Finance and Investment Banking

This degree in finance and investment banking is designed to develop your financial knowledge and help you get ahead in today's investing world. Modules include corporate finance, investment management, trading, FinTech, quantitative analysis and accounting, so you'll gain the practical skills and understanding you need to deal with finance and investment related issues.

The course has been accepted into the CFA Institute University Recognition Programme. We have strong links with the City and businesses in Canary Wharf, offering our students great networking, mentoring and internship opportunities in finance and investment banking. Previous finance and investment banking graduates have secured work placements at Barclays, Northern Trust, State Street and Goldman Sachs.

The Robert Holman Bursary awards 2x £1,000 bursaries to students entering their second and third years of study (visit our website to find out more about this bursary). The programme is affiliated with Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) under the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program, and it equips you with the theoretical and practical toolset to take Level 1 of the CFA qualification after you graduate. The programme is also affiliated with CFA Certificate of ESG Investing. The programme is also accredited with ACCA, CIMA and AIA professional body which offer exemptions including up to 5 ACCA papers, and up to CIMA Operational Level. Full details of the accreditation gained on completion of this programme can be viewed on partner sites accessible here: https://www.gre.ac.uk/bus/study/top-accreditations

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