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BSc (Hons) January start available

Banking and Finance with Fintech

Get the skills you need to succeed in the banking, financial, and commercial sector, along with essential market insights.

Start date: September 2026; January 2027
Location: Chelmsford
Duration: 3 years
UCAS course code: N300

Start date: September 2026; January 2027
Location: Chelmsford
Duration: 4 years with foundation
UCAS course code: N304

Start date: September 2026; January 2027
Location: Chelmsford
Duration: 4 years with placement
UCAS course code: N301

You can apply to start in January 2026. If you join us in January, the course will be known by its previous name, BSc (Hons) Banking and Finance. Find out more and apply.

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in the East of England for undergraduates employed as managers, directors or senior officials.

Source: GOS 2025

If you're ambitious and determined to get ahead in the banking, financial and commercial sector, this is the course for you. We’ll help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in this competitive area.

As a student at ARU you'll take part in optional placements and live projects, make industry connections, and use facilities including a Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab. You'll get priceless hands-on experience and a strong grasp of what it’s like to work in banking and finance.

Find out more about studying banking and finance at ARU.

Why ARU?

Develop an understanding of financial analysis and management within global business and financial institutions
Gain a solid foundation in financial markets, banking operations and risk management
Apply theory in a fully simulated and safe environment with our Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab
Work with representatives from international financial organisations on our Live Brief modules

Study at an award-winning university

We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.

Careers

At ARU, you’ll gain valuable practical experience and enhance your employability from Year 1 in our Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab, participating in virtual trading using live financial information on global stock exchanges.

You’ll also build real-world experience and contacts through our extensive industry connections, whether that’s through insightful expert guest talks and seminars, Live Briefs projects, or placements, internships or opportunities to study abroad.

Graduation doesn’t have to be the end of your time with us. You might decide to stay at ARU and study for a Masters. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and get 20% off your fees.

What can you do with a Banking and Finance with Fintech degree?

Where have other graduates worked?

Teaching and modules

A degree in banking and finance teaches you how to navigate complex financial systems, manage risk, and create opportunities that can shape industries and communities.

Laura Muncy, Deputy Head of School

You’ll start by developing a broad understanding of, and fundamental skills in financial analysis and management, global and international approaches, business law, and digital and marketing.

In years 2 and 3, you’ll deepen your knowledge and skills in financial management practice, learning how to solve a range of complex and current issues in corporate finance.

In your final year, you’ll also complete a major project. As part of an interdisciplinary team, you’ll use everything you’ve learned on the course to address a current issue in business, and present your findings.

What will I study?

Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.

Year 1

Financial and Management Accounting with Digital Systems (30 credits)
Elevate 1: How to do Business (30 credits)
Into ARU
Financial Environment and Analysis (15 credits)
International Business and Market Dynamics (15 credits)
Organisational Behaviour and AI (Future of Work) (30 credits)

Year 2

Applied Fintech: Data Analytics and Python (30 credits)
Introduction to Financial Reporting (15 credits)
Ruskin Module (15 credits)
Quantitative Methods for Banking and Finance (30 credits)
Banking and Financial Institutions (30 credits)

Year 3

International Financial Reporting (30 credits)
Financial Investment Analysis (30 credits)
Capital Markets and Investment (30 credits)
Introduction to Undergraduate Major Project
Undergraduate Major Project (30 credits)

Module details

To prepare you for university study, you can take a foundation year at the start of this course. Find out more about foundation years.

Year 1

Foundation in Business

Module details

You can choose to take an optional placement year as part of this course. Placements typically happen in Year 3, and your course will take four years overall. Find out more about placement years.

Placement year

Work Placement School of Economics Finance and Law

Module details

You can apply to start in January 2026. If you join us in January, the course will be known by its previous name, BSc (Hons) Banking and Finance. Find out more and apply.

What happens on a foundation year?

What happens on a placement year?

Who teaches Banking and Finance with Fintech at ARU?

Dr Wei Kang
Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
Dr Lenka Krupová
Senior Lecturer
Dr Naowarat Lewis
Associate Professor

Facilities

As a student at ARU, you’ll benefit from:

access to our Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab to put your new-found knowledge into practice in a fully simulated and completely safe environment
active collaborative learning which includes digitally supported learning with online screencasts providing background material to support face-to-face discussion.

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Entry requirements

Standard entry requirements

112-96 UCAS Tariff points. We accept A Levels, T Levels, BTECs, OCR, Access to HE and most other qualifications within the UCAS Tariff.
3 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English and Maths.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Important additional notes

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements.

Other equivalent qualifications may be accepted for entry to this course; please email [email protected] for further information. Applicants to undergraduate courses can also check our information about undergraduate entry qualifications.

You'll need a computer and reliable internet access to successfully engage with your course.

5 GCSEs at grade D, or grade 3, or above and evidence of two years post-GCSE study at Level 3.
If you have achieved at least grade E in one A level, or equivalent, you are exempt from the two years post-GCSE study requirement, but you still must meet the GCSE requirements.
Applicants who do not meet the two years post GCSE study at level 3 may be considered based on their satisfactory employment history, which must be a minimum of two years full time employment supported by employer evidence and deemed appropriate by the University for meeting the course of study applied for.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 5.5 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Important additional notes

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements.

You'll need a computer and reliable internet access to successfully engage with your course.

112-96 UCAS Tariff points. We accept A Levels, T Levels, BTECs, OCR, Access to HE and most other qualifications within the UCAS Tariff.
3 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English and Maths.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Important additional notes

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements.

You'll need a computer and reliable internet access to successfully engage with your course.

112-96 UCAS Tariff points. We accept A Levels, T Levels, BTECs, OCR, Access to HE and most other qualifications within the UCAS Tariff.
3 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English and Maths.
If English is not your first language you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification, as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University.

Important additional notes

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements.

You'll need a computer and reliable internet access to successfully engage with your course.

International students

English language requirements

Contextual offers

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Fees and funding

UK students

£9,535 UK students starting 2026/27 (full-time, per year)

An update on tuition fees for 2026-27
The fee of £9,535 quoted for UK students starting in 2026-27 is an indicative fee based on the current maximum regulated tuition fee for the 2025-26 academic year.

The University’s policy is to charge the maximum regulated tuition fee as set by the Government. The Government has advised that the regulated fee cap for full-time undergraduate courses taught in the 2026-27 academic year will be increasing in line with inflation.

The exact amount of the maximum regulated tuition fee set by the Government hasn’t been confirmed yet.

We expect confirmation of this in the coming weeks at which point the fee for the 2026-27 academic year will be updated.

Paying your tuition fees
If you're a UK student, you don't need the money to pay for university now.

If you accept an offer to study at university, you can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover your course fees.

Both full-time and part-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan. You'll start repaying the loan in the April after you graduate.

For more information about student loans, see our undergraduate student finance page.

This information also applies to:

Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals benefiting from citizens’ rights under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.

£9,535 UK students starting 2026/27 (full-time, per year)

The exact amount of the maximum regulated tuition fee set by the Government hasn’t been confirmed yet.

We expect confirmation of this in the coming weeks at which point the fee for the 2026-27 academic year will be updated.

Paying your tuition fees
If you're a UK student, you don't need the money to pay for university now.

If you accept an offer to study at university, you can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover your course fees.

Both full-time and part-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan. You'll start repaying the loan in the April after you graduate.

For more information about student loans, see our undergraduate student finance page.

This information also applies to:

Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals benefiting from citizens’ rights under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.

£9,535 UK students starting 2026/27 (full-time, per year)

The exact amount of the maximum regulated tuition fee set by the Government hasn’t been confirmed yet.

We expect confirmation of this in the coming weeks at which point the fee for the 2026-27 academic year will be updated.

Paying your tuition fees
If you're a UK student, you don't need the money to pay for university now.

If you accept an offer to study at university, you can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover your course fees.

Both full-time and part-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan. You'll start repaying the loan in the April after you graduate.

For more information about student loans, see our undergraduate student finance page.

This information also applies to:

Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals benefiting from citizens’ rights under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.

£9,535 UK students starting 2025/26 (full-time, per year)

Paying your tuition fees
If you're a UK student, you don't need the money to pay for university now.

If you accept an offer to study at university, you can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan to cover your course fees.

Both full-time and part-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan. You'll start repaying the loan in the April after you graduate.

For more information about student loans, see our undergraduate student finance page.

This information also applies to:

Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals benefiting from citizens’ rights under the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.

International students

£17,500 International students starting 2026/27 (full-time, per year)

You can pay your fees upfront, in full or in two instalments. We will ask for a deposit of £4,000 or a sponsorship letter

Find out about paying your fees.

£17,500 International students starting 2026/27 (full-time, per year)

You can pay your fees upfront, in full or in two instalments. We will ask for a deposit of £4,000 or a sponsorship letter

Find out about paying your fees.

£17,500 International students starting 2026/27 (full-time, per year)

You can pay your fees upfront, in full or in two instalments. We will ask for a deposit of £4,000 or a sponsorship letter

Find out about paying your fees.

£16,700 International students starting 2025/26 (full-time, per year)

You can pay your fees upfront, in full or in two instalments. We will ask for a deposit of £4,000 or a sponsorship letter

Find out about paying your fees.

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