Course Overview

Our aim is to teach you ‘employable knowledge’, which can be applied to real-world situations giving you the skills you need to find the right role after you graduate. Therefore, you’ll be well prepared for work, especially if you undertake a work placement. Securing economics and finance degree jobs is highly competitive so we’ll support you to gain a strong foundation in the skills employers are looking for. We offer opportunities within the Department of Economics and Finance as well as through the University’s Professional Development Centre (PDC) to help you build skills and experience.

Our graduates are employed in many fields, with roles at NatWest (Financing Futures), PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG, the Treasury and the Bank of England. Within the industry, graduates are working at businesses like BP, Xerox and Marks and Spencer.

You’ll get a solid grounding in micro and macroeconomic principles, accounting practices and the workings of financial markets before studying advanced topics including real estate finance, financial regulation, risk management and how banking and financial systems operate in an international context.

You’ll also gain insight into the dynamic relationship between investors, financial markets and the institutions that enable transactions between the two.

You’ll study econometrics and develop highly valued skills in data modelling, and get training in analytical packages widely used by business and financial institutions such as Bloomberg, Reuters, SAS, EViews and STATA.

We offer two study options. You can choose three years full-time or four years full-time with a one-year professional placement between years two and three that will give you the chance to apply the theoretical principles you’ve learned to a working environment.

You can tailor the final year of your course to specialise in an area of particular interest.

Due to globalisation, banking and finance have become growth sectors for graduate vacancies. The specialised skills and training you’ll get from your Brunel BSc will make you a preferred job candidate to employers across the industry

General Eligibility

• GCE A-level BBB including grade B in Maths or Maths & Statistics (General Studies not accepted).

• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DDM in any subject and A-level Maths or Maths & Statistics at grade B.

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma DM in any subject and an A-level Maths or Maths & Statistics at grade B.

• BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma D in any subject and A-levels grade BC including Maths or Maths & Statistics.

• International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points, including 5 in Higher Level Maths.

• Obtain a minimum of 120 UCAS tariff points in the  Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3 and grade B in A-level Maths or Maths & Statistics.

• T levels: Merit overall and grade B in A-level Maths or Maths & Statistics

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• • IELTS: 6.5 (min 5.5 in all areas)

  • Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)

  • BrunELT: 63% (min 55% in all areas)

  • TOEFL: 90 (min R18, L17, S20, W17)