Economics and Finance
Economics and finance brings together the analytical tools used to understand how economies function with the specific principles applied to financial markets, investment decisions and the management of financial risk. Economics provides conceptual frameworks for understanding how resources are allocated, how markets clear, how growth is generated and how monetary and fiscal policy shapes outcomes. Finance extends those tools into the specific challenge of pricing assets, managing portfolios, financing businesses and understanding how financial institutions and markets operate.
The combination is highly relevant to careers across the full spectrum of financial and economic roles.
At Bangor University you will study economics and finance over three years of full-time study, with a foundation year available that extends the programme and provides a structured entry for students who want to build academic and quantitative foundations before the degree content begins. A sandwich year and the opportunity for a year abroad add professional experience and international perspective to the programme, and work placement is integrated throughout. The typical tariff of 104 reflects a programme with accessible entry requirements that welcomes students from a variety of educational backgrounds who have the motivation and analytical aptitude to succeed in these disciplines.
Graduates are well placed for careers in investment banking, corporate finance, financial analysis, asset management, economic consultancy, the civil service and financial services more broadly. Many go on to pursue professional qualifications in finance, accounting or economics, and the degree provides a foundation for postgraduate study in financial economics, economics, finance or management. Bangor's Business School has established strengths in banking and financial services that inform the curriculum, and the combination of economic theory and financial analysis is well suited to the range of quantitative and commercial roles that graduates enter.