Duration: 1 year

Awarding Body: The Association of Business Executives (ABE)

The ABE Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management is accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and the programme is equivalent to level 7 on the National Qualification Framework (NQF). The qualification provides a route for students to gain advanced entry to a Masters degree at UK universities.

The ABE Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management has been developed by a senior university professor, utilising current academic learning and research as well as employer knowledge and practice. It is therefore an ideal progression route for those who:

• are currently studying professional qualifications and wish to proceed to a Masters degree in business/management
• have a related degree but wish to proceed to a Masters level business/management qualification
• are in employment, at managerial level, and wish to achieve a Masters level qualification

About the programme

The Postgraduate Diploma is QCA accredited at level 7 and comprises five units:

Strategic Business Management and Planning

Organisational Resource Management

Management of Financial Resources and Performance

Leadership and Change Management

Corporate Management in Action (integrative case study assessment)

Assessment

Each unit requires two pieces of assessed work:

an examination (marked externally by ABE); and

an assignment (marked internally by the college and scrutinised by ABE)

To pass the unit requires a pass mark of 40% or above in both pieces of assessed work .
Entry Criteria

A student must fulfill at least one of the following criteria to be allowed entry to the programme:

• Possession of the ABE's Advanced Diploma in Business Management or Business Administration (note that a student may progress to the Postgraduate Diploma if he/she has one unit of the Advanced Diploma yet to be passed, but cannot be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma until subsequently passing the remaining Advanced Diploma unit)
• Possession of an ABE Advanced Diploma in another subject (subject to further study requirements, contact registration@abeuk.com )
• Possession of an honours degree in a related subject (contact registration@abeuk.com for consideration of your previous qualifications)
• Possession of a level 6 qualification from another internationally recognised awarding body (contact registration@abeuk.com for consideration of your previous qualifications)
• Five years senior management experience (students must check with ABE regarding this experience prior to registering for the course)

Course Fees/Registration/subscription/examination fees:

Please note that the registration and examination fees are not included within the tuition fees.

Course Fees Payable to London Premier College	Registration Fees & Exam Fees payable to External Awarding body (ABE)
£3500 (per year)	£250 (registration fee) £150 per module (exam fee) Annual subscription: £30 (if the programme takes more than 1 year to complete)