Program Overview

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Finance and Investment BSc (Hons)

Course Overview

This specialist course will offer you the chance to gain extensive knowledge of finance and investment, and to develop the requisite skills to succeed in this highly competitive and dynamic sector.

Course Option

• Degree with foundation year

Year of Entry

• 2025

Location

• Coventry University (Coventry)

Study Mode

• Full-time
• Sandwich

Duration

• 3 years full-time
• 4 years sandwich
• Condensed first year available

UCAS Codes

• N300

Start Date

• September 2025
• January 2026 - condensed

How to Apply

• Book an Open Day
• Download a prospectus
• Register for updates

Course Overview

Being a good finance specialist requires intellectual rigour and commercial acumen. Our course helps you develop the specialist knowledge and skills needed for a successful career in investment banking, asset/portfolio management, corporate finance and other sectors of financial services.

Why You Should Study This Course

By studying this course, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop practical skills in our Trading Floor
• Benefit from industry insight
• Gain real-world exposure
• Access our sigma maths and stats support centre

Accreditation and Professional Recognition

• Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)

This course is recognised by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) for the 2025/26 intakes. CII recognition allows students to gain certain exemptions from some professional examinations, upon successful completion of this course (subject to application, availability, meeting applicable visa requirements and additional fees may apply).

Memberships

• PRME - The Principles for Responsible Management Education
• AACSB- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• BGA - Business Graduates Association
• SBC - Small Business Charter

Additional Certificates

As part of the degree you will have the option to work towards two additional certifications (outside of your study modules):

• Bloomberg Market Concepts Certificate
• Bloomberg ESG Certificate

What You'll Study

Year One

• Principles of Microeconomics - 20 credits
• Principles of Macroeconomics - 20 credits
• Mathematics and Statistics - 20 credits
• Principles of Finance - 20 credits
• Business Accounting - 20 credits
• Entrepreneurial Thinking - 20 credits

Year Two

• Designing a Research Proposal - 20 credits
• Financial Services - 20 credits
• Econometrics and Data Analysis - 20 credits
• Financial Regulation - 20 credits
• Financial Derivatives - 20 credits
• Economics of Banking and Finance - 20 credits

Placement Year

• UK Work Placement – 0 credits
• International Study/Work Placement – 0 credits

Final Year

• Project - 40 credits
• Portfolio Management - 20 credits
• Investment and Risk Analysis - 20 credits
• Sustainable Finance - 20 credits
• Optional modules:
  • Applied Econometrics - 20 credits
  • Corporate Financial Management - 20 credits
  • Corporate Governance and Business Ethics - 20 credits
  • Insurance and Pensions - 20 credits
  • International Finance - 20 credits

How You'll Learn

You will be taught utilising our Trading Floor room, giving hands-on experience of market-leading financial databases such as Bloomberg Terminal, Refinitiv Workspace, Fitch Connect and Bureau van Dijk Fame.

We aim to provide opportunities to meet with guest speakers from leading financial organisations such as CFA UK, CFA and CII (subject to availability).

Typically, a module involves interactive lecture(s) weekly, delivered synchronously online or on campus, followed by a range of active learning sessions such as seminars and workshops.

Teaching Contact Hours

As a full-time undergraduate student, you will study modules totalling 120 credits each academic year. A typical 20 credit module requires a total of 200 hours study.

Assessment

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module.

Assessment methods may include:

• Phase tests
• Essays
• Group work
• Presentations
• Reports
• Projects
• Coursework
• Exams
• Individual assignments

International Experience Opportunities

You will have the opportunity to gain an international experience in many ways. Coventry is a multicultural university, so our typically diverse student and staff body helps to facilitate a multicultural learning environment.

Entry Requirements

• UK: 112 UCAS points
• International: IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in each component area

Fees and Funding

• UK, Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man: £9,535 per year
• EU: £9,535 per year with EU Support Bursary, £16,800 per year without EU Support Bursary
• International: £16,800 per year

Facilities

We have a range of facilities available to support our accounting and finance students in putting the theories you are taught into practice.

• The Trading Floor
• Talent Team
• sigma Centre

Careers and Opportunities

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Use a range of transferable skills such as writing clear and concise reports based on evidence and logic, making effective use of information technology, confident delivery of presentations, creative problem solving, financial skills and self-motivation
• Communicate technical business and financial concepts in a clear manner to a range of relevant stakeholders
• Apply financial theories and empirical methods to real-world scenarios by making appropriate use of data, abstraction, and logical reasoning to analyse corporate and international financial events and issues
• Carry out an independent piece of research on a finance topic using appropriate theories and analytical tools
• Understand the importance and relevance of personal finance and financial services to individuals and corporations
• Apply appropriate mathematical and quantitative techniques to solve business and financial problems
• Evaluate and critique a wide range of financial securities and be able to utilise these products to achieve appropriate investment and risk management goals
• Identify, evaluate and interpret complex financial problems, employing suitable methodologies to ascertain and select appropriate innovative solutions

Upon successful completion of the course, you should be well placed to pursue a wide variety of potential future careers options in areas such as:

• Finance advice and management
• Equity trading
• Investment banking
• Personal and corporate finance
• Investment and portfolio management
• Other sectors of financial services
• Management
• Research and finance analyst
• Education in private, public and third sector organisations

Where Our Graduates Work

Our past graduates have progressed to careers across a wide spectrum of industry sectors, from banking, accounting and finance to manufacturing and sales. This includes positions with companies such as Barclays and Jaguar Land Rover.

Further Study

Upon successful completion of our Finance and Investment BSc (Hons) course, you may wish to continue to further your studies at postgraduate level with our Finance MSc here at Coventry Business School. You can explore all of your options using our postgraduate course search tool. You may be entitled to an alumni discount on your fees if you decide to extend your time with us by progressing from undergraduate to postgraduate study.