Finance and Financial Technology

Explore the fundamentals of finance and the rapidly evolving industry known as Financial Technology (FinTech). This 3-year programme will put you at the forefront of research and development within this sector, allowing you to gain the skills necessary to pursue a wide range of careers.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the business environment and the real-world application of relevant theories that underpin finance.

• Utilise our Financial Laboratory (FinLab), home to our Bloomberg terminals and Refinitiv Workspace.

• Learn the basics of computer programming, and become a confident user of statistical software, such as Eviews, Stata, and Matlab, and more advance machine learning and AI techniques.

• Understand the foundations of Financial Technology, and the most recent innovations in this area.

• Develop a high level of numeracy and a capacity for reasoned thought and analysis.

Study at a top 20 University in the UK and Top 100 globally for Accounting and Finance programmes (Guardian University Guide 2026 and QS World Rankings 2025).

All of our programmes also include 4 year options - either a paid industrial placement year or the option to spend a year studying abroad, at one of our partners in Europe, North America, Australia or Asia in your third year.