Finance (with placement year) BSc (Hons)

Loughborough University

Today’s ever-evolving global finance sector requires professionals and managers equipped to deal with complex problems. This degree aims to help you develop vital technical skills that will give you a head start pursuing a career in finance. We also help you develop wider skills and intellectual independence that will enable you to thrive in a long and rewarding professional career. This course combines rigorous finance theory with general management studies to prepare you for a successful career in financial services or general management. Skills for employability is a key part of the Loughborough experience and can really boost your job prospects, and this degree has a module specifically built in to help you develop your study and employability skills. There are also specific modules in entrepreneurship to help those with aspirations to start or develop their own businesses. BSc Finance and Management shares the same first year modules as our BSc Accounting and Financial Management degree. If you realise that you prefer the accounting route, you may transfer to the Accounting and Financial Management course at the end of your first academic year.