Finance and Financial Technology with Placement Year

University of Southampton

Explore the fundamentals of finance and the rapidly evolving industry known as Financial Technology (FinTech). This 4-year programme will put you at the forefront of research and development within this sector, allowing you to gain the skills necessary to pursue a wide range of careers.You’ll have the opportunity to:- Develop an in-depth understanding of the business environment and the real-world application of relevant theories that underpin finance.- Utilise our Financial Laboratory (FinLab), home to our Bloomberg terminals and Refinitiv Workspace.- Learn the basics of computer programming, and become a confident user of statistical software, such as Eviews, Stata, and Matlab, and more advance machine learning and AI techniques.- Understand the foundations of Financial Technology, and the most recent innovations in this area.- Develop a high level of numeracy and a capacity for reasoned thought and analysis.- Spend a year on a paid industrial placement in the third year and be supported throughout by our award-winning placements team.Study at a **top 20 University** in the UK and **top 100 globally for Accounting and Finance** programmes (Guardian University Guide 2026 and QS World Rankings 2025). We also offer a variant of this course with a study abroad year instead of a placement year.

Southampton Business School