Overview
Management at Aldermere combines the analytical tools of business with the history and ethics of how organisations behave. You will study accounting, strategy, marketing and organisational behaviour, and work in one for a year.
In the final year students run a consultancy project for a local business or charity.
- 1 yearPaid placement in industry
- 1Consultancy project for a real client
- 4 yearsIncluding the placement
Course structure
The outline below shows a typical path through the course. Options change a little each year as tutors join and research moves on.
Year 1
- Accounting
- Organisational Behaviour
- Quantitative Methods
- Business History
Year 2
- Strategy
- Marketing
- Operations
- Business Ethics
Year in industry
- Paid placement, with a reflective report
Final year
- Consultancy project
- Options, e.g. Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Business
How you will learn
You will have two tutorials a week with one or two other students, where you discuss the essay or problem set you wrote that week with a tutor. Lectures, seminars of ten to twelve students and practical classes fill the rest of the week. Each student has a personal tutor for the whole degree.
Assessment
Examinations, group projects, a placement report and the consultancy project.
Entry requirements
- A levels: AAA, including Mathematics
- International Baccalaureate: 38 points
We make contextual offers, typically one grade lower, to applicants from schools that send few students to university. If your qualifications are not listed, the admissions office will tell you what we would expect.
Fees and funding
Tuition for 2027-28 is $38,400 a year, including college membership. Under the Aldermere Promise, students from families earning under $85,000 a year pay no tuition, and partial awards continue up to $150,000. Every undergraduate also receives a $2,000 grant each year for books, travel and equipment.
Careers
Graduates of this programme go on to a wide range of careers. Recent destinations include:
- Management consulting
- Finance
- Marketing
- Operations and supply chain
- Charities and social enterprise
- Start-ups
My placement taught me what the textbook meant. The final year taught me why it was sometimes wrong.
Luca Bianchi Final year
Questions
Can I change programme after I arrive?
Yes, at the end of the first year, if there is space on the programme you want to move to and your tutors agree. Around one student in twenty does.
Is there an interview?
Yes. Shortlisted applicants have a conversation of about twenty-five minutes with two tutors in December, in person or online. It is about how you think, not what you have memorised.
