University of Liverpool

Marketing with a Year in Industry

University of LiverpoolLiverpool, United Kingdom

Course overview

Our Marketing BA (Hons) programme will provide you with a solid grounding in the main management disciplines. You will also be able to specialise in marketing, allowing you to examine how customers and consumers behave, how markets function and evolve and how firms interact with these markets. It is an exciting time to join us, our Marketing programmes are ranked 2nd (up 6 places from last year), in the Guardian League Tables 2025.

We have an overall ranking of 5th in the sector (up from 9th in the previous year) for Complete University Guide 2025. We also outperformed the sector benchmarks for all 7 question themes in NSS 2024. Our Marketing with a Year in Industry programme contains specialist modules including digital marketing, branding, market research, relationship marketing, digital marketing and analytics, international marketing and marketing strategy which will help you develop your overall marketing skills alongside provide you with networking and employability skills.

Students will learn marketing ethics, CSR and sustainability, which help our graduates develop into both outstanding and ethical marketers. With excellent links with professional bodies, our Marketing programme will enable you to develop a high level of marketing knowledge and further your strategic thinking. During your time at Liverpool, you will have the opportunity to meet and work with local businesses to network and build your skills which will make you stand out as a graduate and to assist you with kick-starting your career in both small and large organisations plus specialist marketing agencies.

Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), our Marketing programme comes with excellent teaching and quality content. You will be taught by staff with a mixture of research and professional backgrounds. This programme holds CIM Employability Programme status, CIM is the world’s leading professional marketing body and by recognising that our programme maps to the body’s recomme

Key highlights

  • Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
  • Holds CIM Employability Programme status
  • Specialist modules in digital marketing, branding, analytics and market research
  • Covers marketing ethics, CSR and sustainability
  • Opportunities to network and work with local businesses
  • Taught by staff with research and professional backgrounds

Entry requirements

  • A-level: AAB — with EPQ
  • A-level: ABB — to include with A in the EPQ; with EPQ
  • GCSE: 5/C — to include Mathematics, English
  • BTEC: D*D*D — BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma
  • International Baccalaureate: 34 — overall with no score less t
  • Irish Leaving Certificate — H1, H1, H2, H2, H2, H3
  • Scottish Advanced Highers: AAB — Irish Leaving Certificate: H1, H1, H2, H2, H2, H3 Scottish Higher/Advanced Higher: Scottish Advanced Highers at AAB Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced: B in the Welsh Baccalaureate, plus grades AA at A level.
  • Welsh Baccalaureate — plus grades AA
  • A-level: AA — Irish Leaving Certificate: H1, H1, H2, H2, H2, H3 Scottish Higher/Advanced Higher: Scottish Advanced Highers at AAB Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced: B in the Welsh Baccalaureate, plus grades AA at A level.
  • Access to HE Diploma — Business/Humanities/Social Science) with 45 Level 3 credits with 36

Scholarships

  • Bridge House College Nigeria Law Scholarships

    Value: £2,000

    Up to £2,000
  • Kaplan Digital Pathways Excellence Scholarship

    Kaplan Digital Pathways Foundation Certificate, will receive a £5,000 tuition fee reduction for the first year of study.

    Up to £5,000
  • Liverpool Excellence Scholarship for Undergraduates

    If you’re an international undergraduate student who hasn’t studied with us before, you could be eligible for a scholarship offering a tuition fee discount of £7,500.

    Up to £7,500
  • Sport Liverpool Performance Programme

    A very limited number of grants, worth up to £3,500, are available through the High Performance Athlete Programme.

  • University of Liverpool Graduate Association Hong Kong and Tung Undergraduate Scholarships

    The University of Liverpool Graduate Association Hong Kong undergraduate scholarships are worth £10,000 per year for three years and are awarded to students originating from Hong Kong.

    Up to £10,000
  • University of Liverpool International College Excellence Scholarship

    £5,000 tuition fee reduction for the first year of study.

    Up to £5,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Marketing executive
  • Digital marketing specialist
  • Brand manager
  • Market research analyst
  • Marketing agency account executive
  • Marketing strategist

Cost of study

UK/Home: Full-time place, per year - £9,790; Year in industry: £1,955; Year abroad: £1,465 | International: Full-time place, per year - £27,000; Year in industry: £1,955; Year abroad: £13,500

Admission

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