The Business Studies course at Stirling provides a flexible yet focused learning experience. You will build a strong knowledge base and master the skills and competencies to form a foundation from which managerial expertise can develop throughout your working life. The curriculum develops understanding of the internal functions and structures of organisations. You may also undertake one of a number of combined degree courses that include Business Studies and another subject. Our teaching staff is international in character and active in various areas of current management research. Research, therefore, informs their teaching, making it relevant to current debates within business.

Where are our graduates now? Business Studies graduates are currently working in 20 countries around the world including: Norway, Kenya, Canada, Singapore, Australia, USA, Germany and Hong Kong. They are contributing to the performance of a range of private, public and third sector organisations including: Tesco HM Revenue & Customs Natural History Museum Royal Bank of Scotland Kimberley-Clark Professional Land Rover Scottish Government Lloyds Banking Group Gillette UK Ltd EMI Music Publishing Diageo Ernst & Young NHS Local authorities across the UK Unilever Recent graduates from Stirling’s Business Studies degree started their careers in the following roles: IT Co-ordinator, Component Sense 24 Sales & Marketing Executive, Grants Foods Ltd Operational Management Trainee, Radisson Blu Hotel Recruitment Consultant, Inspired Edge Limited Business Development Executive, 2e2 Customer Advisor, Bank of Scotland Graduates who left Stirling up to ten years ago have now forged careers in the following areas: Teachers (either primary or Business Studies) Key Account Manager, Sitekit Solutions Ltd HR Business Partner, Forth Valley College Information Security Manager, Kwik-Fit Financial Services National Marketing Manager, BT Partner Relationship Manager, Hewlett-Packard Leasing Manager, The Brandspace Group International Recruitment Consultant. Solutions Driven The grounding that a Business Studies degree provides you with in demonstrated in the wide range of professions that some of our more established graduates are currently working in: MD/CEO of own firm Business Analyst, Inveresk plc Head of Business Support, Stirling Council Strategy Manager, Britannia Finance Manager, Proctor & Gamble Head of Individual Fundraising, Natural History Museum Retail Operations Manager, Bass Leisure Retail Information Policy Manager, The National Archives