BSc (Hons) Banking and Finance (with Foundation Year)

This course aims to prepare students to work in the banking and financial services industry. A key objective of ours is to ensure that students become familiar with relevant banking technology as well as adapting to future risk management strategies.

We are proud to be the only University that is an associate member of UK Finance, the largest banking trade association in the UK with 330 members from the banking and financial services industry, who bring banking leaders together to debate industry change. As an associate member, students will have access to seminars to hear banking leaders live discussing cutting edge changes in the industry. Case studies will be real industry issues, all of which provides students with an advantage for future employability.

During your learning you will come to understand the latest challenges and issues in the banking industry, such as adapting to ever-changing regulation, risk management strategies that can be leveraged, and exploring the latest technology to ensure banking remains relevant to increased competition. Banking has various roles and functions, and this course will allow you to experience this variety, helping you gain the skills and knowledge needed to go into any one of these roles and increase your future employability.

Typical Entry- 72 UCAS points
GCE A Level- 2 UCAS points overall including a D at A-level

International Baccalaureate-24 points
IELTS Academic- 6.0 (Min. 5.5 in each-sub-skill)

TOEFL iBT (and TOEFL at home) - 79 Overall (Listening- 17, Reading- 18, Speaking- 20, Writing- 17)