Banking and Finance

Bangor University

This Banking and Finance degree provides in-depth knowledge of how financial institutions, financial markets and their regulators work, alongside the role they play in our corporate, commercial and personal lives.On this degree in banking and finance we'll covers topics such as financial markets, investment and portfolio management, corporate and personal finance, behavioural finance, financial techniques and analysis.You will have access to current and historical financial data for the UK and overseas markets, and the same tools and software used by the world’s leading banks, corporations, governments and policymakers. Practising in a safe environment, you can gain practical skills in trading without the financial risk.Highly qualified and experienced, our academics bring insight from the worlds of policy, practice and research, grounding your financial knowledge in real world application. Their wide-ranging expertise includes: market structure/competition, bank performance and risk-taking, regulatory initiatives like European Banking Union, negative interest rate policy, fintech, climate finance, executive compensation, financial ethics and credit ratings.‘Placement Year’ and 'International Experience Year’ options are available for this course. You will have the opportunity to fully consider these options when you have started your course at Bangor and can make an application for a transfer onto such a pathway at the appropriate time. You can find more information about these options on our website and if you have any questions, please get in touch.If you don’t have the required qualifications for this degree-level course or are looking to re-enter education after time away from study, then a Foundation Year Programme might be the right choice for you. Please see Banking and Finance (with Foundation Year) N39F.

Bangor Business School