The B.Sc. (Hons) in Business Management at Patan College for Professional Studies (PCPS College), Lalitpur, is a three-year undergraduate programme covering management, business strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, organisational responsibility, leadership, business data, and project work.
The programme is delivered by Patan College for Professional Studies in academic partnership with the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
Study begins with business numeracy, the development of business, management practice, and professional preparation. Later units address strategic planning, workplace development, risk, organisational complexity, cross-cultural management, innovation, entrepreneurship, business data, strategic leadership, business continuity, and a final business project.
The course is relevant to students seeking a broad management degree rather than an undergraduate programme centred on one business function.
| Particular | Details |
|---|---|
| Course: | B.Sc. (Hons) in Business Management |
| Level: | Undergraduate |
| Duration: | 3 years |
| College: | Patan College for Professional Studies |
| Location: | Kandevatasthan, Lalitpur, Nepal |
| Academic Partner: | University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Study Area: | Business Management |
Business management involves understanding how organisations plan, organise, coordinate, and respond to commercial and operational issues. At PCPS, the course approaches management through several connected areas rather than concentrating on a single subject such as marketing, finance, or human resources.
Students encounter management practice from the first year and then move into strategic business planning, risk and responsibility, organisational complexity, cross-cultural management, innovation, entrepreneurship, business data, leadership, and continuity.
This gives the programme a broad management character. A student examining a business problem may need to consider financial implications, people, organisational responsibilities, strategic priorities, data, market conditions, and operational constraints at the same time.
The curriculum also includes professional development and a final Business Project, allowing students to connect academic study with a defined business subject.
| Code | Unit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| AAF020-1 | Applied Numeracy for Business | 30 |
| BSS009-1 | Evolution and Revolution of Business | 30 |
| BSS010-1 | Management in Practice | 30 |
| MAR026-1 | Beginning Your Professional Business Journey | 30 |
The first year establishes the main base for later business study.
Applied Numeracy for Business introduces the numerical side of business. Managers frequently work with figures, comparisons, performance measures, budgets, and other forms of quantitative information, making numerical understanding relevant across several business functions.
Evolution and Revolution of Business examines how business practices and organisations develop and change. This gives students a way to consider businesses as organisations that respond to shifting markets, technologies, customer expectations, and internal priorities.
Management in Practice introduces management as an applied activity. Beginning Your Professional Business Journey adds professional preparation to the first-year curriculum.
Together, the four units establish a foundation in business understanding, numeracy, management, and professional study.
The second year moves toward strategy and more complex organisational issues.
| Code | Unit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| BSS032-2 | Strategic Business Planning | 15 |
| BSS035-2 | Employability and the Future Workplace | 15 |
| BSS036-2 | Risk and Responsibility | 30 |
| BSS037-2 | Managing Business Complexity | 30 |
| MAR041-2 | Cross-Cultural Management in Business | 15 |
Strategic Business Planning introduces a more deliberate approach to organisational direction. Instead of looking only at day-to-day activity, students consider how organisations identify priorities and plan around business aims.
Risk and Responsibility brings attention to the decisions organisations make when dealing with uncertainty and responsibility. Managing Business Complexity reflects the reality that business decisions frequently involve several connected factors rather than a single clear problem.
Cross-Cultural Management in Business adds an international and organisational dimension. Managers may work with people, customers, suppliers, or business partners from different cultural settings, making cross-cultural understanding relevant to management practice.
Employability and the Future Workplace brings professional preparation into second-year study and connects academic work with changes in working practices and organisational expectations.
Final-year study places greater emphasis on leadership, innovation, business data, continuity, and independent project work.
| Code | Unit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| BSS079-3 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 15 |
| BSS080-3 | Data-Driven Business | 15 |
| BSS082-3 | Strategic Leadership | 30 |
| BSS083-3 | Business Continuity and the Planet | 30 |
| SHR020-3 | Business Project | 30 |
Innovation and Entrepreneurship gives students a dedicated unit dealing with new business ideas and entrepreneurial activity.
Data-Driven Business introduces the use of business information within organisational decision-making. This unit adds an analytical component without changing the programme into a specialist Business Analytics degree.
Strategic Leadership develops the leadership side of senior organisational decision-making. It follows earlier study in management practice, strategic planning, risk, and business complexity.
Business Continuity and the Planet adds study related to how organisations consider continuity and wider business responsibilities.
The Business Project forms a substantial part of final-year study and provides students with an opportunity to work independently on a defined business subject.
Strategy appears at several points in the programme.
Students first develop an understanding of management and business change before studying Strategic Business Planning in the second year. Strategic Leadership then appears as a 30-credit final-year unit.
This sequence helps distinguish everyday management activity from longer-term organisational decisions. Business planning can involve establishing priorities, assessing available resources, examining risks, and determining how different parts of an organisation contribute to its objectives.
Leadership adds another aspect. A strategy still needs to be communicated, coordinated, and carried through within an organisation. Studying strategic leadership therefore connects organisational direction with the management of people and decisions.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship is included in the final year as a dedicated 15-credit unit.
Entrepreneurship can involve establishing a new business, but its study can also include recognising opportunities, developing ideas, considering resources, and examining whether a business concept can be developed further.
Innovation also matters within existing organisations. Businesses may change products, services, operations, or internal practices without creating an entirely new company.
The subject sits alongside Strategic Leadership and Data-Driven Business, giving students an opportunity to examine new ideas alongside organisational decision-making and business information.
Data-Driven Business gives the general Business Management programme a clear analytical element.
