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This University of Brighton course prepares you for employment in a wide range of industries, such as stockbroking, fund management, investment management and banking. It equips you with a solid grounding in the principles of finance and investment, which can be applied to a broad range of financial issues in the UK and international economy.
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Open Day
Finance and Investment BSc(Hons)
Rob HaywardCourse Leader
What do we offer?
A friendly, caring, learning environment
Good student facilities (library, online journals, teaching rooms, hot desks)
Wide range of sport and leisure activities
Career-focussed courses
Brighton Business School
Professional, dedicated teaching and administrative teams
Wide mix of student nationalities and backgrounds
Good research ranking inbusiness and management
40 years’ experience of runningbusiness courses
Most staff worked in industry before joining
Finance and Investment BSc(Hons)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
Economics Corporate Analysis
Optional industrial placement (48 weeks)
Investment Management
Finance Finance & Risk Management
Advanced Financial Risk Management
Financial Accounting
International Financial Economics
Economic and Legal Aspects of Financial Regs
Monetary Economics
Applied Financial Techniques (Dealing Room)
Financial skills Financial Case Study
Option 1
Academic & Professional Skills
Professional Practice
Option 2
The options
Business Project (placement only)
Financial Dissertation
Game Theory in Economics and Finance
Behavioural Finance
Financial Econometrics
International Finance
Corporate Strategy
Placement companies
Work placements add to your CV and many students return to university for their final year with firm job offers.
BarclaysLLoydsGoldman SachsSwiss ReAmexMicrosoftHewlett PackardUBSIBMFindessa
Career focussed
Careers Service in regular contact with over 1,800 businesses and organisations
Finance and Accounting Forum discusses routes into the sector and what it is really like to work within it
Destinations of leavers
Employers of our graduates include:ICE Exchange BarclaysKnight CapitalKBW (Keefe, Bruyettte & Woods)McKinsey & coRimes technologiesIFDSTullett PrebonEurasian Natural Resources FundCanopious
• 100% ‘Course is intellectually stimulating’
• 85% ‘Staff are enthusiastic about what they are teaching’
• 92% ‘As a result of the course I feel confident about tacking unfamiliar problems’
• 69% ‘the course has helped me present myself with confidence’
Brighton students reach final of University Trading Challenge
• 100% ‘Course is intellectually stimulating’
• 85% ‘Staff are enthusiastic about what they are teaching’
• 92% ‘As a result of the course I feel confident about tacking unfamiliar problems’
• 69% ‘the course has helped me present myself with confidence’
Investment and Trading Society organise guest speakers, challenges and field trips
• 100% ‘Course is intellectually stimulating’
• 85% ‘Staff are enthusiastic about what they are teaching’
• 92% ‘As a result of the course I feel confident about tacking unfamiliar problems’
• 69% ‘the course has helped me present myself with confidence’
Real-time trading room enables you to apply your skills to real markets and real data
• 100% ‘Course is intellectually stimulating’
• 85% ‘Staff are enthusiastic about what they are teaching’
• 92% ‘As a result of the course I feel confident about tacking unfamiliar problems’
• 69% ‘the course has helped me present myself with confidence’
Working with experts from industry
In three years…
