Financial Services
Edinburgh Napier University
UCAS Code: N340 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
Pass Access to HE Diploma in a related subject with 45 credits overall with minimum 33 Credits at Merit & 12 at Distinction. Maths and English at Level 2 or equivalent also required.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Award of Diploma with 28 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6, 5, 4.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Grades H2, H2, H3, H3 at Higher Level.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Minimum grades DM (Distinction, Merit) and A level grade C.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Minimum grades MMM (Merit, Merit, Merit) in a related subject.
Scottish HNC
Other HNC subjects may be considered for year 1 entry where a C in the graded unit is achieved.
Scottish Higher
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T Level
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About this course
Our BA (Hons) Financial Services course is the only undergraduate degree course in this area in the UK
We have designed the programme to meet the increasing demand from the financial services sector for skilled graduates.
Launched in 1993 the programme continues to provide students with up to date and relevant learning experiences while focusing on developing the skills that are critical to the successful employment opportunities offered to our best graduates.
There is flexibility within the programme structure that allows students to follow individual specialisms, and there is the option of paid work in the financial services sector for six months during the second trimester of Year 3.
Graduating students are typically able to begin their careers with relevant firms within the sector, or use their qualification to allow entry to a wide range of Masters programmes in the UK and overseas.
Please visit our website for full course and module details.
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Craiglockhart Campus
The Business School
What students say
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How do students rate their degree experience?
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Who studies this subject and how do they get on?
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After graduation
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Finance
What are graduates doing after six months?
This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.
Top job areas of graduates
Over 2,000 students graduated with a degree in finance in 2015, and a sign of the strength of the finance industry, numbers are on the up. Over half of finance graduates go into the finance industry, with accountancy and financial advice roles particularly popular. It's also quite common for finance graduates to go into jobs which require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications — finance graduates who take further study are more likely to be studying accountancy than finance. About a third of graduates start their careers in London - but Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham are other popular locations for finance graduates to work.
What about your long term prospects?
Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.
Finance
The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.
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Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.
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While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet?
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