Why choose Banking and Finance BSc Honours at Middlesex?

Our banking and finance BSc degree in London will give you the specialist knowledge, skills and experience to succeed in the exciting and challenging finance sector.

It’s one of the best cities in the world to study finance, allowing you to pursue international career opportunities in banking, insurance and accountancy.

With the flexibility to study over three or four years – the latter with a year-long paid industry placement – you’ll build specialist economic knowledge, gain experience of the operations, strategy and regulatory functions of banking and finance, and learn the practical skills you need to succeed in one of the most important global sectors.

Our Accounting and Finance department secured global recognition by winning the CIMA Global Silver Award for Employability. We were selected amongst Universities around the world for actively promoting employer involvement and engagement between students and industry partners.

What you will gain

85% of our BSc Banking and Finance were in employment or carrying out further studies within 15 months of graduating – Discover Uni, 2023.

You’ll develop a solid knowledge of trading and investment management.

You will great placement opportunities including a year-long placement options or two 18-week summer placements as part of a three-year degree, or a 36-week paid work placement in your third year as part of a four-year approach.

These will help you build a professional network and gain vital practical skills to succeed in this competitive industry.

You will graduate with the confidence to present and discuss economic argument using verbal, graphical, mathematical and statistical language.

You’ll also have access to our state-of-the-art Financial Markets Lab which includes the latest Bloomberg and DataStream finance software, and you’ll be taught by module leaders with years of experience in finance, including in Fintech.

Additionally, you could go on to further study on courses such as MSc Banking & Finance.

We have 145 years of experience delivering professional, creative and technical education that prepares students like you for success in global careers.

What you will learn

This course provides an advanced financial education which covers both microeconomic and macroeconomic theory and policy. You will learn quantitative research and computing methods essential for economics and finance.

As part of your studies you will also cover:

• Modern financial institutions and markets
• Modern banking systems and monetary theory and policy
• Finance theory and risk management in banking.

You will learn the core skills to research and disseminate economic and financial data and to:

• Support your arguments and draw conclusions.
• Analyse and interpret economic and financial information confidently
• Critically evaluate economic issues relevant to banking and finance.
• Understand and use financial databases and specialised stock market information for coursework, and analysis of current developments in financial markets.