How long is the BSc in Business Administration?

Three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated online routes. The BSc in Business Administration schedules cohort calls across UK and APAC time zones for distance learners.

Can the BSc in Business Administration be studied online?

Yes. The BSc in Business Administration runs fully online, on-campus in London and by distance learning, all assessed against the same live client brief and dissertation.

Is the BSc in Business Administration recognised by UK employers?

Yes. The BSc in Business Administration is a UK honours degree reviewed against CMI Chartered Manager, ILM and IoD directorship foundations, credentials UK graduate schemes engage with.

What are the entry requirements for the BSc in Business Administration?

BBC at A-level (or IB 28, BTEC DMM), GCSE English at grade 5 and Maths at grade 4, plus IELTS 6.5 for international applicants. Mature applicants may enter on portfolio and short interview.

How much does the BSc in Business Administration cost?

Tuition varies by route and domicile. Contact LSIBM admissions for the current schedule and bursary eligibility for the BSc in Business Administration.

BSc in Business Administration | LSIBM London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Business Administration at the London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a three-year UK honours degree producing graduates who can plan, run and improve a UK business unit. Sitting in the Business & Management faculty, the degree covers strategy, operations, finance for managers, marketing basics, HR, corporate governance and a substantial final-year capstone dissertation defended in front of a working UK director.

You will complete a UK placement year in year two, work on a live client brief with a mid-market UK firm each cohort, and finish with a strategy or transformation capstone. The BSc in Business Administration is available on-campus in central London, fully online with cohort calls scheduled across UK and APAC time zones, and by distance learning from 2026, aligned to the CMI Chartered Manager route. The programme is reviewed against the CMI Chartered Manager competency framework, the UK Corporate Governance Code and Companies House filing conventions, with case material drawn from live UK PLC reporting cycles.

Undergraduate teaching runs across three years in small tutor-visible cohorts with weekly seminars, module lectures delivered by working senior practitioners, a fortnightly practitioner clinic, a structured placement route in year two and a final-year dissertation with a dedicated supervisor. Every route is reviewed against UK professional-body competencies so graduates leave with a credential UK recruiters, City firms, PLCs and public bodies engage with. Online cohorts share the same intake calendar and receive the same tutor allocation and dissertation supervision as the on-campus route.

Key Features

Curriculum reviewed against the CMI Chartered Manager competencies, ILM and the IoD directorship foundations.
Three study modes — central London campus, fully online with UK / APAC cohort calls, or distance learning.
UK placement year in year two with a mid-market or professional-services host.
Live client brief with a UK mid-market firm each cohort.
Capstone strategy or transformation dissertation defended in front of a UK director.
One-to-one graduate-scheme application coaching in the final year.
Structured route toward CMI Chartered Manager status with tutor guidance on portfolio evidence.
Assessment combines rolling operational-improvement portfolios with a final-year dissertation and a summative case defence.

What You Will Learn

The degree teaches business administration as it is practised in UK mid-market firms and consultancies — writing a plan people follow, running a P&L rather than a budget, and defending a transformation case in front of a working UK director.

Strategy — Porter, Ansoff, Blue Ocean and UK sector-strategy examples.
Operations management — planning, quality, lean and continuous improvement.
Finance for managers — reading and challenging a management pack.
Marketing basics — CIM segmentation, targeting and positioning.
People management — succession, calibration, capability building, CIPD basics.
UK corporate governance — Code, audit committee, Companies House.
Executive communication — board pack, one-page brief, stakeholder mapping.
Strategic risk, business continuity and incident response.
Data literacy for managers — SQL and Power BI basics.
Dissertation methodology and defence.
Running a cross-functional programme using APM-recognised planning and stakeholder tools.
Preparing a board-quality operational review pack.
Writing a UK Corporate Governance Code-aligned board note.
Applying UK ESG and Modern Slavery Act reporting to a working operational review.
Writing a defensible final-year dissertation on a UK operational-management topic.

Who This Course Is For

A-level leavers targeting UK graduate management schemes.
International students seeking a UK honours management degree.
Higher Diploma or HND business holders progressing to a top-up final year.
Career changers on the portfolio route with substantive UK management experience.
Public-sector officers moving into UK graduate management routes.
Mature applicants entering on the portfolio route from a UK operational-management background.

Career Pathways

Graduates typically progress into UK graduate management schemes at mid-market firms, professional services, consultancies and public bodies. The degree supports applications but does not by itself guarantee an offer. Typical destinations include:

Graduate Management Trainee
Operations Manager (graduate track)
Business Analyst (graduate)
Programme Coordinator
Junior Consultant
Chief of Staff (mid-market)
Graduate Management Trainee
Business Improvement Consultant (graduate)

The BSc in Business Administration is the natural step onto the MSc in Business Administration, MSc in Change Management, or the CMI Chartered Manager route.

BSc graduates progress into CMI Chartered Manager routes or step onto the LSIBM MSc in Business Administration or MSc in Global Business Management.

Entry Requirements

Three A-levels at BBC or above, or equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Access to HE, Foundation Year pass, or a relevant Higher Diploma with confirmed credit transfer).
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A personal statement showing genuine curiosity about business (relevant work, extended reading, professional-body engagement) — mature applicants (21+) may enter with a portfolio and a short interview.

Why Study at LSIBM

The London School of International Business and Management (LSIBM) is a specialist business-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. Undergraduate cohorts sit in small groups so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule students can rely on, and every degree route is reviewed against UK professional-body competencies — ACCA, CIMA, CIM, CIPD, CMI, CIPS, CFA UK and IOE&IT — so graduates carry a credential that City recruiters engage with.

London puts the City, Canary Wharf, Whitehall, Companies House, the FCA, the Bank of England and the West End within a short tube ride of every classroom. Undergraduate students access a fortnightly practitioner clinic, at least one industry-careers day per academic year, a structured placement route and one-to-one application coaching in the final year.

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