BA (Hons) Finance, Investment and Risk Pathway at Glasgow Caledonian University

The Finance, Investment and Risk Pathway is an alternative route into the Chartered Insurance Institute accredited BA (Hons) Finance, Investment and Risk at GCU. Students study an HND Financial Services at City of Glasgow College in Years 1 and 2, then complete Years 3 and 4 of the honours degree at GCU. The degree gives access to the Bloomberg Finance Lab and free student membership of the Chartered Insurance Institute.

Duration: 4 years full time  |  Intake: August 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Years 1 and 2 are an HND Financial Services at City of Glasgow College, followed by Years 3 and 4 of the GCU degree covering topics such as personal finance, corporate finance and investment, banking, technology and international finance, risk and sustainable finance.

Career pathways

Past GCU students on the degree have secured jobs at Tesco Bank, Morgan Stanley, the Financial Conduct Authority, Royal Bank of Scotland, Virgin Money, Standard Life, Barclays Investment Bank, Santander UK, Capco, EY and BlackRock.

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