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Find out moreBA (Hons) Marketing and Management with a Year Abroad
Key details
- Attendance
- Full Time
- Award
- Degree of Bachelor of Arts
- UCAS Course Code
- NN5A
- Course Length
- 4 years
- Course Start Date
- September 2025
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Course Overview
Marketing is a fast-moving and crucial aspect of modern business which has experienced a tech-driven revolution over the last 20 years. With Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram & Tik Tok now accounting for the lion’s share of global advertising revenues, today’s marketing must be more targeted, measurable, and effective than ever before.
Combining a passion for marketing and an interest in management, this course will provide you with a set of leading-edge skills with a thorough grounding in management, preparing you for a range of exciting marketing careers.
In our BA Marketing and Management with a Year Abroad degree at Norwich Business School (NBS), you’ll learn about managing modern organisations and discover relevant marketing principles. You’ll gain experience and expertise in developing innovative and sustainable marketing campaigns. We offer a wide range of modules to choose from, so you’ll be able to shape your own degree. By studying marketing and management together, you’ll gain a unique insight into the continuous changes and challenges of the business world. With this course variant, you’ll also spend a year studying abroad, exploring another country as you continue to add to your highly employable skillset.
Norwich Business School is a friendly and supportive environment with an engaged and international cohort. We infuse all of our teaching with cutting edge business expertise as well as the results of our own research. You’ll also be able to get involved with thriving extracurricular business clubs to practice what you learn and add to your CV.
After the course, you’ll be perfectly placed to enter a career in marketing. The field of marketing is wide-ranging, meaning you’ll have career options in a whole range of different businesses and departments. The management aspect of this degree will help you secure a higher role, or even start your own marketing business.
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Year Abroad
You’ll spend your third year studying at one of our partner universities in Europe, Australasia, North America or Asia. You’ll be able to broaden your perspectives on marketing and management, expand your professional network, and demonstrate your experience and adaptability to potential employers. You’ll return to UEA in the fourth year to finish your degree.
For further details, visit the Study Abroad section of our website.
Accreditations
The BA Marketing and Management is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). Graduates of this degree are eligible for CIM examination exemptions at Level 4. Additional exemptions at Level 6 may also be available, depending on the modules you choose in your second and third year.
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CIM
Gain industry recognition with CIM accreditation plus valuable exam exemptions to fast-track your career.
Careers
Career Pathways
Examples of careers that you could enter include:
- Marketing/Digital marketing specialist
- PR executive
- Product/brand/communications manager
- Marketing/Digital marketing manager
- Social media manager
- Marketing analyst
Discover more on our Careers webpages.
After the Course
The Marketing and Management BA is the ideal steppingstone if you aspire to a career in marketing, digital marketing, market research, social media and PR, or even to start your own marketing consultancy.
You could go on to work as a marketing/digital marketing executive or manager in a large or multinational company. Alternatively, you could work as a brand manager, relationship manager, campaign or events manager.
Our alumni have secured positions at Unilever, Cambridge University Press, and at digital conversion specialists Periscopix, to name but a few.
Entry Requirements
- This course is open to
UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.
We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications, and we recognise that some students might take a mixture of different qualifications. We have listed typical examples that we accept for entry.
You should hold or be working towards the specified English and Mathematics requirements and one of the examples of typical entry qualifications listed below. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.
- English and Mathematics
All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade 4 or grade C.
We accept a wide range of English Language qualifications, please see our English Language equivalencies(opens in a new window) page.
- Contextual Offers
UEA are committed to ensuring that Higher Education is accessible to all, regardless of their background or experiences. One of the ways we do this is through our contextual admissions schemes(opens in a new window).
- Typical UK Entry Requirements
A levels
ABB
Contextual offer: BBC
General Studies A Level is not accepted.
BTEC
Level 3 Extended Diploma: DDM
Contextual offer: DMM
Combinations of BTEC and A levels
Extended Diploma: DDM
Diploma: DD plus B at A level.
Contextual Offer: DD plus C at A level.
Extended Certificate: D plus BB at A level.
Contextual Offer: D plus BC at A level.
BTEC in Public Services, Uniformed Services and Business Administration are all excluded from our BTEC offers.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass Access to HE Diploma with Distinction in 30 credits at Level 3 and Merit in 15 credits at Level 3
T levels
Obtain an overall Pass including a B in the core of the T Level and a Distinction in the Occupational Specialism.
Acceptable subjects: Digital Business Services, Digital Support Services, Science, Accounting, Finance, Legal Services and Management and Administration.
LIBF Diploma
LIBF Diploma is accepted as equivalent of 1 A Level.
- Deferred Entry
We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.
- This course is open to
UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.
We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications, and we recognise that some students might take a mixture of different qualifications. We have listed typical examples that we accept for entry.
You should hold or be working towards the specified English and Mathematics requirements and one of the examples of typical entry qualifications listed below. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.
- English and Mathematics
All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade 4 or grade C.
We accept a wide range of English Language qualifications, please see our English Language equivalencies(opens in a new window) page.
- Typical International Entry Requirements
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We accept many international qualifications for entry to this course. For specific details about your country, view our information for International Students(opens in a new window).
A levels
ABB
General Studies A Level is not accepted.BTEC
Level 3 Extended Diploma: DDM
Combinations of BTEC and A levels
Extended Diploma: DDM
Diploma: DD plus B at A level.
Extended Certificate: D plus BB at A level.
BTEC in Public Services, Uniformed Services and Business Administration are all excluded from our BTEC offers
International Baccalaureate
32 points overall
- Further Examples of Typical Entry Requirements :
International Baccalaureate
32 points overall
Irish Leaving Certificate
3 subjects at H2, 3 subjects at H3
Scottish Highers
AAABB
Scottish Advanced Highers
BCC A combination of Advanced Highers and Highers may be acceptable
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- INTO UEA
If you do not meet the academic and/or English language requirements for direct entry our partner, INTO UEA offers progression on to this undergraduate degree upon successful completion of a preparation programme. Depending on your interests, and your qualifications you can take a variety of routes to this degree.
- English Foreign Language
Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):
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IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components)
We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies(opens in a new window) for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.
If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study.
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- Deferred Entry
We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.
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Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
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Scholarships and Bursaries
We are committed to ensuring that costs do not act as a barrier to those aspiring to come to a world leading university and have developed a funding package to reward those with excellent qualifications and assist those from lower income backgrounds. View our range of Scholarships(opens in a new window) for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.
Course Related Costs
Please see Additional Course Fees for details of course-related costs.
How to Apply
Apply for this course through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS), using UCAS Hub.
UCAS Hub is a secure online application system that allows you to apply for full-time undergraduate courses at universities and colleges in the United Kingdom.
Your application does not have to be completed all at once. Register or sign in to UCAS to get started.
Once you submit your completed application, UCAS will process it and send it to your chosen universities and colleges.
The Institution code for the University of East Anglia is E14.
View our guide to applying through UCAS for useful tips, key dates and further information: