Finance

Finance as a discipline is concerned with how money is allocated, invested and managed across time and under uncertainty. It provides the analytical framework for understanding how businesses raise capital, how investors make decisions, how financial markets function, and how risk is measured and priced. Finance is at the heart of every major economic decision, and its complexity and significance have grown with the internationalisation of capital markets, the proliferation of new financial instruments, and the increasingly sophisticated demands placed on financial institutions and regulators.

A rigorous education in finance develops quantitative skills, economic reasoning and the ability to make sound decisions in conditions of uncertainty.

At the London School of Economics, this three-year full-time degree is one of the most rigorous and prestigious finance programmes available. LSE's position at the intersection of economics, finance and social science gives the degree a distinctive intellectual character: you will engage with theory and empirical evidence at the frontier of the field, taught by faculty who shape the discipline internationally. You will study corporate finance, asset pricing, financial markets, risk management, financial econometrics and the quantitative methods that underpin modern financial analysis.

A year abroad is available, giving you the opportunity to study at another leading institution and to broaden your international perspective on finance, which is itself a global discipline.

You will develop exceptionally strong quantitative, analytical and communication skills, and you will be prepared for roles at the most demanding level of the financial industry. LSE's reputation and its location in the centre of one of the world's major financial centres are significant assets.

Graduates from LSE's finance programme move into investment banking, asset management, private equity, hedge funds, financial analysis, financial regulation, central banking, consultancy, academia, and a wide range of roles in the global financial industry. Many pursue further postgraduate study, and the degree is a strong foundation for professional qualifications in finance.