Marketing
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Business Management
Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Business Management. The award comes from Pearson in the UK, not from TIIB.
The general management route, for people who want to run a team, a department or an operation. You cover strategy, operations, project management, business law and enough finance to argue with a budget. It is the broadest of the business HNDs and the one that keeps the most doors open.
At a glance
- Duration
- 2 years
- Study mode
- Full time, with a paid internship built into the programme
- Fee
- AED 40,000 per year
Entry
- A recognised Level 3 qualification such as A-Levels, or a high school diploma.
- English proficiency at IELTS 5.5 or equivalent.
- Mature applicants with relevant work experience are considered case by case.
- Next intake September 2026
- Dubai Knowledge Park
What you study
- 01Business and Management FundamentalsHow a modern organisation is actually run.
- 02Leadership and Organisational BehaviourLeading and motivating a team you did not pick.
- 03Strategic ManagementWriting a strategy and then implementing it.
- 04Operations and Supply Chain ManagementThe processes that produce and deliver the thing you sell.
- 05Project ManagementPlanning, running and finishing a project.
- 06Business Law and Corporate GovernanceThe legal and ethical frame around business decisions.
- 07Marketing ManagementMarketing strategy and what customers actually do.
- 08Financial Awareness for ManagersReading the numbers well enough to manage against them.
How you are assessed
Academic work sits next to practical business tasks, because managers need both.
- Research, reports and essays on management practice.
- Case studies of real business problems, with your solution.
- Team projects that simulate business decision-making.
- Presentations of strategy, plans and proposals.
- Role-play and simulation for leadership and negotiation.
- A full business plan or strategic proposal as the final project.
- An internship in a management or operations role.
Where it leads
Where graduates go:
- Business manager, running a department or a small company.
- Project manager, from plan to delivery.
- Operations manager, improving how the work gets done.
- Team leader or supervisor.
- Administrative manager, running office operations and resources.
- Retail or store manager.
- Business development executive.
- Management consultant at entry level.
The internship is guaranteed, and it starts four months in
Not at the end, and not something you have to go and find. It pays up to AED 1,000 a month, based on performance, and hours are capped at 20 a week, which is what a student visa allows.
What it costs
Examination fees are included.
Standard fee. Instalment plans are agreed with your offer. Registration is a one-off AED 1,000, and the application fee is AED 100, which admissions invoices after you apply. Visa costs are separate and are set out on the student visa page.
A Level 5 HND is 240 credits
Direct entry into the final year of a UK bachelor's degree in business management, international business or strategic management.
Those credits are the first two years of a UK bachelor's degree, which is why the last year is one year and not three.
Why here
An approved Pearson centre
The centre is approved to deliver and assess the award in Dubai Knowledge Park, and Pearson audits that.
35+ founders teach here
People who run companies now, in the room, not teachers who ran one years ago.
22+ companies take our students
That is what makes an internship a promise rather than a hope.
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Two years of accounting that ends with you able to keep a set of books, read a balance sheet properly and explain what it means to someone who cannot.
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Still deciding between two of these?
That is normal, and it is a ten-minute conversation rather than a research project. Admissions replies within one working day.
Next steps
- Fees and funding
Every fee in one table, including the ones that are not tuition.
- The student visa
TIIB sponsors it. What it costs, how long it takes, what you need.
- How to apply
What we ask for, and what happens after you send it.
The next step is your application.
It takes about ten minutes and your answers save as you go. If there is one thing you want to check first, ask before you start.