University College Plymouth St Mark & St John (UCP Marjon) has over 170 years of heritage, tradition, academic excellence and experience working in partnership with higher education institutions to offer a broad range of collaborative higher education programmes. Academically, the UCP Marjon strives for excellence. The National Student Survey results have placed UCP Marjon in the top 15% of all institutions. In the Sunday Times University Guide, it was ranked 4th for Teaching Excellence (ahead of Oxford University) and 3rd overall amongst university colleges. Ofsted have rated UCP Marjon’s Primary Teacher Training as ‘Outstanding’. UCP Marjon offers a great range of courses from Foundation Degrees & Progression Courses to Honours Degrees and Postgraduate study. As the most experienced teacher training provider in the South West, UCP Marjon has been successfully training teachers since 1840, receiving praise in the Ofsted inspections. UCP Marjon has excellent links with local schools and is both well known and well respected. Staff are passionate about their subjects and work hard to help students fulfill their potential and succeed in their studies. They provide plenty of contact time in a supportive and friendly environment. UCP Marjon wants to ensure that you are well prepared for employment when you graduate, so it provides all the transferable skills you need, along with practical experience in relevant employment fields. UCP Marjon supplies an excellent careers service and the most recent government statistics show that over 90% of graduates are either in employment or continuing in higher education six months after graduation. Located in the South west of England, Plymouth is perfectly situated to make the most of the countryside, moorland and coast. UCP Marjon Programmes MBA Degree The UCP Marjon MBA is an internationally recognised business degree and a valuable qualification for those aiming to become global business leaders. It is academic in nature, yet provides practical preparation for individuals in business and management. The programme is designed to prepare participants in the major functional areas of today’s competitive business world. The pace of the programme is rigorous and participants are offered opportunities to study modern organisations. The programme aims to provide participants with the skills necessary to guide their decisions as corporate executives in a dynamic global environment. View MBA Programmes BA (HONS) Business Studies Degree The objective of Bachelor level business and management degrees is to prepare individuals as potential managers and business specialists. The courses cover the study of organisations, their management and the changing external environment in which they operate and also the preparation for and development of a career in business and management. View BA (Hons) Business Studies Programmes BA (HONS) Accounting* Degree The Accounting programme aims to provide students with the theoretical, technical and empirical background necessary for financial problem solving and financial decision making within the complex and changing business environment. This programme has been designed for students intending to pursue a career in accounting, or in any other area where financial accounting information and decisions are a central element. The students will have the opportunity to acquire a broad-based education which will provide a good starting point for the students’ later professional work and studies. In addition, students will receive an academic base to which problems arising in their later professional work can be referred, and a way of thinking which will help them to meet the challenges of new ideas and problems. View BA (Hons) Accounting* Programme