BA (Hons) Finance & Investment

As one of the world’s top financial centres, London provides the perfect background location for this program, which explores various aspects of finance and investment, including global investing, derivatives, wealth management, compliance and regulation, international finance, and more.

You will explore topics vital to the finance industry such as corporate valuation, regulation, and derivatives. Gain an understanding of key tools in finance and investment such as risk measurement and management, asset pricing, the cost of capital, interest rates, and exchange rates.

In the third and fourth year of this program, you can extend your specialist skills by choosing options which interest you, from a range of courses including Derivatives as well as Entrepreneurship: Valuation, Funding and Growth, and Wealth Management.

You can gain a thorough understanding of what it’s like to be a true finance professional by working with Eikon, providing real time market data, news, analytics, and trading.

Together with the chance to gain valuable internship experience in a financial role within an organisation, you’ll gain vital familiarity and skills required by global employers in this competitive industry.

Year 1

Modules

• Foundations of Economic Ideas
• Foundations of Business
• Functions with Applications
• Foundations of Computer Applications
• Tools for Change
• Research and Writing I

Plus one of the following:

• Visual Thinking
• Narratives of Change

Year 2

Modules

• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Introduction to Microeconomics
• Introduction to Macroeconomics
• Computer Applications in Management
• Calculus with Applications
• Probability & Statistics I
• Research and Writing II
• Changes in Practice

Year 3

Modules

• Fundamental Analysis
• Econometrics I - Principles
• Corporate Finance
• Principles of Investment
• Research Methods and Data Analysis
• Compliance and Regulation
• Probability and Statistics II

Plus one of the following:

• Service Learning: Digital Collaboration
• Service Learning: Leadership in a Changing World
• Service Learning: Environment and Society
• Service Learning: Global Citizenship and Migration

Year 4

Modules

• The Financial System
• Valuation and Cash Flow Modelling
• The Global Investor
• International Finance
• Senior Project in Finance

Plus one of the following:

• Derivatives
• Entrepreneurship: Valuation, Funding and Growth
• Econometrics II
• Wealth Management
• Financial Mathematics

• Acquire an in-depth understanding of the world of finance and the tools needed to succeed in the worlds of corporate finance, investment banking and international wealth management
• Experience new courses in finance which have been pioneered by the University for undergraduate teaching
• Benefit from practical work experience in a finance-based, integrated internship
• Learn a variety of key business skills such as problem solving, data analysis, IT and communication skills, all highly valued by employers
• Study in an international environment in London, a world-leading financial and investment centre
• Complement the study of Finance and Investment with valuable minors from academic disciplines such as Maths, Law or Sustainability, further improving your employability

Graduate Destinations

Below is a list of where some of the graduates of this program have gone on to work.

• Accenture
• Ernst and Young
• Merrill Lync
• Nomura
• UBS Wealth Management
• HSBC
• BNP Paribas