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BSc Banking and Finance with a Professional Placement Year at Cardiff University

Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

From portfolio management to forecasting prices and assessing risk, lessons from economics permeate throughout the banking and financial services sectors. As student on BSc Banking and Finance, you will receive a rigorous training in economics, and will learn to apply its cutting-edge mathematical, statistical and computational tools to financial analyses. Simultaneously, you will develop a critical understanding of the legal, regulatory and ethical frameworks in which financial firms operate. UCAS code 97K6.

Faculty: Cardiff Business School  |  Department: Cardiff Business School  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time, with sandwich/placement year  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

This is a four-year programme. In years one, two and four, you will study a combination of ten- and twenty-credit modules up to a total of 120 credits. Year three is spent away from the University on a professional placement.

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Entry requirements

Typical offer: A level AAB-BBB. International Baccalaureate 34-31 overall or 665-555 in 3 HL subjects. English language (IELTS academic): At least 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each subskill.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2027/28). Home-status year-one tuition fee; may rise if the government fee cap changes Source

International applicants: GBP 25,450 a year (2027/28). Overseas-status year-one tuition fee Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 4 years

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