Finance with a Year in Industry

Swansea University

This degree is perfect if you have a dedicated interested in financial fields such as investment banking or financial trading.By blending theory, empirical evidence and practical application, you will build essential transferable skills, enabling the analysis and critical evaluation of real-world financial issues and concepts. As a finance specialist you will play a fundamental role in the running of a business – big or small. Managing budgets and taxes, financial reporting, completing audits - all are critical in ensuring that a business or organisation runs as effectively and successfully as possible.Finance at Swansea is a flexible degree with the chance to study abroad for a year, or work in industry for a year. This can give you a real competitive advantage and will broaden your horizons when it comes to seeking employment.Your Finance experience will benefit from a wide selection of optional modules in later years of study, allowing you to shape the degree towards your career goals.Teaching at Swansea is partly informed by research, and our staff have hands-on experience of theory and practice, meaning you can benefit from their academic expertise and real-world know-how.As a Finance graduate from Swansea, you will find yourself in a great position to secure rewarding employment at any desirable organisation.Whatever financial organisations you target after graduating, this degree makes you a strong candidate for employment. Your next step could lie in any of these roles: Wealth management or investment adviser, Finance analyst, Banking professional,Auditor

Accounting and Finance