team-working and problem-solving alongside more specialist business knowledge depending on the path you choose.

Putting your knowledge into practice on a work placement or studying abroad in year four is an excellent opportunity to boost your CV.

Your foundation year is only the beginning of your journey to a successful business career.

It’s a stepping stone that will prepare you for a full BA (Hons) Business Management degree course and all the opportunities this entails.

With our focus on practical career skills you’ll have the confidence step into the business world in your first role after graduating. Our graduates go on to a huge variety of roles in organisations ranging from small local start-ups to large firms like O2, KP Snacks, or BNY Mellon. Many decide to join graduate schemes with companies like IBM or BMW.

You might want to run your own business when you graduate. With the optional Business Creation unit as part of the full degree course, you can get started during your studies, networking with other entrepreneurs while you work at our on-campus start-up hub Innospace. 

If your ambition stretches beyond the UK, you’ll have a great head-start at Manchester Met. You can choose to study a language or take a year abroad at one of our partner institutions like University of Economics, Prague or IESEG in Paris. Thanks to the global focus of the course, your skills will be relevant anywhere in the world.