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Finance and banking
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Essex is home to one of the largest groups of finance academics in the UK. They can teach you how to forecast share prices, manage investment portfolios, understand the role of financial technology and big data, identify factors behind market booms and crashes, and why the psychological behaviour of investors is so important.

Not only will you become a skilled practitioner, you’ll become a responsible one. We’ll help you to understand the impact that the financial sector has on the world and its people and how finance professionals can be a force for positive change.

Many of our finance and banking degrees are professionally accredited and you’ll enjoy access to industry-standard facilities, such as our Bloomberg virtual trading floor.

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Why study here?
  • Get a head start on your career and develop your practical skills on our Bloomberg virtual trading floor.
  • Our academics work with the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve ensuring your teaching is grounded in the sector.
  • Professional accreditation gives you the opportunity to qualify into your finance career faster.

Finance and banking courses in Clearing for 2023

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Courses (14)

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BSc Finance

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Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

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Study Abroad

Placement Year

Are you interested in how financial markets operate? Do you want to learn about financial decision making and investment? Would you like to join one of the UK’s largest and most respected finance groups, with some of Britain’s most satisfied students? BSc Finance at Essex Business School course prepares you for a fast-paced career in any area of finance.

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BSc Finance and Management

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

Course options:

Study Abroad

Placement Year

Do you want to gain an understanding of how businesses make financial decisions? Would you like to study at a business school with highly respected finance and management academics, with some of Britain’s most satisfied students? Individuals who understand management and finance are in increasing demand by employers.

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BSc Banking and Finance

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

Course options:

Study Abroad

Placement Year

How does financial theory aid corporate decision making? How do banks manage risk across global markets? The past 20 years have seen banks and financial markets become increasingly globalised.

Now in clearing

BSc Finance (Including Foundation Year)

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

Our BSc Finance (including foundation year) is open to Home and EU students. It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your academic skills.

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BSc Accounting and Finance

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

Course options:

Study Abroad

Placement Year

How can finance professionals act responsibility, but still meet business objectives? How does accounting information inform business decisions? Our BSc Accounting and Finance degree provides access to our virtual trading floor, where you make use of real-world Bloomberg Market Data Feed (B-PIPE), information and analytics to practise trading stocks and securities in the type of environment found in City finance firms.

Now in clearing

BSc Banking and Finance (Including Foundation Year)

Study mode:

Full-Time

Campus:

Colchester Campus

Our BSc Banking and Finance (including foundation year) is open to Home and EU students. It will be suitable for you if your academic qualifications do not yet meet our entrance requirements for the three-year version of this course and you want a programme that increases your subject knowledge as well as improves your academic skills.

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Dr Thanos Verousis, Reader in Finance, stands at a lectern as he teaches postgraduate Finance students
"Teaching at the highest standards requires commitment and dedication and there are two ideas that I have been working on that will challenge both the students and myself. The first one is to ask students to work on group essays prior to a guest speaker’s talk. The second one is to drop PowerPoint and give the presentations entirely using a statistical software."
Thanos Verousis Lecturer in Finance Essex Business School
Dorota's placement story
I did my placement year at Lloyds Banking Group. It was an interesting experience and I really enjoyed it but I also found out that I don’t want to do it after I graduate.
Discover our Bloomberg virtual trading floor
Our students can use industry-leading Bloomberg data in Essex Business School’s virtual trading floor. This state-of-the-art facility gives you access to the same tools used by traders and business analysts worldwide.
Professional accreditation
Many of our courses are professionally accredited and give you exemptions from some professional exams. This means you can gain a professional qualification quicker, by taking fewer exams after you graduate.

Business is global and therefore finance is too. Our staff and students join us from around the world, attracted by opportunity to work alongside world-leading researchers and practitioners in finance.

We offer Masters courses for students who want to specialise in highly skilled areas of finance, such as risk management, financial engineering and fintech. Alongside these, we offer programmes for students who have studied only a little finance, economics or business previously and want to fast-track to a career in the financial sector.

Why study here?
  • Up to six scholarships per year to support students wishing to qualify as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
  • We offer courses for you if you've studied only a small amount of finance before, as well as specialist programmes if you want to extend your knowledge.
  • Our academics and practitioners regularly present at the Bank of England, the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve. 
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Which Masters in finance is right for you?

Considering a career in finance? Got a head for numbers and a desire to work in a fast-paced industry but don’t know where to start? Don’t panic, there’s a Masters degree in finance with your name on it. In this article, we interviewed the finance Masters course leaders to find out what makes each of our finance Masters degrees unique.

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Ludovico's story
MSc Financial Engineering and Risk Management graduate, Ludovico Luce, tells us how he came to be working for a prestigious London hedge fund.
Discover our Bloomberg virtual trading floor
Our students can use industry-leading Bloomberg data in Essex Business School’s virtual trading floor. This state-of-the-art facility gives you access to the same tools used by traders and business analysts worldwide.
Andrew's story
MSc Finance and Investment graduate, Andrew Haley, tells us about his roles working for wealth management and hedge fund companies based in London and his aspirations of undertaking a PhD thanks to his Masters degree.

We believe in advancing financial research that makes a difference to industry. Work by our researchers is discussed at the most influential financial institutions in the world, such as the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve, but most importantly it is relevant to real people's lives.

By joining our research community, you’ll be at the forefront of thinking in areas such as the financing of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), commodity prices and their relation to food poverty, bank risk and regulation, acquisitions and financial econometrics.

We are very proud that Essex is ranked in the top 150 for Business and Economics in THE World University Rankings by Subject 2023 and Ranked in the top 200 for Accounting and Finance in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.

We’re pleased to be able to offer a number of integrated PhDs, for students who have a strong research proposal but who do not have previous research or Masters-level study experience.

Our Research Group

  • Finance Group
    Our vision is to be at the forefront of the next age of finance and to focus on research that can harness the potential of technological innovation and digital disruption to transform financial services and support sustainable growth.

Our Research Centres

  • Essex Centre for Macro and Financial Econometrics (ECMFE)
    The Essex Centre for Macro and Financial Econometrics (ECMFE) brings together academic and industry expertise from both inside and outside the University of Essex to research and help solve important issues in macroeconomics and financial markets.
  • Essex Finance Centre (EFiC)
    The Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) provides a world-class and stimulating environment for research activity in banking, finance and financial econometrics.  Our culture is one of integrity, inclusion and respect, with a particular emphasis on encouraging collaboration and synergy between our internal and associate members. 
Why study here?
  • You’re part of a vibrant research community, challenging the conventional perspective of the finance sector and its impact.
  • Limited research training or don't have a Masters? You can still gain a PhD with our integrated PhD route.
  • We’re home to two thriving research centres, Essex Centre for Macro and Financial Econometrics and Essex Finance Centre, offering plenty of opportunity for research collaboration and supervision. 
Essex Finance Centre
The Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) fosters internationally renowned and high-quality academic research in banking, finance and financial econometrics.
Find a Supervisor
If you have a good idea about what the focus of your research will be, you'll need to find a suitable supervisor at Essex. Search for a research area or subject first and then make contact with a supervisor to discuss your ideas before you apply.
Essex Centre for Macro and Financial Econometrics
The Essex Centre for Macro and Financial Econometrics brings together academic and industry expertise from inside and outside the University of Essex to research and help solve important issues in financial markets.
How to apply to study a PhD
Applying for a research degree is a simple process, but requires a couple of extra steps. Explore our step-by-step guide below to help you complete a successful application to Essex.
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