Finance with Placement Year

About this course

Finance is the discipline that concerns itself with the management of money, capital and risk across individuals, corporations and financial markets. It encompasses corporate financial decision-making, investment analysis and portfolio management, the pricing of financial instruments, risk management, banking and the regulation of financial systems. Finance professionals need both rigorous analytical skills and a clear understanding of how markets behave and why, combining quantitative methods with economic and strategic thinking. The University of Reading offers this four-year full-time programme, with a placement year built into the structure. The placement year provides a sustained period of professional experience in a financial services organisation, giving you direct exposure to how finance is practised in banking, investment management, corporate treasury, financial technology or

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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