Course overview
Launch your career in global finance with Solent University’s BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance degree. This future-focused course equips you with the analytical, digital, and problem-solving skills employers demand in today’s fast-changing economy.
You’ll explore core economic theory and financial principles, while mastering data analytics, financial modelling, and digital finance technologies. Our course content blends theory with practical application, preparing you to tackle real-world challenges in banking, investment, policy, and financial technology (fintech).
Learn to make informed decisions on key issues such as sustainable growth, ethical investment and climate-related financial risk, topics shaping the future of global markets. With a wide range of optional modules, you can tailor your degree to your interests through pathways aligned with professional accreditation and emerging fields like sustainable finance and digital innovation.
Graduate ready for success in banking, investment and economic policy with a degree designed for the future of finance.
If you’re looking to study our economics and finance degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the business and law foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the business and law foundation year.
This course also offers the option of a placement year. A placement year allows you to put what you've learned in your first and second years into practice in the workplace, gaining valuable real-world work experience before you graduate. Our course and placements teams will help you find the perfect industry placement in your chosen field.
FOUNDATION YEAR
CORE MODULES
Academic and Personal Development
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Marketing and Consumer Law
Introduction to Law
Understanding Finance
Business or Law Project
CORE MODULES
YEAR ONE
Economics
Business and Corporate Law
Management Accounting
Financial Accounting
CORE MODULES
YEAR TWO
Applied Economics
Financial Technology
OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.
Banking
Financial Crime, Law and Litigation Support
Taxation
Financial Reporting
PLACEMENT YEAR
FINAL YEAR
CORE MODULES
Advanced Economics and Econometrics
OPTIONAL MODULES - Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.
Financial Markets and Institutions
Audit and Assurance
Performance Management and Data Analytics
Cybercrime and Business Analytics
Finance and Investment
Investment Banking and Risk Management
Coursework
Project work
Written exams
Reports
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Southampton, Solent University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | Applicants who do not have English as their first language will be required to demonstrate an approved level of proficiency in the use of the English language. The agreed minimum requirements for this course are: IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each individual component or equivalent. |
We understand that each student is unique. At Solent we encourage individuality and have adopted a balanced approach to Admissions, by considering exam results alongside portfolios / interviews or auditions.
Our contextual offer scheme allows offers below our standard academic entry criteria to those who have faced challenges which has impacted their performance and predicted higher grades, by taking into account additional selection criteria such as a strong portfolio, interview or audition.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.
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| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & Channel Islands | £5760 | |
| International | £16178 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Solent University offers a number of bursaries, grants and scholarships. For more information, please visit https://www.solent.ac.uk/finance/grants-bursaries-scholarships/bursaries
Email:admissions@solent.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0) 23 8201 5066
Email:student.funding@solent.ac.uk
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