BSc Business and Management
University of Reading Malaysia · Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia
QS World University Ranking: N/A
Quick Overview
Apply Now📘 Program Overview
This BSc Business and Management degree will provide you with a strong grounding across the main areas of business and explore emerging global business challenges, designed to nurture future business leaders for professional careers in both the public and private sectors.
The programme focuses on entrepreneurship and helps you tackle real-world challenges through case studies and business projects, using a highly experiential, practice-oriented approach to apply business theory to entrepreneurship.
🎯 Course & Curriculum
Course structure
- Build your understanding of business thinking through Management Debates: ways of thinking about business.
- Develop practical business capabilities through Business in Practice: Markets, Marketing and Management.
- Strengthen fundamentals in managerial decision-making via Business in Practice: Accounting for managers.
- Develop analytical capability with Business in Practice: Data analytics.
- Improve professional skills through Developing Professional Excellence.
- Advance strategy and operations knowledge with Building Competitive Advantage: Business Strategy and Operations.
- Develop business and finance foundations with Introductory Economics for Business and Finance.
- Learn people management and organisational practice through Managing Work and People: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management.
- Build marketing capability via Marketing Essentials.
- Develop entrepreneurial learning with Practice of Entrepreneurship.
- Explore impact and responsibility through Social Responsibility in Action.
- Develop advanced digital marketing capabilities with Digital Marketing.
- Explore mission-led business models through Social Enterprise.
- Strengthen global market understanding through International Marketing.
- Build leadership capability through Developing Personal Leadership.
- Apply advanced strategy and international business learning through Strategy and International Business.
- Complete an additional optional module (Plus 1 Optional Module).
Curriculum
120 credit hours bachelor programme structure (typical set of modules shown by programme specification for Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3). Optional modules may vary by year.
| Semester | No. of modules | Module / subject category | credit hours | Semester total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Core modules (typical) | Management Debates: Ways of thinking about business | 40 | 120 |
| Business in Practice: Markets, Marketing and Management | 20 | |||
| Business in Practice: Accounting for managers | 20 | |||
| Business in Practice: Data analytics | 20 | |||
| Developing Professional Excellence | 20 | |||
| Part 2 | Core modules (typical) | Building competitive advantage: Business Strategy and Operations | 20 | 40 |
| Managing Work and People: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management | 20 | |||
| Part 3 | Core modules (typical) | Developing Personal Leadership | 20 | 20 |
| Total | Total across the programme parts (core and remaining credits may be made up of optional modules). | 120 credit hours | ||
Career outcomes
- You graduate with a business-focused skillset covering areas like accounting for managers, data analytics, economics for business and finance, marketing, and strategy that supports entry into common business careers.
- The programme’s entrepreneurship focus helps you develop an entrepreneurial mindset, which supports roles in business development and the option to start or operate your own business.
- You build practical, practice-oriented learning through real-life entrepreneurship projects and business cases, so you gain experience that transfers into workplace problem-solving.
- Your learning includes digital marketing and international business themes, which can strengthen your fit for marketing executive and sales consultant roles in both local and international-facing organisations.
- You develop people-management and organisational behaviour foundations, supporting career pathways such as human resources manager and consulting-oriented roles.
- You are prepared for multiple sectors, including public sector and service industries, through an applied approach to strategy, responsibility, and professional excellence.
Employability rate
Business and management graduates in Malaysia typically see an employability rate of around 78% and an unemployment rate of about 22%, reflecting steady demand but competition for roles that match specific internship and skills evidence.
Together, these figures suggest a generally stable outlook when you build practical experience during the degree through projects and professional-development learning.
✅ Entry Requirements
Academic qualification
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| School-leaving qualifications (international entry) | International applicants can apply with accepted school-leaving qualifications such as International Foundation Programme (SPM/IGCSE/equivalent holders), UEC (ABBBB*), STPM/A-Level (BBB*), or IB Diploma (Overall 30 points with 3 in Standard Level Mathematics expected), among other MQA-recognised international equivalents listed by the university. |
| Mathematics background | The programme states that credit in Mathematics is expected at SPM, IGCSE, or an equivalent level qualification or higher (as published in the entry requirements). |
Module matching by study area
| Study area | Match possible? | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Business and Management | Direct match | The programme is designed to provide grounding across key business and management areas and focuses on entrepreneurship and real-world business projects. |
Language requirements
International applicants must meet the programme’s English language requirement listed for the entry route they are applying with. If you do not meet the English requirement, pre-sessional English is available.
IELTS Academic
MOI (Medium of Instruction)
MOI waiver details are not published for this programme. See the English test requirements above.
💶 Fees & Funding
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | MYR 48000 / per year | International students: RM 48,000 per annum. |
Proof of financial resources
Important dates
Application window
| Milestone | April - Winter intake | September - Summer intake |
|---|---|---|
| Application portal opens | April 01, 2026 | September 01, 2026 |
| Application deadline (final submit) | May 11, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Application deadline (EU students) | N/A | N/A |
| Application deadline (Non-EU students) | N/A | N/A |
| Recommended apply-by | April 24, 2026 | September 04, 2026 |
| Semester begins | April 01, 2026 | September 01, 2026 |
Pre-application & reviews
| Milestone | April - Winter intake | September - Summer intake |
|---|---|---|
| VPD request - recommended | N/A | N/A |
| VPD result expected | N/A | N/A |
| APS - recommended | N/A | N/A |
| Start eligibility check | N/A | N/A |
Document submission deadlines
| Milestone | April - Winter intake | September - Summer intake |
|---|---|---|
| Application submission deadline | May 11, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Document submission deadline (EU students) | N/A | N/A |
| Document submission deadline (Non-EU students) | May 11, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Language certificate deadline | May 11, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Official transcripts deadline | May 11, 2026 | September 21, 2026 |
| Certified translations deadline | N/A | N/A |
| Postal / hard-copy documents deadline | N/A | N/A |
| Missing documents (if requested) | N/A | N/A |
📝 How to Apply
Choose the programme and prepare documents
Review the programme’s entry requirements and confirm your international school qualification and English language evidence meet the stated criteria. Prepare a passport copy and your official qualification documents, including transcripts/certificates and English evidence. If you do not meet English requirements, review the university’s pre-sessional English options listed for entry.
Submit the online application
Create an applicant account and select the undergraduate programme option for the July or September entry cycle shown in the application form. Pay the international application fee and upload the required supporting documents during online submission. You can submit with forecast/provisional results and receive a conditional offer, but you must provide official results later for an unconditional decision.
Wait for the admissions outcome and respond to offers
The admissions office communicates the application outcome by email within 3 working days of the application being assessed. If you receive an unconditional offer, you will proceed with enrolment actions as instructed. If you receive a conditional offer, you must meet the pending document/result conditions to have your offer revised to unconditional.