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BSc Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year
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UCAS code
N361 -
A level offer
ABB -
Year of entry
2025/26 -
Course duration
Full Time: 4 Years
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Year of entry
2025/26 -
Course duration
Full Time: 4 Years
Prepare for a fast-paced career in the world of financial technology – and gain valuable real-world experience – with our BSc Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year degree.
FinTech is a rapidly expanding sector within the financial industry. You’ll study the core concepts and practises of financial technology, and learn how technological advances have necessitated change throughout the industry.
This four-year course develops the knowledge and skills to meet these changes head-on, as you acquire a deep understanding of finance and financial services. You’ll also gain expertise in programming and financial applications, and learn how to apply your technological skills to real-world problems. An integrated Placement Year provides a fantastic opportunity to put your skills into practice in preparation for your future career.
Experts from from Henley Business School will introduce you to the:
- fundamental principles of accounting, finance and economics
- quantitative techniques of finance
- role of finance in business and society
- ethics required to work in the finance industry.
As your studies progress, you’ll explore the key concepts of financial technology, including:
- the management of information systems
- programming for finance
- digital business
- cryptocurrencies.
You’ll learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical workshops, and self-guided study. This will provide the opportunity to discuss subject materials in an in-depth way with your lecturers and fellow students.
Choose BSc Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year at Henley Business School
Henley Business School is recognised as one of the top institutions in the UK for finance and accounting. We are:
- top 25 in the UK for overall subject (ranked 23rd in The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 and 24th in the Guardian University Guide 2024)
- top 20 in the UK for graduate prospects outcomes (ranked 16th in the Complete University Guide 2025)
- top 20 in the UK for student experience (ranked 20th in The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024).
All of our finance degrees are affiliated with the CFA Institute. Within this partnership, a number of scholarships are offered towards CFA exams (partial fee reduction) for which students can apply.
Flexible study options
After the first year of your BSc Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year degree, you’ll have the option to transfer to any of our other specialist pathways:
Each pathway is designed to help you understand particular challenges within finance and how to respond to them.
If you choose to remain on the general degree course, you’ll still be offered a wide range of options in your second and final years – allowing you to tailor your learning to your individual interests.
We also offer two other variations of this course: BSc Finance (FinTech), a three-year course without a Placement Year; and BSc Finance (FinTech) with Study Year Abroad, a four-year course with a year studying overseas instead of on placement.
Dedicated industry facilities with BSc Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year
Put your understanding of financial systems and capital markets into practice in our state-of-the-art dealing rooms, featuring computer trading simulations and financial modelling.
Placement Year in industry
In your third year, you’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a real-world setting with our Work Placement module.
We will support you to find and secure a placement that’s right for you.