Finance and Financial Technology, BSc (Hons), with industry placement

Course summary

"Explore the fundamentals of finance and the rapidly evolving industry known as Financial Technology (FinTech). This 4-year programme will put you at the forefront of research and development within this sector, allowing you to gain the skills necessary to pursue a wide range of careers.You’ll have the opportunity to:• Develop an in-depth understanding of the business environment and the real-world application of relevant theories that underpin finance.• Utilise our Financial Laboratory (FinLab), home to our Bloomberg terminals and Refinitiv Workspace.• Learn the basics of computer programming, and become a confident user of statistical software, such as Eviews, Stata, and Matlab, and more advance machine learning and AI techniques.• Understand the foundations of Financial Technology, and the most recent innovations in this area.• Develop a high level of numeracy and a capacity for reasoned thought and analysis.• Spend a year on a paid industrial placement in the third year and be supported throughout by our award-winning placements team.We also offer a variant of this course with a study abroad year instead of a placement year."

"On our Finance and Financial Technology course you'll explore the fundamentals of finance and the rapidly evolving industry known as Financial Technology (FinTech) Some of the modules you may study include Econometrics with Big Data; Financial Econometrics; and Cryptocurrency Investments. " For further module information visit https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/finance-financial-technology-with-placement-year-degree-bsc#modules