
Financial Economics BSc Honours
London, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
18 Aug 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 15,400 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international - UK/EU: £9,250/year
Introduction
Financial economics is all about managing financial assets such as trade and share prices, interest rates and exchange rates. You’ll not only be introduced to financial economics but also gain a solid foundation in general economic concepts, principles, analysis, techniques and knowledge.
Learning how to predict and advise on the impact of economic, social and public policy issues on monetary activities, you’ll develop your analytical and decision-making abilities, expanding your skills in data gathering, handling and interpretation, quantitative analysis and forecasting.
In our state-of-the-art Bloomberg virtual trading room, you will use industry-standard software, including Bloomberg, SAGE, FAME, Excel and other statistical packages, to analyse data, build models and produce forecasts. You will also develop key soft skills such as communicating complex economic ideas to a non-expert, presentation skills and teamwork.
We enjoy strong links with employers, including the Government Economic Service and Society of Professional Economists, which was relaunched here at Westminster Business School in 2018. Membership in the Society is offered to all final-year economic students, and there are opportunities to attend their monthly meetings, conferences and continuous professional development courses.
You can also gain valuable professional experience by taking a paid placement year and begin to build the networks that will help your career take off. Previous economics students have been employed by Goldman Sachs, Boxington Corporate Finance, and the Government Economic Service, to name just a few.
Since our economics degrees share a common first year, you get to experience all the main areas in financial economics and if you choose Crises and Controversies in Economics as an option, you may be eligible to change to the Financial Economics course at the start of your second year. A variety of optional modules also enables you to tailor your studies to suit your interests. For example, in studying Global Economic Issues, we show how economic analysis is used to understand key concerns like climate change, trade and migration.
Top reasons to study with us
- Study at one of London’s leading centres for business education based in the heart of London and its political, media and financial services scene
- Access to one of the largest financial databases in our state-of-the-art Bloomberg virtual trading room
- Outstanding facilities and access to the software widely used in the industry: Bloomberg, SAGE, FAME and NVivo
- Option to gain Bloomberg professional certification and attend a half-day certified training session with the London Stock Exchange Group
- Array of extracurricular activities, including participation in IBM University Business Challenge (2020 Winners, Finalists 2018 and 2017, Semi-finalists 2016) and Microsoft University App Challenge (Winners 2019, Runners-up 2019)
- Opportunity to study a foreign language as an optional module in each year of study and spend one semester or one year overseas at one of our partner institutions
- Exemption from CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accounting) Certificate in Business Accounting CIMA Cert BA; giving exemptions from BA1, BA2, BA3 and BA4
- In the REF 2021, 75% of our business school impact case studies in the Business and Management Unit of Assessment scored 4* whilst 25% scored 3*. Read how our research is shaping the world
Why study this course?
- Combine theory and practice
Link theory to global practice through real-life case studies, guest lectures, field trips and insight from one of the world’s largest financial databases. - Professional software
Enhance your digital literacy and computer skills with industry-standard software, including Excel, Tableau and FAME. - Build connections
Build connections with peers and future business leaders.
Career Opportunities
This highly practical course aims to prepare you to use economic reasoning and mathematical and statistical analysis to analyse and inform management decisions in business, industry, public and voluntary sectors. It is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to evaluate financial performance and business and public policy issues – skills useful in almost any career.
Upon graduation, you can target a role as a business analyst or specialist economist or choose to pursue a broader career in government departments, banking, risk and insurance, investment and broking firms, retail and manufacturing firms or the voluntary sector.
Past graduates have secured roles as economic consultants, management trainees, investment bankers, professional accountants and within the Government Economic Service.
The University's Careers and Employability Service has built up a network of over 3,000 employers around the world, helping all our students explore and connect with exciting opportunities and careers.
- Develop your innovation & entrepreneurial skills
Develop your innovation & entrepreneurial skills in The Big Idea competition, sponsored by Santander. - Kickstart your career
Learn how to use social media in your job hunt or LinkedIn to kickstart your career. - Develop your CQ
Develop your cultural intelligence – or ‘CQ’ – by studying alongside students and staff representing more than 100 nationalities.
Industry links
Westminster Business School is one of London’s leading centres for business education based in the heart of London and its political, media and financial services scene. We have strong links with the Government Economic Service, and Dr Vincent Rich, Head of the School of Organisations, Economy and Society, regularly conducts interviews as part of their graduate recruitment procedure. Connected to a wide range of professional bodies, including the Society of Professional Economists, a growing alumni network and the employer representatives on the Employability Advisory Board, we have excellent links with the industry. Staff who currently teach on this course have extensive professional experience in a range of business sectors, with many staff maintaining links with industry through consultancy and training work.
Job roles
This course will prepare you for roles such as:
- Account manager
- Actuarial analyst
- Assistant economist
- Bank manager
- Business analyst
- Commercial project manager
- Commodities analyst
- Data analyst
- Economic consultant
- Economist
- Financial advisor
- Journalist
- Investment analyst
- Market research analyst
- Management trainee
- Risk analyst
- Sponsorships executive
- Statistician
- Stockbroker
Graduate employers
Graduates from the Business School have found employment at organisations including:
- Boxington Corporate Finance
- Goldman Sachs
- Government Economic Service
- Hamton Environmental Services
Westminster Employability Award
Employers value graduates who have invested in their personal and professional development – and our Westminster Employability Award gives you the chance to formally document and demonstrate these activities and achievements.
The award is flexible and can be completed in your own time, comprising a set of core and optional extracurricular activities.
Activities might include gaining experience through a part-time job or placement, signing up to a University-run scheme – such as mentoring or teaching in a school – or completing online exercises.
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Scholarships and Funding
The University is dedicated to supporting ambitious and outstanding students and we offer a variety of scholarships to eligible students.
Program Admission Requirements
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