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University degree

Finance and Technology

University of Sussex
Qualification
Degree
Length
3 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
Full-time
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About this course

Gain financial technology (FinTech) skills for evolving finance and computer science industries, essential for a career in tomorrow’s financial institutions. Gain financial technology (FinTech) skills for evolving finance and computer science industries, essential for a career in tomorrow’s financial institutions. Gain the financial technology (FinTech) skills essential for a career in tomorrow’s financial institutions.

With developments in computing continuing to accelerate, understanding their applications to financial markets will make you highly employable in a variety of industries. The BSc offers you the opportunity to gain experience at the cutting edge between finance and computer science. You’ll develop quantitative and analytical skills as well as your coding and programming capabilities.

You have access to our Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab, located in the Business School, and to Thomson Reuters service platforms. This allows you to take part in real-time financial and trading simulation, supervised by academic and industry experts. This joint degree prepares you for employment in the exciting and growing FinTech industry as well as in traditional financial services and IT.

You will have an academic personal tutor who will guide you throughout your learning journey. In addition, you will be able to access specialist academic success tutors for one-to-one support and academic skills workshops.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
112-127 pts10%
128-143 pts10%
How they qualified
60% got in with alevel. The rest came in a mix of ways:
alevel60%
otherHE30%
other10%
baccalaureate5%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
85%
In work or further study after
80%
In professional / skilled jobs
90%
Continue past first year
91%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£30,000
After 15 months
£37,000
3 years on
£45,500
5 years on
What students say National Student Survey
91%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching85%
Assessment & feedback81%
Academic support72%
Well organised86%
Learning resources89%
Student community90%
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Where this degree can lead
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When you're ready, the full entry requirements and application are on University of Sussex's own site.
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Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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