BA (Hons) International Banking & Finance

This programme will allow you to top up your existing qualifications to an honours degree in one year, while benefiting from all that Northumbria University has to offer.

The programme includes specialist modules in financial forecasting, financial markets, investments and risk management. You’ll gain first-hand experience of financial markets by using our Bloomberg terminals and taking advantage of opportunities to build a track record and portfolio. The curriculum of the programme is generally researchled, with the sophistication and depth of research used increasing over the programme of the year until the final semester Contemporary Issues in Business module. Your technical ability to research is also developed within the Academic and Career Development module. You’ll be taught by experts from the banking, finance and accounting industries, including professionally qualified finance staff. At Newcastle Business School we work with a large number of employers at local, national and international levels enabling you to take advantage of graduate opportunities. The programme by its very nature is internationalised; your awareness of the multi-cultural environment that modern finance operates is developed throughout the programme.

A significant underpinning of the programme content is the importance of you being prepared for employment or promotion. As such, you will undertake modules in Building Business Practice and Building Professional Practice, both are key to experiential learning, as well as the module Employability and Career Planning.

A career in finance can be fascinating, wide-ranging and very rewarding. Recent graduates are now working with Bloomberg, Deloitte, Brewin Dolphin and other leading companies in the finance and investment management sector. The programme is covered by the prestigious AACSB accreditation for Newcastle Business School, which was ‘Business School of the Year’ at the Times Higher Education Awards 2015. The relevance, rigour and internationalisation of the programme has been tested through the EPAS accreditation process. In addition, this programme is accredited by CISI (Chartered for Securities and Investment).