We are in the process of finalising our postgraduate taught courses for 2027/28 entry. In the meantime, you can view our 2026/27 courses.
Prepare for a fast-paced career in finance, and develop specialist skills in financial technology, with our BSc Finance (FinTech) degree.
FinTech is a rapidly expanding sector within the financial industry. You’ll study the core concepts and practises of financial technology and learn how technological advances have necessitated change throughout the industry.
Develop the knowledge and skills to navigate these changes, as you acquire a deep understanding of finance and financial services. You’ll also gain expertise in programming and financial applications, and learn how to apply your technological skills to real-world problems.
Henley Business School is recognised as one of the top institutions in the UK for finance. We are:
All of our finance degrees are affiliated with the CFA Institute. Within this partnership, a number of scholarships are available, offering students a partial fee reduction on their CFA exams.
After the first year of your BSc Finance (FinTech) degree, you’ll have the option to transfer to any of our other specialist pathways:
Each pathway is designed to help you understand particular challenges within finance and how to respond to them.
You could also transfer to the general BSc Finance course, where you’ll be offered a wide range of optional modules in your second and final years – allowing you to tailor your learning to your individual interests.
All of our degrees are available as four-year options, with either a placement year or study year abroad in the third year.
Put your understanding of financial systems and capital markets into practice in the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Centre’s dealing rooms, the largest non-investment bank facilities of their kind in Europe.
Here you can learn the secrets of trading, build your own asset portfolio, develop your financial analysis skills by processing complex data, and gain useful exposure to a real-life market setting.
You’ll learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical workshops, and self-guided study. This will provide the opportunity to discuss subject materials in an in-depth way with your lecturers and fellow students.
Experts from Henley Business School will introduce you to the:
As your studies progress, you’ll explore the key concepts of financial technology, including:
We are passionate about developing your personal skills alongside your business acumen.
Our focus on self-development aims to prepare you for the external market – from internships and placements to full-time employment. The skills required to secure and succeed in future roles are embedded into the curriculum.
For example, you will undertake a group project on portfolio management in your second year. Within this project, you’ll have the opportunity to:
Prepare for a fast-paced career in finance, and develop specialist skills in financial technology, with our BSc Finance (FinTech) degree.
FinTech is a rapidly expanding sector within the financial industry. You’ll study the core concepts and practises of financial technology and learn how technological advances have necessitated change throughout the industry.
Develop the knowledge and skills to navigate these changes, as you acquire a deep understanding of finance and financial services. You’ll also gain expertise in programming and financial applications, and learn how to apply your technological skills to real-world problems.
Henley Business School is recognised as one of the top institutions in the UK for finance. We are:
All of our finance degrees are affiliated with the CFA Institute. Within this partnership, a number of scholarships are available, offering students a partial fee reduction on their CFA exams.
After the first year of your BSc Finance (FinTech) degree, you’ll have the option to transfer to any of our other specialist pathways:
Each pathway is designed to help you understand particular challenges within finance and how to respond to them.
You could also transfer to the general BSc Finance course, where you’ll be offered a wide range of optional modules in your second and final years – allowing you to tailor your learning to your individual interests.
All of our degrees are available as four-year options, with either a placement year or study year abroad in the third year.
Put your understanding of financial systems and capital markets into practice in the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Centre’s dealing rooms, the largest non-investment bank facilities of their kind in Europe.
Here you can learn the secrets of trading, build your own asset portfolio, develop your financial analysis skills by processing complex data, and gain useful exposure to a real-life market setting.
You’ll learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, practical workshops, and self-guided study. This will provide the opportunity to discuss subject materials in an in-depth way with your lecturers and fellow students.
Experts from Henley Business School will introduce you to the:
As your studies progress, you’ll explore the key concepts of financial technology, including:
We are passionate about developing your personal skills alongside your business acumen.
Our focus on self-development aims to prepare you for the external market – from internships and placements to full-time employment. The skills required to secure and succeed in future roles are embedded into the curriculum.
For example, you will undertake a group project on portfolio management in your second year. Within this project, you’ll have the opportunity to:
Select Reading as your firm choice on UCAS and we'll guarantee you a place even if you don't quite meet your offer. For details, see our firm choice scheme.
Our typical offers are expressed in terms of A level, BTEC and International Baccalaureate requirements. However, we also accept many other qualifications.
ABB with B in A/AS-level Mathematics OR A-level Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Statistics.
If you are taking an EPQ, you will receive two offers: our standard offer and an alternative offer of BBB in your A-level subjects on the condition that you achieve a B in your EPQ.
32 points overall including minimum 5 in Maths and 4 in English at standard level.
4 in GCSE English and 6 in GCSE Mathematics if not done at A/AS level.
Not accepted unless studied alongside A level or AS level Maths (the BTEC Extended Diploma cannot be accepted on its own to cover the Maths subject requirement).
IELTS 6.5, with no component below 5.5
For information on other English language qualifications, please visit our international student pages.
For country specific entry requirements look at entry requirements by country.
If you are an international or EU student and do not meet the requirements for direct entry to this degree, you can join the University of Reading’s International Foundation Programme (IFP).
International Foundation Programme – September entry
International Foundation Programme – January entry
Successful completion of the International Foundation Programme, along with any other relevant degree entry requirements, guarantees you the opportunity of a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.
