BSc Finance (FinTech)
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UCAS code
N360 -
A level offer
ABB -
Year of entry
2025/26 -
Course duration
Full Time: 3 Years
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Year of entry
2025/26 -
Course duration
Full Time: 3 Years
Prepare for a fast-paced career in finance, and develop specialist skills in financial technology, with our BSc Finance (FinTech) 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.
Develop 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.
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) 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) 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.
All of our degrees are available as four-year options, with either a Placement Year or Study Year Abroad in the third year.
Dedicated industry facilities with BSc Finance (FinTech)
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.
A focus on employability
We are passionate about developing your personal skills alongside your business acumen.
Our focus on self-development aims to prepare you for the external market – from internships and placements to full-time employment. The skills required to secure, and succeed, in future roles are embedded into the curriculum.
For example, you will undertake a group project on portfolio management in your second year. Within this project, you’ll have the opportunity to put your quantitative skills and knowledge of investment analysis into practice, gain new experiences, and open yourself up to new ways of thinking.