/ Undergraduate /
Start date:
September 2025
September 2026
Entry tariff:
240 credits
UCAS code:
NN31

On-Campus Open Day
Saturday 12 July 2025
Top up to a full degree and build a rewarding career in the financial and broader business sector.
Did you know?
You'll learn about emerging markets and advanced economies, and use financial instruments to analyse global markets
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Modules
30 credits
In an ever-changing world, organisations must make strategic choices based on solid analyses and decision-making processes. This module adopts an innovative teaching approach to illustrate how strategic management theories and models can be applied in different contexts and how they inform decision-making.
You will develop a skill set founded on strategic management theory that will allow you to become an active participant in the strategy process that organisations deploy to ensure their long-term success.
This module will give you a clear understanding of what strategy is all about and how organisations develop it. You will learn how to apply the essential concepts and tools of strategy that will be useful in their business career whichever sector they choose.
Main topics revolve around the strategic position of organisations, the concept of competitive advantage (how to gain competitive advantage and/or sustain it for longer), and evaluation of business strategies. After a closer look at business and corporate levels of strategy, the module ends with selected aspects of implementation.
Teaching and learning
You will be taught through lectures and workshops that involve a range of learning and teaching approaches, which includes online support and employability-related activities.
Seminars will involve critical analysis of real-life cases to address a range of strategic problems. In this way, you will develop commercial awareness and recognise drivers for business success. You will also have the opportunity to work with others and communicate your views.
Assessment
This module will be assessed through coursework (50%) and a recommendation report (50%).
30 credits
This module develops essential quantitative skills, financial theory, product knowledge, and cognitive ability for the capital markets investment industry. It covers market characteristics, asset classes, portfolio theory, fixed income, equities, selected derivatives, and relevant quantitative techniques.
It also distinguishes personal wealth management from institutional fund management to enhance employability. This module covers both institutional fund management and personal wealth management, enhancing financial literacy and making investment decision-making accessible.
You will develop financial data literacy and basic quantitative skills through an investment advisory project, improving your employability.
Teaching and learning
You will be taught through lectures and workshops that involve a range of learning and teaching approaches, which includes online support and employability-related activities.
Lectures will cover core material, and in workshops you will engage in solving practical exercises aimed at supporting and consolidating your learning. A compulsory component, a Bloomberg certificate programme, will make you familiar with industry-standard financial information services.
Teaching is supported by quantitative spreadsheet modelling and financial software, immersing you in a technology-driven environment that reflects real-world industry practices.
Assessment
This module will be assessed by a practical industry-led certificate (50%) and a group assignment (50%).
30 credits
This intensive six-week taught module is designed to equip you with the essential competencies needed for professional consultancy practice.
This module serves as the skills-based foundation for the concurrent Roehampton Live Project, providing you with theoretical frameworks, practical tools, and professional capabilities required to deliver high-quality consultancy services to real clients.
Delivered as a professional bootcamp in a blocked format, this module creates an immersive learning environment where you will develop expertise in consultancy methodologies, client relationship management, strategic problem-solving, and professional communication. The intensive structure enables you to build confidence and competence before engaging with live client projects.
You will learn to integrate ethical considerations, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability into your consultancy approach, ensuring that your professional practice contributes to broader societal wellbeing.
Key areas of focus include consultancy frameworks and methodologies, client engagement and relationship management, evidence-based research and analysis techniques, strategic thinking and recommendation development, professional communication and presentation skills, and ethical consultancy practice and sustainability integration.
You will engage in real case studies and simulated client scenarios, working individually and in teams to apply learned concepts. The module incorporates guest speakers from industry, practical workshops, and reflective exercises to bridge theory and practice effectively.
This module prepares you for immediate application of skills in your concurrent Live Project module, where you will work with real clients as part of the ‘Roehampton Business Advice Centre’.
Teaching and learning
The module employs intensive blocked delivery with high contact hours to create an immersive professional development experience. Teaching methods include interactive workshops, case study analysis, simulation exercises, guest speaker sessions, and peer learning activities.
You will have 22 hours of lectures and 33 hours of workshops over six weeks. Lectures and workshops will be interactive in nature providing an environment for sharing business ideas, problem space mapping and evaluation opportunities and carrying business scoping exercise.
Assessment
This module will be assessed through a consultancy toolkit portfolio (50%) and a consultancy bid presentation (50%).
30 credits
This transformative capstone module is designed to bridge the gap between academic study and professional practice. You will have the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge in a real-world setting, developing strategic solutions to real-world business challenges.
You will work in consultancy teams as part of the Roehampton Business Advice Service, collaborating with a diverse range of external clients, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs), non-profit organisations, social enterprises, and larger companies. Global engagement projects will also be sought with partners outside of the UK, or projects that can have an influence on communities globally.
Each team will engage with a client to diagnose business problems, conduct in-depth research, and formulate evidence-based recommendations. By making an impact through real-world projects, you will enhance your ability to navigate complexity, synthesise information, and communicate your insights effectively to senior stakeholders.
While teamwork is a core aspect of this module, you will also undertake substantial individual work, ensuring that your personal contributions are critically assessed and aligned with your professional aspirations. The module is structured to simulate a professional consultancy environment, equipping you with the practical skills, commercial awareness, and adaptability needed for leadership roles in business and beyond.
You will be encouraged to develop ethical, socially responsible, and sustainable business solutions, ensuring that your recommendations contribute not only to organisational success but also to broader societal and environmental wellbeing.
Through a combination of practical experience, academic rigor, and reflective work-based learning, you will be empowered to become a strategic thinker, problem solver, and an influential professional. The module is designed to be a stepping stone into a range of career paths, with projects aligned with your own career goals. By the end of this module, you will have built a portfolio of high-quality work that demonstrates your analytical, decision-making, and communication skills.
Teaching and learning
Each consultancy team will be assigned an academic supervisor who will provide structured guidance, feedback, and oversight throughout the project.
You will have scheduled supervision meetings, including meetings with your supervisor at key milestones during the project to discuss progress, challenges, and next steps. Supervisors will support you in managing client relationships and ensure professionalism in communications.
Assessment
This module will be assessed by a consultancy report (50%) and a live presentation (50%).
These are the current planned modules on this course and may be subject to change.
This course is subject to validation.

