
BA in International Finance (Top-up)
Birmingham, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 9,250 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* UK students: £9,250 per year | international students: £13,980 per year
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Introduction
Want to top up your finance degree in Birmingham? Our BSc (Hons) International Finance (Top-Up) course allows you to learn from industry-experienced lecturers.
Global financial and business environments are becoming increasingly intertwined. We use our long-standing links with the world of international finance to developing your knowledge and real-world, practical skills in international finance.
With dedicated tutor support, we will also help you to select course modules which reflect your own learning needs and career goals.
What's covered in this course?
Studying in our brand new state-of-the-art £63 million Curzon Building on our City Centre Campus, you will choose from a range of modules including international reporting, financial management, globalisation and statistical modelling. You are encouraged to choose areas of study best suited to your future career plans.
You will be taught by industry-experienced academics who bring real-world practical knowledge to the classroom. They’ve forged careers and worked with renowned companies such as KPMG and Vauxhall. This means you get great contacts and benefit from their industry insights. Our students come to their top-up year from a variety of backgrounds, providing the added opportunity to also gain valuable learning experiences from your peers. While you complete your degree, you’ll be right in the hub of the city and be surrounded by other like-minded students on a variety of business and accountancy-based degrees.
Why choose us?
- Birmingham City Business School is a leading practice-based and internationally focussed business school. We have current students from over 80 countries, giving us a truly global perspective.
- Your fellow students will arrive from different courses, countries and companies, giving your studies the benefit of many different outlooks, standpoints and cultural approaches. Alongside your personal tutor, you can set up your own programme of study in line with your future career plans. Our students get a high level of academic contact time throughout the course.
- You will study in our state-of-the-art City Centre Campus, ideally located for you to take advantage of our links to Birmingham’s business district, one of the largest in the UK. You’ll have the opportunity to work in our ‘CITY Trading Room’ using the same investment analysis software as traders, financial analysts and decision-makers in the investment industry.
- Following graduation, you will have the opportunity to apply for a STEAMhouse Business Incubator membership.
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Curriculum
Year One
In order to complete this course you must successfully complete all the following core modules (totalling 80 credits).
- Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions
- International Finance
- e-Business
- International Business
In order to complete this course you must successfully complete at least 40 credits from the following list of optional modules.
- Corporate Financial Strategy
- Financial Derivatives
- UK and Global Accounting Issues
All core modules are guaranteed to run. Optional modules will vary from year to year and the published list is indicative only.
Career Opportunities
This course opens up a variety of career opportunities in finance, management or marketing, depending on your chosen area of specialisation.
You will also have the opportunity to increase your employability skills and experiences with the Leadership Challenge (a series of events, projects and competitions mirroring real-life business) and take advantage of ASK@BCU, our online employer mentoring which teams students up with alumni and employer mentors to provide industry insight, employability skills and contacts.
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