Bachelor of Science - Economics and Finance (Honours)

BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance runs both disciplines in genuine parallel: economic theory and econometrics on one side, corporate finance, investments, financial markets and institutions on the other, with the quantitative methods stream serving both. The pairing is the classic pre-analyst combination, and the portal export records January intakes alongside September across all three cycles.

Teaching alternates the two lenses on shared problems — a merger studied through industrial-organisation economics and then through deal finance, a rate decision through macro theory and then through bond-market mechanics — while lab sessions build the estimation and valuation toolkit in statistical and spreadsheet software. The final year offers a dissertation or an applied project, and markets-flavoured topics dominate student choices.

The joint degree’s timetable deserves a practical note: quantitative modules from both halves concentrate in the middle year, making it the course’s workload peak — students planning part-time jobs should front-load earnings into year one and lighten hours in year two accordingly. At £16,800 with January windows across all cycles, the course undercuts comparable joint honours at research-intensive universities by several thousand pounds annually — a spread that compounds meaningfully over the full three-year enrolment.

Employment sits at the stronger end of the faculty: the joint transcript reads well to banking, consulting and corporate finance recruiters, entry analyst pay runs £24,000–£29,000, and the degree’s breadth hedges against either field’s hiring cycles — though front-office investment roles remain long odds from any institution. Graduate Route rights attach to the completed honours award at the 18-month post-2027 term, with taught study excluding dependants throughout.