About This Course
Marketing is an exciting, face paced career which combines several skills from creative to analytical, perfect for those who like to take on new challenges and are looking for an ever-evolving career path. Our Marketing Communications Management degree is designed to prepare you to be a great leader who can communicate effectively, not only to employees, colleagues and management but through campaigns and with customers.
At Bangor, you’ll learn about marketing management, planning and strategy and marketing communications whilst gaining creative, analytical, social and digital skills. From designing a website, creating content and setting up marketing analytics, to pitching solutions to businesses or evaluating marketing techniques, our range of modules and extracurricular activities are designed to enhance your employability.
You don’t just learn the latest theories about branding, consumer behaviour, innovation, marketing analysis, campaign management, creative and digital marketing, you put it into practice yourself and engage with others who do.
Highly qualified and experienced, our academics bring insight from the worlds of practice and research, grounding your knowledge in real world application. Our marketing expertise includes place branding, social media marketing, marketing by small and micro businesses, PR, and risky consumption, such as smoking and binge drinking. Whilst our management expertise covers strategic management, accounting and reporting, taxation, corporate communication, fiscal management, marketing, sustainability and human resource management.
A marketing communication management degree opens a wide range of career paths. You may choose to become a marketing communication specialist, brand ambassador, social media manager or follow a career in public relations, advertising or event planning.
Why choose Bangor University for this course?
- Boost employability with opportunities for internships, placements, field trips, live briefs and taking part in national competitions like The Pitch and Universities Business Challenge (UBC) Worldwide.
- Course content has been developed to make you a confident leader with clear communications enhancing your employability opportunities.
- Combination of research and practitioner-led teaching. Many of our teaching staff have significant global industrial experience and others are active researchers in business, management and marketing.
- Learn practical skills for the workplace from how to design a website to how to effectively create and run social campaigns.
- Tailor your course to suit your interest, choose from a range of optional modules from across the Business School.
Entry Requirements
GCSE Maths at grade C/4 required if not demonstrated by the Level 3 qualification.
Offers are tariff based, 104 - 136 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.:
- A Levels: General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted
- BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM - DDD
- Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM - DDD
- International Baccalaureate Diploma: accepted
- Access: pass required
- Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications
- T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis
- Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
We are happy to accept combinations of the qualifications listed above, as well as alternative Level 3 qualifications such as City & Guilds, Access and Cambridge Technical Diplomas.
We also welcome applications from mature learners.
International Candidates: International Candidates: school leaving qualifications that are equivalent to A levels/Level 3 and/or college diplomas are accepted from countries worldwide (subject to minimum English Language requirements). More information can be found on our International pages.
*For a full list of accepted Level 3 qualifications, go to www.ucas.com.
General University Requirements
To study for a degree, you’ll be asked for a minimum of UCAS Tariff points. For a fuller explanation of the UCAS Tariff Points, please see www.ucas.com.
We accept students with a wide range of qualifications and backgrounds and consider each application individually.
All students need to have good basic skills and the University also values IT and communication skills.
As part of the University’s policy, we consider applications from prospective disabled students on the same grounds as all other students.
We also consider applications from mature students who can demonstrate the motivation and commitment to study a university programme. Each year we enrol a significant number of mature students. For more information about studying as a mature student, see our Studying at Bangor section of the website.
EU and International Students' Entry Requirements
For detailed guidance on the entry requirements for EU and International Students, including the minimum English Language entry requirement, please visit the Entry Requirements by Country pages. International applicants can also visit the International Education Centre section of our website for further details.
Bangor University offers International Incorporated Bachelor Degrees for International students whose High School qualification is not equivalent to the UK school leaving qualification. The first year (or Year 0) is studied at Bangor University International College, an embedded College on our University campus and delivered by Oxford International Education Group.
