Finance and Investment (Hons) De Montfort University

Overview

At the Finance and Investment (Hons) BSc course offered at De Montfort University , a comprehensive understanding of finance is developed through exploration of the connected disciplines of accounting and economics. This programme is ideal for those interested in a mathematical approach, where strong emphasis is placed on quantitative data. The use of important industry-standard commercial databases and software, such as Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters Eikon, Matlab, and Python, are integrated into the teaching methods to bridge the theoretical and practical aspects of finance. 

Key features

• Be equipped with an advanced technical skillset and professional attitudes to develop your career in finance and investment.
• Benefit from broad module content covering topics in finance, accounting, and economics.
• Experience a ‘state-of-the-art’ module Artificial Intelligence and Financial Applications, which will introduce you to the new methodology revolution. You will have hand-on experience of using and evaluating AI applications, as well as developing your own applications to solve real-life problems.
• Study a programme which is structured to address many of the competency requirements of professional Finance bodies. We are proud to be a member of the CFA Affiliation Programme. This course is also accredited by the world’s largest professional body of management accountants, CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants).
• As a member of the CFA Affiliation Programme, we can award the CFA Programme Awareness Scholarships to a number of our top-performing students every year.
• Gain real-world international experiences to build on your studies with DMU Global, previous students have visited sites such as Wall Street in New York where they learned about the financial institutions there and gained an understanding of how the most recent financial crisis unfolded.