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University degree

Finance and Technology

University of Sussex
Qualification
Degree
Length
4 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. 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
96-111 pts10%
112-127 pts25%
128-143 pts10%
144-159 pts20%
160-175 pts20%
How they qualified
75% got in with alevel. The rest came in a mix of ways:
alevel75%
baccalaureate25%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
90%
Continue past first year
88%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£37,000
3 years on
£45,500
5 years on
What students say National Student Survey
88%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching87%
Assessment & feedback84%
Academic support78%
Well organised89%
Learning resources90%
Student community86%
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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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