BSc (Hons)Finance
| Study location | United Kingdom, Coventry University |
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| Type | Bachelor courses, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 3 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BSc (Hons) |
| Course code | N300 |
| Tuition fee | To be confirmed |
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| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) Good grades in Mathematics The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Upload documents in original language and translations. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS: 6.0 (with no skill level below 5.5) Secondary school exam result can be accepted for the following countries: |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. |
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Overview
A Finance degree from Coventry, with our dedicated Employment Personal Tutors could lead to a career in investment banking or City trading.
This specialist degree aims to provide you with the essential knowledge required to succeed in today’s highly competitive and dynamic world of finance. BSc Finance is formally recognised as a CFA UK Investment Management Certificate (IMC) advantage programme. It covers many of the requirements of professional finance bodies, such as Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
You’ll explore the complexities and challenges facing today’s world financial markets, examining critical issues like the impact of Brexit on financial markets (both UK and international), corporate governance issues, investment strategies in the view of global systemic risks and others, pertinent to our volatile global environment.
Coventry has excellent links with national and international employers, like PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Grant Thornton, Ernst & Young, IBM and Jaguar Land Rover. Our teaching is grounded in the corporate world, using real-life international case studies and providing a range of exciting work placement options.
Career opportunities
Our close links with large financial companies help to ensure the course remains responsive to the need of sector. We aim to prepare you for a wide range of roles in almost any finance-related career, such as banking, investment analysis, insurance or financial regulation.
We also specifically aim to develop your professional skills and have a dedicated Employment Personal Tutor who will support your career applications and personal development through courses, skills workshops and one-to-one mentoring.
The strong vocational element and use of case studies should give you a good grounding of real business situations. There will be opportunities to learn a wide range of desirable professional skills, including: team working; critical evaluation; self-directed learning; problem-solving; action planning and organising; written and oral communication; presentation; questioning and listening. The following personal qualities will also be addressed in each of the skills modules: achievement orientation; initiative and creativity; self-confidence; decisiveness; reflectiveness; adaptability and flexibility.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.