BA(Hons) in Business and Law

This course will give you a solid grounding in business and law, with the opportunity to specialise in either at the end of your first year.

Why study business and law?

In a competitive global economy, knowledge of legal systems in business gives managers an edge. Understanding business functions and practices also benefit law professionals operating in demanding business environments.

Combining these two disciplines gives you greater career choice, with routes to roles in management, law, finance, the public sector and beyond.

Why UWE Bristol?

BA(Hons) Business and Law equips you with a strong foundation in business and law with the opportunity to specialise in either subject at the end of your first year.

Contemporary modules in the commercial, company, international trade and employment law run alongside core business modules spanning marketing, strategic management and managing people.

You'll be taught by experts from reputable Law and Business Schools and be part of an active community of students and staff.

If you decide to specialise in law by studying our LLB(Hons) Law with Business it'll provide a good foundation for those students who go on to sit the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). For those students who aspire to be barristers, our LLB(Hons) Law with Business includes the core subjects which you'll need to satisfy the academic stage of training before studying the Bar Training Course (BTC).

You may want to train as a barrister or solicitor through the STC or BTC or undertake a related postgraduate degree. As a full-service Law School, you can study both the BTC and Solicitors Training Course (STC) with us at UWE Bristol:

• LLM/PGDip Bar Training Course (BTC)
• PGDip Bar Training Course (BTC) (two-part)
• PGDip/PGCert Solicitors Training Course (SQE prep)
• LLM/PGDip Solicitors Training Course (SQE Prep)

Gain valuable real-world skills and experience through study trips and business-related work placements. Mock trials, law simulations and Pro Bono work will ensure you graduate with a practical understanding of law and familiarity with the industry.

Where can it take me?

Employers value the broad skillset, commercial awareness and employability of our students.

Career prospects are diverse and exciting. Depending on your specialism, you could start a career in business, law, HR, finance or the public sector. Our graduates have secured roles at Rolls Royce, HP, IBM, NHS, Hayes, Microsoft, Maclaren F1 and Lidl.

You may want to train as a barrister or solicitor through the STC or BTC or undertake a related postgraduate degree.

At UWE Bristol we empower you to make a choice. To choose a university that challenges itself as much as you. To choose a passion that gives you purpose. To choose a community that leads the way, encouraging you to question everything, and to become the best you can be.

Change the world

At UWE Bristol, we’re focused on solving future global challenges through outstanding learning, world-leading research and a culture of enterprise.

Here, we empower our students to make a choice. To choose a university that pushes itself as much as it pushes them. To choose a community of original thinkers - breaking new boundaries and leading the way.

From our enterprise support programmes to industry masterclasses. Professional mentoring to business incubators. World-leading research facilities to work experience opportunities across the globe. We give our students the tools they need to act on their ideas and make them happen.

Each of our pioneering courses has been created in partnership with industry professionals. And over 150 come with professional accreditation from industry bodies. Coupled with world-class teaching, they’re designed to equip students with the most in-demand skills, and the kind of mindset that employers want and need. So that when you graduate from UWE Bristol, you’re ready to take on the world.

Our mindset

We believe that it’s only when you ask 'what if?' that you discover 'why not?'. That’s why we’re not afraid to ask difficult questions – and tackle the big issues head-on. It’s our way of continuing to make a real difference in the way we learn, analyse and contribute to the world we live in.

Our values

Ambitious

We’re not afraid to shape, challenge and tackle the big issues, to take the initiative and pave the way.

Inclusive

We make UWE Bristol a supportive and inspiring place to learn and work – somewhere where diversity of experience and perspective is encouraged, and learning and research are shared and accessible.

Innovative

We create new opportunities for the people who work and study with us. We embrace different ideas and pioneer new and sustainable ways of doing things.

Collaborative

We have strong connections locally and globally. We help people and organisations be the best they can, building trust throughout our university community and beyond.

Enterprising

We instil a thirst for new knowledge, its creation and application, empowering our students and staff to demonstrate a creative questioning approach, a 'can-do' confidence, and the ability to navigate uncertainty.