BSc Finance and Financial Technology with Study Abroad Year
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: Pass, with 34 points overall with 17 points at Higher Level.
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Finance and Financial Technology with Study Abroad Year, an accounting and finance degree exploring the intersection of modern financial markets and emerging digital technologies. Core topics include Programming, Embedded Systems, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Accounting, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. This four-year programme includes an integrated study abroad year, allowing students to experience another educational environment and culture. The first year covers introductory disciplines through compulsory modules such as Foundations of Business Analytics, Foundations of Finance, Introduction to Accounting and Finance, and Statistical Methods for Finance. The second year progresses into specialized areas with compulsory study in Financial Management, Introduction to Fintech, and Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets. Optional modules across the course span diverse topics such as Digital Technologies in Business, Neural Networks, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Business, and International Banking. In the final year, students complete compulsory modules including Alternative Investments, Behavioural Finance, Cryptocurrency Investments, and Futures and Options, alongside undertaking a Final Year Project in Finance and FinTech.
Modules
- Foundations of Business Analytics
- Foundations of Finance
- Introduction to Accounting and Finance
- Introduction to Management
- Introduction to Marketing for Accounting and Finance
- Personal Finance
- Statistical Methods for Finance
- Analytics Implementation I: Spreadsheets and Databases
- Digital Technologies in Business
- Financial Accounting 1
- Introduction to Economics For Non-Economists
- Financial Management
- Introduction to Fintech
- Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets
- Analytics Implementation II: Visualising Data for Effective Communication
- Blockchain, the Internet of Things, and Other Technologies Complementary to AI
- Business Analytics Programming II: Algorithmic Thinking
- Econometrics with Big Data
- Financial Accounting 2
- Financial Econometrics 2
- Human Resource Management
- Innovation, Technology and the Environment
- Islamic Banking and Finance
- Management Ethics
- Neural Networks, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Business
- Principles of Audit and Taxation
- Alternative Investments
- Behavioural Finance
- Cryptocurrency Investments
- Final Year Project in Finance and FinTech
- Futures and Options
- Advanced Taxation
- Climate Finance
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business
- Derivatives Trading Book Management with Programming
- Financial Accounting 3
- Innovation for the Ministry of Defence
- International Banking
- International Finance
- Risk Management
- Strategic Management
- Technological Innovation