Diploma120 credits
Level 5 diplomas in Business and Management
Five programmes in the most crowded sector on the site. Both awarding bodies offer a Diploma and an Extended Diploma in Business Management, and Qualifi adds a Business Enterprise variant for people with a venture in mind. The OTHM Extended Diploma is the clearest example on the site of how a 240-credit programme works: six Level 4 units followed by the same six Level 5 units that make up the stand-alone Diploma. If you are choosing between the two, this is the sector to study the unit lists in.
Diplomas and Extended Diplomas in this sector
Extended Diploma240 credits
2 Extended Diplomas
The Business and Management programmes as data
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| Compare | Ofqual no. | Open | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 Diploma in Business Enterprise6 units · Level 3 qualification or equivalent · facts only | Qualifi | Diploma | 120 | Business and Management | 601/6050/0 | ||
| Level 5 Diploma in Business Management6 units · Level 4 qualification or equivalent | OTHM | Diploma | 120 | Business and Management | 610/1527/1 | ||
| Level 5 Diploma in Business Management6 units · Level 3 qualification or equivalent | Qualifi | Diploma | 120 | Business and Management | 601/6049/4 | ||
| Level 5 Extended Diploma in Business Management12 units · Level 3 qualification or equivalent | OTHM | Extended Diploma | 240 | Business and Management | 610/0335/9 | ||
| Level 5 Extended Diploma in Business Management12 units · Level 3 qualification or equivalent · facts only | Qualifi | Extended Diploma | 240 | Business and Management | 610/1675/5 |
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Choosing within Business and Management
Start from what you hold
A Level 4 qualification in a related subject points to a Diploma; a Level 3 qualification points to an Extended Diploma. This decides more than anything else on the page.
Then read the unit lists
Where both awarding bodies offer a programme in this sector, the unit titles show how each frames the subject. Open two programme pages in separate tabs, or use the compare tool.
Then check the hours
Total qualification time is published for most OTHM programmes and not for most Qualifi ones on their web listings. Where the figure is missing, the specification PDF linked from the programme page has it.
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Tell us your highest qualification and we will say which of the 120-credit Diploma and the 240-credit Extended Diploma LSPM's entry criteria open to you, and how to start the application.