At Western College BTEC HND in Business

Western College for Management & Technology was established in year 2010 as a part of an international collaboration with links to the University of Bolton, UK. Western College is a BOI approved venture, and is a part of the prestigious Study World Education Holding Ltd. which has significant experience in delivering transnational education worldwide.

BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business is offered to the students who have completed their Advanced Level (Local/London) with two simple passes or above or the students who have completed their Ordinary Level with five Credits and Foundation in Business at Western College.

BTEC Higher National Diploma is a flagship qualification of Pearson Education Ltd, which is the only awarding body to offer both academic and vocational qualifications to international students. With the BTEC Higher National Diploma, students are eligible to enroll on any related honours degree programme available in most of the universities around the world, depending on the match of the BTEC Higher National units to the degree programme or with working experience even to Master’s Programmes.

As the academic centre for University of Bolton UK, Western College provides the opportunity for students to complete their final year and obtain the degree BSc (Hons) International Business Management in Sri Lanka on successful completion of the BTEC HND in Business. And this qualification awarded at Western College is identical to those at the University of Bolton at their graduation ceremony in UK.

BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business is the fastest pathway to a degree and students can complete the entire degree programme in 3 years at Western College. This is the most cost effective way to obtain a recognized UK Degree as an internal qualification at a fraction of cost. Apart from that, students studying on HND at Western College can choose either complete their final year of the degree programme in Sri Lanka or transfer to the UOB campuses in the UK or UAE.

BTEC HND in Business at Western College has designed to give you the edge to succeed in a busy market place. This programme incorporates subject- specific modules based upon generic business theories, and reflects modern business industry practices and academic developments. In addition, Western College guarantees industry placements for their undergraduates.

Students who follow BTEC HND in Business at Western College are equipped with distinctive competences over other students since this programme has been designed giving more emphasis to practical aspects such as vocationally contextualized assignments, case studies, presentations, role plays and research activities, which build a competent professional who has the ability to overcome any challenge they are likely to come across in their work place.

Western College for Management & Technology is a state –of- the art campus, which is well equipped with modern teaching aids and comfortable learning area for the students to acquire academic knowledge in a disturbance- free environment. Western College profits from the wealth of a well- known, academically sound and practically experienced, locally and internationally qualified lecture panel.

Moreover, students at the Western College benefit from excellent teaching resources including the state -the art - classrooms with the Internet & data projectors, well equipped computer laboratory with internet access, Wi-Fi hotspots and a well managed library to facilitate independent, group and classroom learning. These syndicate learning facilities encourage students to work together and gain new knowledge while enhancing their soft skills such as team work, problem solving, analytical and presentation skills.

Western College Sri Lanka is well equipped with modern teaching aids and comfortable learning area for the students to acquire academic knowledge in a disturbance –free environment. Therefore, this has given impetus to the students to their progressive march towards the tertiary education.