Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year University of Reading

Overview

Throughout this Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year BSc degree from the University of Reading you’ll develops the knowledge and skills to navigate these changes, as you acquire a deep understanding of finance and financial services. You’ll also gain expertise in programming and financial applications, and learn how to apply your technological skills to real-world problems. An integrated placement year provides a fantastic opportunity to put your skills into practice in preparation for your future career.

Each pathway is designed to help you understand particular challenges within finance and how to respond to them.

Key features

You could also transfer to the general BSc Finance course, where you’ll be offered a wide range of optional modules in your second and final years – allowing you to tailor your learning to your individual interests.

We also offer two other variations of this course: BSc Finance (FinTech), a three-year course without a placement year, and BSc Finance (FinTech) with Study Year Abroad, a four-year course with a year studying overseas instead of on placement.

Dedicated industry facilities with BSc Finance (FinTech) with Placement Year

Put your understanding of financial systems and capital markets into practice in the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Centre’s dealing rooms, the largest non-investment bank facilities of their kind in Europe.

Here you can learn the secrets of trading, build your own asset portfolio, develop your financial analysis skills by processing complex data, and gain useful exposure to a real-life market setting.