Business Enterprise and Business Law

Enterprise and law are disciplines that each change how you see the world, and combining them gives you a particularly sharp lens on how commercial activity is shaped, constrained and enabled by the legal frameworks around it. At the University of Strathclyde, this four-year full-time degree brings together the study of entrepreneurship and new venture creation with a thorough grounding in business law, including contract, company law, intellectual property and the regulatory environment in which businesses operate. A year abroad is built in, giving you experience of commercial and legal traditions beyond the UK.

The enterprise strand is built around the conviction that entrepreneurship means challenging established ways of doing things and creating genuine value through innovation. You will study how new ventures are formed and funded, how business models are tested and revised, and how entrepreneurs navigate risk and uncertainty. This is not a purely theoretical exercise; you are expected to engage with the real challenges of building something new.

The law component gives you the analytical rigour and doctrinal knowledge that underpins commercial life, from understanding how contracts are formed and enforced to how companies are governed and regulated. Together, the two strands develop your ability to spot opportunity, assess risk and act with confidence in complex environments. A typical tariff of around 216 points is expected for entry.

Graduates are well prepared for careers in entrepreneurship and start-up ventures, corporate law firms, in-house legal and compliance teams, venture capital, innovation consultancies and public sector organisations that support economic development. The combination of entrepreneurial thinking and legal literacy is valued wherever organisations need people who can both create and navigate complexity, and many graduates progress to postgraduate study in law, business or management.