Finance with Foundation

About this course

Finance is the discipline concerned with how money is managed over time and across risk: how individuals, businesses, and governments raise capital, make investments, manage debt, and balance risk and return. It is a field that draws on economics, mathematics, and statistics to develop frameworks for valuing assets, pricing risk, and making optimal financial decisions under uncertainty. The ability to analyse and manage financial resources is fundamental to the functioning of markets, firms, and governments, and the skills finance develops are in demand across a very wide range of professional contexts. At the University of Reading, this four-year full-time programme includes a foundation year, making it accessible to students who need to build their mathematical and economic foundations before moving into the degree proper. Reading's business school is one of the UK's most respected, a

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 80% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 45% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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