Financial Computing with a Year in Industry (Hons) University of Liverpool

Overview

Study Financial Computing at Liverpool and learn to understand the underlying technology that powers modern financial markets and the financial theory that steers them.

Key Features

Bringing together finance, economics and computing, the Financial Computing with a Year in Industry (Hons) programme from University of Liverpool will develop your understanding of financial services by developing your knowledge and practical skills of algorithms; financial accounting; designing, implementing and evaluating software systems to analyse stock portfolios and operating financial markets.

Taught in conjunction with the Management School, your studies will be guided by experts in both computer science and financial services. After covering core  elements in your first year, we subsequently give you the flexibility to tailor and focus your learning to your own interests or you can choose to maintain a balanced mixture of modules throughout your degree. You will also spend a year on industrial placement acquiring experience and awareness of practical business and industrial environments.

Career opportunities:

Liverpool’s computer science graduates go onto well-paid graduate jobs and careers such as: computer programmer; software developer; systems analyst; software engineer; technical consultant; web designer.

Computer science graduates will enter a high-in-demand pool in the field with possible roles in:

• Computer programmers, web developers or software engineers
• Data scientists
• Artificial intelligence researchers
• Systems analysts
• Technical consultants.

Recent employers include:

• BAE Systems
• BT
• Guardian Media Group
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Siemens
• Unilever.