Finance with Banking

Finance with banking is a degree that develops the theoretical and applied foundations of financial study, with particular attention to the banking sector that remains central to how economies allocate capital, manage risk, and facilitate transactions. Finance examines how money is raised, invested, and managed across markets and organisations, drawing on economic theory, quantitative methods, and an understanding of financial institutions and their regulation. Banking adds a focused study of how commercial and investment banks operate, how they are structured and supervised, and how they create and respond to systemic risk.

At the University of Chester, this three-year, full-time programme includes a sandwich year, a year abroad, and a work placement, giving you the professional and international experience that makes the degree particularly valuable to prospective employers in financial services. The placement gives you direct experience of working in a financial or banking environment before your final year, while the year abroad provides exposure to financial systems and banking practices in a different national and regulatory context. You will study corporate finance, investment theory, financial markets and instruments, risk management, banking regulation and supervision, financial analysis, and the international dimensions of banking and capital markets.

A typical entry tariff of 88 UCAS points indicates the accessible entry route the programme provides.

Finance with banking develops strong quantitative skills, financial literacy, and professional awareness of how the banking sector operates under regulatory and commercial pressures.

Graduates enter careers in retail and commercial banking, investment banking, treasury, financial analysis, risk management, and financial regulation. The combination of finance knowledge and banking specialism is valued by employers in financial services across both UK and international contexts. Professional qualifications in finance and banking are a common next step, as is postgraduate study in finance or financial economics.