- Level
- 3-Year Bachelor Degree
- Duration
- 3 Years (plus placement year)
- Open intake
-
Off-shoreSep 2027
- Field
- Finance and Accounting
- Institution
- Public University
- Offer speed
- Superfast Offer Speed2–3 days
- Next deadline
- 2026-09-01
Program overview
BA (Hons) Finance and Investment concentrates on the markets side of the finance world: financial markets and institutions, investment analysis, portfolio management, corporate finance, personal financial planning and financial regulation, with quantitative methods running underneath. The portal export notes an optional additional stage on the three-year structure, and the course sits apart from the accounting degrees in requiring no audit or tax content.
Learning is market-facing where the accounting courses are ledger-facing — students value companies from filings, construct and defend portfolios through trading-simulation exercises, analyse fund factsheets and performance data, and study the advice frameworks that govern UK retail investment. Final-year options extend into behavioural finance and fintech, and the capstone typically takes the form of an investment research project.
Note the structural extra recorded in the source: an optional additional stage attached to the three-year degree, preserved in this sheet’s duration field, which students can use for an extended project or professional development period. Applicants should also register the pensions and wealth-administration sector’s Midlands weight — several national administrators run large Leicester-area operations — making this one of the few finance degrees whose natural employer base is local.
Direct the ambition realistically: asset management front offices recruit narrowly, so the accessible destinations are investment operations, wealth administration and banking programmes at £22,000–£26,000 — careers with genuine progression that this syllabus serves precisely — while the fintech sector remains the most internationally open hirer. Completion of the honours award confers Graduate Route rights at the 18-month length current applicants will graduate under, and taught study visas exclude dependant family members.
What it costs per year · indicative
Living cost is an estimate; tuition is the institute's published international fee. We confirm exact, current figures before you pay anything.
Do you qualify?
These are the published minimums. Whether your profile fits — with your marks, gap and budget — is exactly what a free counsellor check confirms.
Admission requirements
Who can apply (guide for international students):
- Education: Completed Class 12 (10+2) with a minimum of 70% per the portal export — note the ASV Finder source states 65% in Standard 12 best four subjects (excluding Hindi); verify the operative bar with DMU admissions.
- English (meet any one, per source): IELTS 6 overall with no band below 5.5; PTE Academic 59 overall (no component below 59); TOEFL 60 overall as recorded in source (legacy component format); Duolingo English Test 105.
- English waiver: English test waiver may be available on Medium of Instruction plus Standard 12 English at 65% or above (2015 or later, all boards) except boards of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh — assessed case by case per the ASV Finder source.
- Application: No application fee. Deposit amount not stated in source — confirm with DMU International before CAS stage.
English requirements
✓ MOI waiver: if your degree was taught in English, you may skip the test with a Medium-of-Instruction certificate. Ask us to confirm.
Documents you'll need typical · we confirm yours
- Valid passport (6+ months validity)
- Class 10 & 12 marksheets and certificates
- English test scorecard (IELTS / PTE / TOEFL) or MOI certificate
- Statement of Purpose (SOP)
- Financial proof — bank statement / loan sanction
- Passport-size photographs
- Study-gap affidavit or work-experience letter (if applicable)
Getting documents right is the #1 reason applications succeed or get refused — our team checks every file before submission.
Career opportunities
Typical first destinations for graduates:
- Investment Operations Analyst — fund administration and settlements
- Wealth Management Assistant — paraplanning and client support
- Banking Graduate Trainee — retail and commercial banking schemes
- Financial Analyst (junior) — budgeting and performance reporting
- Pensions Administrator — a large and under-applied Midlands sector
- Fintech Operations Associate — payments and platform roles
Reality check: front-office investment roles from any university are lottery odds — the dependable pipeline runs through operations, wealth administration and fintech, where this degree’s content maps directly and hiring is continuous.
About De Montfort University
- Type
- University
- Ownership
- Public
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- World rank
- #851
- Reference No.
- 10001883
