Marketing and Management with Placement Year

As well as developing specialist marketing knowledge, this course explores management subjects, including purchasing, managing international supply chains, lean systems, cost reduction and how to manage people. This ensures you will graduate with the skills and knowledge to work in a range of strategic roles.

Combine your knowledge of fundamental marketing tactics with an applied awareness of company assets, finance and data. You’ll critically apply skills and techniques to oversee varying management situations as well as exploring both the marketing and logistics functions within organisations. You can tailor your degree to your areas of interest through a range of optional modules covering themes such as corporate IT, social media, content, brand and sustainability. We equip you with the knowledge, confidence and creativity to shape an organisation’s marketing, logistics and purchasing strategy.

Boost your employability with a placement year

You’ll have the opportunity to take a placement year to put the skills you’ve learned into practice in a real-world environment. We'll support you to find your placement and throughout your year in industry. Placements allow you to gain valuable experience to add to your CV, make industry contacts and help you to narrow down what kind of role you may be interested in after graduation. 

Putting theory into practice

You'll have the opportunity to take a placement year in industry to enhance your skills and employability. Marketing student Benas, took a placement year with Derby based marketing agency Think3, he was then offered a role with the company ahead of graduating. 

Please note that our modules are subject to change - we review the content of our courses regularly, making changes where necessary to improve your experience and graduate prospects.

Our teaching methods will be varied, interactive and engaging. You will take part in:

• lectures and seminars — led by our own tutors as well as occasional guest speakers from the marketing world 
• individual and group-based practical assignments, such as creating advertising slogans, blogs, infographics, social media profiles, videos and
• TV commercials. Many of these will be for real company briefs 
• visits to exhibitions, trade fairs and companies 
• placements and internships 
• research projects

How you are assessed

You will be assessed through coursework, which will incorporate individual assignments as well as group tasks. These focus on applying what you have learned to real business scenarios and producing the kind of work that might be expected in a marketing role, for example:

• written reports based around research, including data and case studies 
• visual presentations 
• creative outputs such as infographics, short advertisements, films, blogs, podcasts or bespoke projects and pitches for clients 
• at levels 4 and 5, you will take part in some group work, which prepares you for the marketing workplace, but at level 6, you will be working independently so you can deepen your research and critical analysis skills. 

2025 entry

These are the typical qualification requirements for September 2025 entry.

Contextual offers may apply to students who meet certain criteria.

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)

2025/26

Further information about our fees and support you may be entitled to.

Additional costs and optional extras

Demand for data insight specialists in marketing is high. Your skills in both the marketing and IT field could lead to a range of roles in fields such as database management, marketing insights, purchasing or logistics. 
 
Or why not study further with our MSc Marketing Management (Alumni discount available) 

Careers and Employment Service  

Our Careers and Employment Service can help you boost your employment skills by connecting you with employers for work placements, part-time jobs, and volunteering. They can also offer guidance on career options, CV writing, or starting your own business.  

Contact us

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Additional information about your studies

Teaching hours

Like most universities, we operate extended teaching hours at the University of Derby, so contact time with your lecturers and tutors could be anytime between 9am and 9pm. Your timetable will usually be available on the website 24 hours after enrolment on to your course.

Course updates

The information provided on this page is correct at the time of publication but course content, costs and other individual course details do change from time to time and are updated as often as possible, so please do check these pages again when making your final decision to apply for a course. Any updated course details will also be confirmed to you at application, enrolment and in your offer letter.

If you are thinking about transferring onto this course (into the second year for example), you should contact the programme leader for the relevant course information as modules may vary from those shown on this page.

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