Skills
Get a firm understanding of the skills that matter most to employers.
Graduate with the confidence to think critically, innovate, act responsibly, adapt and manage change in our ever changing world.
With our BSc Business Management and Finance (Top-up), you’ll apply contemporary research and the latest thinking to explore current issues, including:
- Decision making
- Ethics and responsible management
You’ll learn how to identify and solve problems and to communicate your ideas with impact. We’ll also help you to increase your employability through our Business Readiness module.
As your finance skills grow, you’ll develop the commercial acumen, emotional intelligence, and self-reflection you need to realise your goals.
This programme is open for all students in the UK and overseas who wish to transfer to complete the final year of an undergraduate degree, as well as students who have completed study at one of Roehampton's partner institutions.
Learning
Belong, believe and achieve through our practical approach to business and finance.
We'll deliver a modern, practice-based curriculum, where you'll connect your learning to the realities of business.
In high-spec facilities, like our Business Laboratory and new Bloomberg Trading Room, you’ll explore:
- Taking charge of your financial future
- Effective financial management
- Applying the essential concepts and tools to corporate strategy
You’ll also take a Business Readiness module, designed in line with the CMI’s employability framework to help you develop key skills.
Our faculty of academic experts and working professionals will guide you through a blended mix of:
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Independent learning
- Online study skills
- Assessment preparation sessions
As our courses are taught over no more than three days per week, you’ll have the flexibility to take on paid part-time work, placements, or internships – gaining real-world experience before you graduate.
We apply world-leading research and the latest thinking to your studies to help you develop a global mindset.

Assessment
Benefit from assessments that prepare you for life beyond university.
You'll be assessed using a wide range of theory and practical assessments that replicate the world of business today. This includes coursework, reports, exams (on Accountancy and Finance modules only) and online tests.
Other types of assessments include portfolio evaluation, case studies, critical poster, consultancy projects and using the Bloomberg terminal to track performance of a live asset.
All of these methods will help you demonstrate the breath and knowledge you've learnt.
Career
Earn a degree that you can do finance with.
With its optional paid work placement and accreditation with the CMI, our BSc Business Management and Finance Top-up degree is the ideal launchpad for careers in:
- Corporate finance, banking, insurance and business consultancy
- Specialist and management roles

Wherever you want to go in the future, you’ll be preparing for the world of work from day one at Roehampton, with regular access to:
- Employability events
- Guest industry speakers
- Networking opportunities
- Personalised mentoring and careers support.
You’ll graduate ready to grab every opportunity that comes your way.
How our careers service supports you
Our careers support team is available to support you from the start of your studies until after you graduate. They will help you build your CV, prepare for interviews, and meet and learn from successful graduates working at the top of their careers.
You’ll also have opportunities to work with our partners across London and beyond, and to attend a Roehampton jobs fair where you can find out about graduate opportunities and meet employers
Open days
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Applying
Full-time UK undergraduate students apply through UCAS.
Entry tariff
Looking to work out your UCAS points or find out about our entry requirements? Find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
Specific entry requirements
- 240 credits from a Higher National Diploma (HND), a foundation degree (FdA/ FdSc) or equivalent international qualification in a relevant subject.
- 240 credits from years 1 and 2 of an undergraduate degree (BA/BSc) in a relevant subject at a different institution.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees
UK (home) tuition fees
Top-up degree: £9,535
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our financial support pages for UK students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
International undergraduate students apply through our direct application system.
Entry tariff
Looking to work out your UCAS points or find out about our entry requirements? Find out more.
When we consider applications to study with us, we form a complete view of your achievements to date, and future potential, and can offer flexibility in entry requirements. Find out more about our Contextual Offer scheme.
Specific entry requirements
- 240 credits from a Higher National Diploma (HND), a foundation degree (FdA/ FdSc) or equivalent international qualification in a relevant subject.
- 240 credits from years 1 and 2 of an undergraduate degree (BA/BSc) in a relevant subject at a different institution.
General entry requirements
September 2025 entry tuition fees
EU and international tuition fees
Top-up degree: £16,950
We offer a wide range of scholarships and bursaries. See our financial support pages for international students.
We also provide other ways to support the cost of living, including free buses and on-campus car parking, hardship support and some of the most affordable student accommodation and catering in London. Find out more about how we can support you.