Managers often work with information concerning performance, customers, finance, operations, employees, or markets. The ability to read and interpret such information can assist with planning and decision-making.
The unit does not turn the course into a specialist analytics programme. Its role is to place data within broader management study, alongside leadership, planning, risk, and organisational responsibility.
Students seeking a more concentrated analytics curriculum can distinguish this programme from PCPS's separate Business Analytics pathway.
Cross-Cultural Management in Business appears in the second year.
Businesses may operate across different countries or work with employees, suppliers, customers, and partners from different cultural backgrounds. Management decisions can therefore involve differences in communication, workplace expectations, business practices, and organisational behaviour.
Including cross-cultural management broadens the course beyond management within a single local setting. It also connects with the course's wider attention to international business and organisational management.
Risk and Responsibility and Managing Business Complexity are both substantial second-year units.
Risk is present in many management decisions. Organisations may face financial, operational, market, workforce, or strategic uncertainty. Management therefore involves considering possible consequences rather than assuming that every decision produces a predictable outcome.
Responsibility brings another dimension to these decisions. Managers need to consider how organisational choices affect the business and the people or groups connected with it.
Managing Business Complexity addresses situations where several issues interact. A change in one business area can affect staffing, finances, customers, operations, or strategic priorities elsewhere.
These subjects move the curriculum beyond basic definitions of management and into the types of interconnected issues managers may need to examine.
Business Project carries 30 credits in the final year.
The project gives students a larger piece of independent academic work after studying management, strategy, risk, leadership, innovation, business data, and organisational issues.
A business project may require students to define a subject, locate relevant information, examine evidence, organise their analysis, and present conclusions in a structured form.
Project work also requires students to manage their own time and organise a sustained piece of work rather than completing only shorter classroom assignments.
Students study at the PCPS campus in Kandevatasthan, Lalitpur.
Facilities relevant to business students include classrooms, tutorial rooms, presentation facilities, project areas, group discussion spaces, library resources, and computing access.
Students also have access to University of Bedfordshire-linked academic services including BREO, e, and the university e-library.
Presentation and discussion spaces are useful for management study because business assignments can involve group analysis, project preparation, discussion, and formal presentations.
The programme identifies academic entry routes for NEB, A-Level, and CBSE/ICSE applicants.
NEB (+2): Grade 12 with a minimum overall GPA of 2.4, stated as 60%.
A-Level: Minimum CCD grades with 3.5 credits, stated as C, C, and D.
CBSE/ICSE: Grade 12 with a minimum overall score of 60%.
Applicants must also meet an accepted English-language requirement.
| Route | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Nepalese Grade 12 English: | Minimum 2.80, 70%, or B+ |
| University of Bedfordshire ELAS: | Not less than 5.5 in each band or minimum B+ |
| Pearson PTE Academic: | 59 in Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing |
| IELTS: | Overall 6.0, with no band below 5.5 |
| TOEFL iBT: | Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17 |
PTE Academic Online and the TOEFL Home Edition are excluded from the stated accepted routes.
The admission requirements include:
Grade 10 marksheet, certificate, and character certificate
Grade 11 marksheet
Grade 12 transcript
Grade 12 character certificate
Provisional certificate
Migration certificate
Citizenship certificate
Three passport-size photographs with a white background
Original documents are required for verification, and verified documents are required to be notarised.
Admission to PCPS includes application, assessment, interview, and document verification.
The process covers:
Completion and submission of the admission form.
Review and registration of the application.
Common entrance examination.
Shortlisting after the entrance examination.
Oral interview for shortlisted applicants.
Verification of original academic and personal documents.
Applicants must meet the academic and English-language criteria associated with the programme.
The curriculum gives students opportunities to develop knowledge and abilities related to:
Business management
Business numeracy
Strategic planning
Organisational decision-making
Risk and responsibility
Cross-cultural management
Managing complex business issues
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Business data interpretation
Strategic leadership
Business project development
Professional communication and presentation
These areas come from different stages of the curriculum and collectively support a broad understanding of organisational management.
The course material identifies business-related career areas including:
Business Analytics
Digital Marketing
Finance
International Business
Management Consulting
Human Resource Management
Marketing Management
Financial Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
Project Management
Retail Management
Entrepreneurship and business ownership
These are possible fields connected with business-management study rather than guaranteed employment outcomes. Individual jobs may require particular experience, technical abilities, professional qualifications, or further study.
The programme may suit students who want to study management broadly rather than specialise immediately in one business discipline.
It includes quantitative study, management practice, strategy, professional development, organisational risk, cross-cultural management, innovation, entrepreneurship, business data, leadership, and project work.
Students should be prepared for numerical tasks, written assignments, presentations, group work, business analysis, and independent project study.
The course may also be relevant to students who want to understand how different parts of a business connect. Management decisions can involve finance, employees, operations, customers, strategy, and risk at the same time, and the curriculum reflects this wider organisational view.
The programme is structured across three academic years.
PCPS delivers the programme in academic partnership with the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
The curriculum includes business numeracy, management practice, strategic planning, risk and responsibility, business complexity, cross-cultural management, innovation and entrepreneurship, business data, strategic leadership, business continuity, and project work.
Yes. Innovation and Entrepreneurship is included as a final-year unit.
Yes. Data-Driven Business is included in the final year.
Yes. Business Project is a 30-credit final-year unit.
The listed NEB requirement is Grade 12 with a minimum overall GPA of 2.4, stated as 60%.
Yes. The listed IELTS requirement is an overall score of 6.0 with no individual band below 5.5.
