Business Management with Events Management

Abertay University
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 4 Years Business and management studiesHospitality, leisure, and tourismEvents management

A-Level Entry

CCC

Avg. Graduate Salary

£26,000

About this course

Plan, market, budget for and run business events of all kinds on this Business Management with Events degree. With your specialism in events management, you’ll become a highly employable event organiser in a fast-growing business sector.

Join the events industry - worth £42.3 billion to the UK economy - and work with corporate events planners and agencies who are forecasting a big increase in employment opportunities.

You’ll learn how to organise, market, budget for and execute business events. With your specialism in events management (which also applies to tourism), you will become highly employable across many different types of organisations. This also includes digital events across a variety of platforms.

Outstanding business links and valuable work placements

We put employability at the forefront. By going beyond the classroom and working on projects such as  This includes the Innovation for Global Growth event, a unique opportunity for you to test your employability skills with real organisations. You'll gain a greater understanding of the realities of work, and enhance your CV at the same time. Alongside this, there are work placements and you can apply to study abroad.

By the time you graduate you'll have all the knowledge and transferrable skills needed to thrive in today's work environment.  So whether your ambition is to start your own business, or work for someone else, your skills and expertise will be relevant all over the world.

A flexible degree

You can tailor your studies to suit your interests and career plans.

This flexible degree is part of a larger portfolio of 12 courses covering business, accounting, law and marketing.

Abertay is widely regarded as THE place to come for high quality teaching. But don't take our word for it:

  • Scotland's Top Modern University - Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2023).

  • UK University of the Year 2021 - Teaching Quality (The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide).

  • UK Top 10 - Student Satisfaction & Teaching (Guardian Good University Guide 2021).
  • Entry Requirements

    A-Level Grades CCC
    Scottish Higher BBBC
    Scottish Advanced Higher BBB
    BTEC MMM

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2431 Management consultants and business analysts
    1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors
    1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
    7220 Customer service supervisors
    1139 Functional managers and directors
    2432 Marketing and commercial managers

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    4 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Dundee
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Business and management studies, Hospitality, leisure, and tourism, Events management
    Avg. Graduate Salary
    £26,000