Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Business Administration (Top-up) (N10048)

The BA (Hons) Business Administration Top-up (course N10048) is a single-year completion route: students who already hold a recognised two- or three-year diploma or advanced diploma in a business field enter directly into the final year of the honours degree, graduating with the same BA (Hons) award as three-year students. Taught content is final-level only — strategic management, contemporary business issues, project management and a capstone consultancy or research project.

The portal export records five entry windows across September and January cycles, unusual flexibility that suits the diploma-completion market this course serves, and lists a 73% requirement on the prior diploma — a stricter bar than the sibling degrees’ entry line, preserved verbatim in this sheet. The one-year format compresses a full final level into three teaching blocks plus the project, and the pace is genuinely demanding for students returning to study.

Documentation is the make-or-break for top-up admissions, so agents should prepare it early: transcripts and syllabus outlines from the prior diploma go to DMU for credit-mapping, and gaps between the diploma’s content and the final-year prerequisites occasionally add bridging conditions to offers. The course code N10048 in the award title comes directly from the source export, one of the few UG rows carrying an institutional code.

Counsel the use-case precisely: top-ups convert existing diplomas into UK honours degrees at one year’s cost, unlocking master’s entry and graduate-level job markets — and, critically for visa planning, a completed UK bachelor’s top-up is a Graduate Route qualifying award, giving 18 months of open work permission under the rules applying from 2027. Dependants cannot accompany taught-route students, and the £15,250 fee makes this among the cheapest routes to a British degree in the sheet.