Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship)

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Torrens University

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) at Torrens University is a hands-on degree built for people who don’t just want to work in business — they want to start one. If you’re creative, curious about opportunity, and keen to build real ventures, you’ll learn how to turn ideas into business realities, balancing smart strategy with ethics, innovation and practical know-how.

Curriculum Structure

Year 1
In your first year, you build a foundation in business thinking and self-awareness. Core units like Academic and Business Communication Skills and Understanding Self and Others help you grow your ability to collaborate, reflect, and communicate clearly in a business context. Meanwhile, Introduction to Entrepreneurship gives you a first glimpse of what it takes to launch a business — helping you discover whether startup life is for you — and Marketing in the Digital Era and The Business Environment round out your perspective on how markets, society and business interact.

Year 2
In the second year, you begin to take those entrepreneurial seeds and grow them into ideas with real potential. With subjects such as Venture Ideation, you’ll learn how to spot opportunities in changing markets, shape business ideas, and even pitch them. Practical units like Industry Skills Project (with 50 hours of industry exposure) bring theory into action — giving you your first real taste of workplace dynamics and practical business challenges.

Year 3
In your final year, you get serious about launching — or preparing to launch — your own venture. Units like Lean Business Start-up teach you how to build lean, viable enterprises (think: minimal waste, smart resource use, quick market testing). Meanwhile, through an Industry Consulting Project (150 hours), you’ll get real-world consulting or startup experience, putting together a business plan or project that could evolve into a real enterprise. With courses in ethics and sustainability, you’ll also learn how to build ventures that are responsible, resilient and future-ready.

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Start-up Development

Learning Outcomes: Build an entrepreneurial mindset, design viable business ventures, understand digital markets and sustainable business practices, and graduate “start-up ready.”

Professional Alignment (Accreditation): This degree is aligned with global business education standards — as a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Torrens demonstrates its commitment to quality business education. You also complete 300 hours of real-world work placement, ensuring you graduate with not just theory, but practical, employable business experience.

Reputation (Employability Rankings): Torrens University’s Entrepreneurship program is widely recognized for its practical, industry-focused approach. The small class sizes, mentorship from experienced business professionals, and strong links to industry help graduates step into small-business ownership, consulting or startup roles with confidence.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

If you join the Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) at this university, you’ll do more than just learn about business — you’ll practice building one. The program is designed around rolling up your sleeves: you learn how to spot real market opportunities, craft business plans, test ideas under real-world conditions, and even get hands-on experience with industry professionals before graduation. By the time you finish, you won’t just have theoretical knowledge — you’ll have a practical mindset, real business skills, and a taste of what it feels like to run (or help run) a business.

Here’s a look at the actual, experiential-learning elements built right into the program:

Venture Ideation: In the “Venture Ideation” course you practise spotting market trends and business opportunities, and build a business case and pitch for your idea — as if you were presenting to potential investors.
Industry-skills simulation (50 hours): Early in the program you complete a subject that places you in simulated workplace situations, engaging with industry experts and getting a feel for real business-environment challenges.
Industry Consulting Project (100 hours): You work on a consultancy project — often through the university’s Social Enterprise Hub — solving real problems for external clients. This isn’t hypothetical: you deliver real value in a professional context.
Final-year Industry Consulting Project (150 hours): In your later years, you get deeper immersion, working on a project that requires applying what you’ve learnt across the degree to real-world business challenges, refining your professional capabilities.
Lean Business Start-up course: You’ll learn and use modern lean-startup tools (like minimum viable product, business-model canvas, pivots, and market-testing) to develop — and test — a business concept ready for the real world.
Core courses grounded in real business practice: From digital-era marketing and customer-experience management to sales & negotiation strategies, project management and financial decision-making — each subject teaches concepts directly relevant to life in a startup or business setting.

Progression & Future Opportunities

Graduates of this program go on to a range of meaningful business-oriented roles. Typical jobs include working as a Small Business Owner / Entrepreneur, Business Analyst, Business Consultant, or Business Manager / Operator. Many find themselves launching their own start-ups, joining growing companies, or helping established organisations innovate and grow.

Here’s what this means for you:

Real-world experience built in — The course includes 300 hours of industry / work placement, giving you hands-on exposure so you don’t graduate with just theory, but with practical business know-how and actual work experience.
Skills that match current business needs — You’ll learn how to spot market trends, craft business plans, secure funding, negotiate deals, apply lean start-up principles, and handle marketing, management, communication, ethics and sustainability. That broad toolkit is valuable whether you’re starting your own venture or joining a team.
Supportive, student-centred learning environment — Small class sizes, personal support from lecturers and “success coaches,” plus industry-experienced faculty, give you better mentoring and tailored guidance — so you’re more than just a number.
Flexibility — You can study full- or part-time (on campus, online, or blended), which makes it easier to balance studies with other commitments. Great if you might want to work, travel, or test business ideas while you learn.
Credibility and broader recognition — The degree is an AQF Level 7 qualification from Torrens University Australia, and the university is a member of the respected European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), signaling quality and rigorous standards.

Further Academic Progression:
Once you complete the Bachelor, you aren’t limited to just launching or managing ventures. If you want to deepen your business expertise or shift into higher-level roles, you could pursue a postgraduate qualification at Torrens — like the MBA — which would build advanced skills in leadership, strategy, analytics, and management. That path can open doors to more senior management roles, strategic consulting, or high-impact entrepreneurship.