BTEC HND in Business

Overview
Entry Requirements
Programme Structure
Career Opportunities and Progression

Join the world of business and be enthused by some influential industry minds!

This course prepares you for a career in business management by providing you with the most relevant career-related content, where you learn, practice and get work-ready. It develops and enhances the range of your personal, cognitive, commercial and interpersonal transferable skills that are vital to a successful performance in the workplace.

Each unit has a clear purpose: to cater for the increasing need for high quality professional and technical education pathways at levels 4 and 5, providing students with a clear line of sight to employment or progression to a degree at level 6.

Each pathway consists of a total of 120 credits at level 5, delivered via core, specialist and optional units. All the pathways have specialist units which have been aligned to the relevant professional body standards, if applicable. All pathways permit a degree of optionality.

BTEC is the world’s most successful and best-loved applied learning brand, engaging students in practical, interpersonal and thinking skills for more than thirty years.

Pearson BTECs are work-related qualifications for students taking their first steps into employment or those already in employment and seeking career development opportunities. Pearson BTECs provide progression into the workplace either directly or via study at university and are also designed to meet employers’ needs. Pearson BTEC Higher National qualifications are therefore widely recognised by industry and higher education as the principal technical professional qualification at Levels 4 and 5.

I Will Learn

– Core principles of business, marketing, human resources, and accounting.

– How to manage teams, lead effectively, and support organisational growth.

– The role of innovation, commercialisation, and entrepreneurship in business success.

– Research, analytical, and project management skills for professional practice.

Hands-on Experience

– Practical learning through projects, case studies, and simulations.

– Opportunities to apply business concepts to real workplace scenarios.

– Research and problem-solving experience through a final-year business project.

– Building confidence in planning, marketing, and operational decision-making

Academic Requirements:

Successfully complete the Qatar Secondary School Certificate with a minimum overall score of 60%, or successfully complete a recognised University Foundation Programme, or hold an equivalent qualification in accordance with the regulations of the MOEHE

English Language Requirements:

(applies only to the English track)

An IELTS overall score of 5.5, with no band lower than 5.0, or an equivalent qualification. Applicants whose final year of education was taught in English may also be accepted

You will take 15 units (240 credits) to gain your diploma over the course of two to three years of study: 120 credits, 8 units in Level 4 (15 credits each unit) and 120 credits, 7 units in Level 5 (one 30-credit unit, and six 15-credit units).

Extra support modules customised to your needs might be added to the units.

Level 4:

•The Contemporary Business Environment
•Marketing Processes and Planning
•Management of Human Resources
•Leadership and Management
•Accounting Principles
•Managing a Successful Business Project
•Professional Identity and Practice
•Innovation and Commercialisation

Level 5:

•Research Project
•Organisational Behaviour Management
•Management Accounting
•Principles of Operations Management
•Launching a New Venture
•Strategic Human Resource Management
•Marketing Insights and Analytics

Progression Opportunity

Advance to a Two-Year University Degree

– Eligible students may progress to the BSc (Hons) in Business Studies upon meeting the following conditions: Successfully complete the Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND in in Business with a Merit average

– Achieve an Academic IELTS score of 6.0, with no individual band score lower than 5.5 or equivalent