Applied Business Management (Coleg Cambria), FDSc
Swansea UniversityColeg Cambria, North East Wales
Course overview
The Applied Business Management foundation degree at Coleg Cambria is delivered in collaboration with Swansea University’s School of Management – where you are prepared for real business from day one. You will engage with employer-led briefs, sharpen finance, marketing, operations and HR skills, while building and developing a portfolio that proves you can deliver. Study around work in the Business Management Centre, grow your network through guest speakers and industry links across Wales and beyond, turning classroom insights into effective impact.
Future-focused and practical, the course delivers digital and data fluency, leadership, and sustainability so you’re ready for the wider economy, armed with the required tools to perform in fast moving business environments. From live projects to optional work-based learning, your experience will allow you to develop the confidence, credibility and capability employers demand so when opportunity presents you will have the confidence to apply and achieve your goals.
Key highlights
- Employer-led briefs and live projects build real business experience
- Develops finance, marketing, operations and HR skills
- Build a portfolio demonstrating your ability to deliver
- Guest speakers and industry links across Wales and beyond
- Covers digital and data fluency, leadership and sustainability
- Optional work-based learning to apply skills in the workplace
Entry requirements
- A-level: ABB-BBB — ABB-BBB.
Scholarships
International Excellence Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees worth up to £5,000 in the first year of study, with a further £2,000 awarded in Year 2 (for £5,000 awardees only, subject to achieving a 70% average).
Swansea University Sport Scholarship
Financial support (of up to £2000).
Thrive Bursary
The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).
Up to £4,000
Careers this course leads to
- Business administrator
- Assistant manager
- Marketing assistant
- HR assistant
- Operations coordinator
- Trainee business analyst
Cost of study
UK/Home: £7,500 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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