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Undergraduate
UCAS code:N300
Department of Finance

BSc Finance

Develop the financial skills for a high-flying career in finance, banking or consulting. Learn from world-leading academics and industry practitioners.

Overview

Introduction

Finance is at the heart of every business, industry and society around the world – and its role has never been more complex. There’s a huge demand for talented, ambitious graduates with the right financial acumen to meet these challenges. This rigorous programme equips you with the necessary financial knowledge and quantitative skills.

You’ll delve into the use of specific finance techniques, financial decision-making, risk management and the behaviour of the financial markets. Importantly, you’ll learn how to think analytically, evaluate financial issues from different perspectives and apply analytical methods to real-world problems.

You’ll be taught by world-leading academics and practitioners in the field. We make the most of our proximity to the city and financial districts and you’ll benefit from our links with industry practitioners, regulators and policymakers.

Our graduates are well-prepared for careers in investment banking, sales, trading, investment management, management consulting, start-ups, research and academia.

Entry requirements

Here, you can check our entry requirements for GCSEs, A-levels (please read them alongside our information about subject combinations) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. We also consider applications from students with a range of other UK qualifications and from overseas. Please select the overseas button below and choose your country from the dropdown list to find the equivalency to A-levels of your qualification.

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We welcome students from all walks of life at LSE. We want to recruit students with the very best academic merit, potential and motivation. So, whatever your background, please do apply. Get all the details on our general entry requirements.

Competition for places at LSE is high. We cannot guarantee you an offer of a place even if you’re predicted or achieve our standard entry requirements.

Our standard offer requirements are intended only as a guide and, in some cases, you’ll be asked for different grades.

Programme content

On this programme, you’ll study 12 units over three years, plus LSE100.

Year 1

You’ll cover fundamental principles in finance, develop your quantitative skills and take compulsory introductory courses in economics, mathematics and statistics. Additionally, you’ll take LSE100.

Why study with us

Discover more about our students and department.

Meet the department

The Department of Finance is one of the largest and most highly respected finance groups in the UK and Europe.

With a longstanding reputation for excellence in both teaching and research, we offer various undergraduate, postgraduate and executive programmes.

Our research and teaching span the full range of financial sub-fields, including:

  • corporate finance
  • asset pricing theory
  • risk management
  • empirical analysis of capital markets
  • behavioural finance
  • portfolio analysis
  • derivatives pricing
  • microstructure
  • financial econometrics.

We're also closely associated with two leading research groups at LSE – the Financial Markets Group and Systemic Risk Centre, which host seminars, conferences and public lectures by renowned academics and practitioners.

Our research is regularly published in leading academic journals globally. Faculty members work closely with national and international institutions, such as the Bank of England and the World Bank, informing policy at the highest levels.

The department was ranked the top place to study finance in the Good University Guide 2024.

Learn more about our programmes and research.

Your application

Overview

We consider each application carefully, taking into account all the details you’ve included on your UCAS form, such as:

You may also have to provide evidence of your English proficiency, although this is not needed at the application stage. See our English language requirements page.

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Intake
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2022 Ratio

Fees and funding

The table of fees shows the latest tuition fees for all programmes.

You're charged a fee for each year of your programme. Your tuition fee covers registration and examination fees payable to the School, lectures, classes and individual supervision, lectures given at other colleges under intercollegiate arrangements and, under current arrangements, membership of the Students' Union. It doesn't cover living costs or travel or fieldwork.

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£9,250

Home student fee per each year of your programme

This is the 2025/26 tuition fee. The home student undergraduate fee may rise in line with inflation in subsequent years.

Learning and assessment

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Graduate destinations

Overview

Graduates from this programme will be well prepared for careers in investment banking, sales, trading and research, investment management, management consultancy, start-ups and other professional careers in the City, as well as further academic study.

Further information on graduate destinations for this programme

Median salary of our undergraduate students 15 months after graduating:

£60,500

Top 4 sectors our students work in:

Financial and Professional Services
Real Estate, Environment and Energy
Information, Digital Technology and Data
Accounting and Auditing
This data is drawn from the 2021/22 Graduate Outcomes Survey, run by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Median salaries are calculated for respondents who are paid in UK pounds sterling and in full-time employment.

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