Learn more about our International Foundation Pathways
If you need to improve your English language score you can take a pre-sessional English course prior to entry onto your degree.
| Code | Module | Convenor |
|---|---|---|
| IC101 | Introductory Securities and Markets | DR John Chessher |
| IC102 | Introductory Finance/Trading Simulation I | DR Gita Persand |
| IC103 | Introductory Economics for Business and Finance | DR Xi Li |
| IC104 | Introductory Quantitative Techniques for Business and Finance | DR Nikolaos Antypas |
| IC105 | Ethics in Investment Management | DR John Chessher |
| MM1F27 | Business in Practice: Accounting for Managers | MRS Sian Weatherburn |
These are the modules that we currently offer. They may change for your year of study as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.
| Code | Module | Convenor |
|---|---|---|
| IC201 | Corporate Finance | DR Sonny Biswas |
| IC204 | Portfolio Management | DR Nikolaos Antypas |
| IC208 | Programming for Finance | DR Vu Tran |
| IC212 | Financial Modelling | DR Gita Persand |
| MM258 | An Introduction to the Management of Information Systems | DR Stephen Gulliver |
| Code | Module | Convenor |
|---|---|---|
| IC205 | Introductory Econometrics for Finance | DR Lisa Schopohl |
| IC207 | Trends in Finance | DR Antony Moore |
| IC209 | Sustainable Finance | DR Dina Ghanma |
| IC210 | Environmental Economics | DR Antony Moore |
| IC211 | FX and International Debt Markets | MRS Gail Rolland |
| MM285 | Work Mini-Placement | MS Helen Slingsby |
These are the modules that we currently offer. They may change for your year of study as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.
Develop techniques to measure and manage market and credit risks in banks. Explore recent developments in bank regulation. Develop critical risk management skills that are indispensable for anyone willing to undertake a career in the financial sector.
Learn about fintech, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain. Gain an understanding of how and why firms are implementing blockchain technology in their day-to-day business as well as the challenges they face.
Explore derivatives markets and their products through theories and practical trading strategies. Become equipped with the essential knowledge to continue studying the advanced derivatives pricing model and practising trading with derivatives.
Explore the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and their applications in business and finance. You’ll discover how ML algorithms and AI techniques are used to extract intelligence from datasets. You’ll also gain hands-on experience with Python as a programming language, generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, and Structured Query Language (SQL) for managing large datasets.
Apply engineering methods to finance for the design, analysis, and construction of financial contracts that meet the needs of investors and companies. Gain an overview of the theory and practice of Financial Engineering, with emphasis on contract design, payoffs replication and application of simple derivatives pricing and hedging methodology to complex derivatives and structured products.
Choose a finance question that is of interest to you, and produce a Research Project that addresses your question.
Develop your appreciation of the practical aspects of investing by private equity and venture capital firms, understand the dynamics between the venture capital investor and the entrepreneur, and the practicalities of raising private equity and venture capital funds from institutional investors.
Explore the economic drivers and relationships between bond, money markets and central bank monetary policies, and the impact of key economic drivers on the pricing, trading strategies and portfolio management for bonds and money market instruments.
Focus on option/volatility trading and risk management. Seminars take place in the dealing room, and you will manage the risk, as market makers, of equity options portfolios on ICTrader. Gain a basic practical working knowledge of the hedging and trading of derivative securities, and in particular options.
Explore key concepts, theories, techniques, and issues in developing information systems solutions for digital business. Understand the importance of aligning business and IT strategies through an understanding of the structure and function of information processed by IT systems from both business and technical perspectives.
Study a module from outside your Department to enhance your understanding of another subject area. Alternatively, you can learn one of ten languages offered by the University at a level appropriate for you.
These are the modules that we currently offer for 2025/2026 entry. They may be subject to change as we regularly review our module offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.
Please note that the University cannot guarantee that all optional modules will be available to all students who may wish to take them.
You can also register your details with us to receive information about your course of interest and study and life at the University of Reading.
New UK/Republic of Ireland students: The home tuition fee for 2027 entry is £10,050. The home tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study.
New international students: £31,800 for 2026/27. The international tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study as set out in your student contract. For more details, please visit our Fees for International Students page.
To find out more about how the University of Reading sets its tuition fees, see our fees and funding pages.
Some courses will require additional payments for field trips and extra resources. You will also need to budget for your accommodation and living costs. See our information on living costs for more details.
You may be eligible for a scholarship or bursary to help pay for your study. Students from the UK may also be eligible for a student loan to help cover these costs. See our fees and funding information for more information on what's available.
This exciting new undergraduate scholarship scheme is focused on creating a community of global sustainability leaders of the future. We are offering up to 400 scholarships per year, for high-achieving students from the UK and overseas.
Each scholar will receive £6,000 a year for maintenance and living costs, for up to four years of full-time study on their course (subject to terms and conditions).
Find out more about the Global Sustainability Leaders Scholarship scheme.
The skills and knowledge you acquire from your degree in finance will be applicable to, and provide a route into, many areas:
Our finance graduates have gone on to work at a variety of high-profile organisations including:
While studying at Henley Business School, you’ll have access to one-to-one careers support from our dedicated service. Henley Careers can help you plan your future, develop interview and application skills, build confidence and advise you on different career journeys.
Our team will provide you with expert advice and guidance on placements – from help choosing the right role to support while you are on placement. We run workshops and drop-in clinics to help you make your applications stand out. These cover all the main selection methods used by employers: interview training, CVs, cover letters, and application forms.
At the University of Reading, we help you turn your environmental and sustainability values into opportunities that make a difference to your career and the wider world.
Employers are already reshaping their businesses to respond to climate change, and they increasingly value graduates with expertise in environmental stewardship – one of the fastest-growing skill areas (World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025).
During your time at Reading, you’ll have access to a wide range of opportunities and support. This will help you graduate with the knowledge and confidence to tackle environmental and sustainability challenges in your career.
In 2025, the University of Reading won the AGCAS Green Careers Award. Judges highlighted the impact of our Careers service and the positive outcomes our students achieve.
Explore climate and sustainability initiatives you can get involved with as a student at Reading.
