How long is the BSc in Financial Management?

Three years full-time on-campus, or up to four years via online and distance-learning routes. Accelerated and part-time options exist for the BSc in Financial Management.

Can I study the BSc in Financial Management online?

Yes — the BSc in Financial Management is taught on-campus in London, online with live tutorials, or by distance learning. You can switch routes between years.

Does the BSc in Financial Management give ACCA exemptions?

Yes. The BSc in Financial Management is mapped to ACCA and CIMA exemption pathways, and graduates routinely claim up to nine paper exemptions on application.

What are the entry requirements for the BSc in Financial Management?

Three A-levels at BBC or equivalent, GCSE English and Maths at grade 5, plus IELTS 6.5 for international applicants to the BSc in Financial Management.

How much does the BSc in Financial Management cost and are scholarships available?

Tuition for the BSc in Financial Management varies by route and domicile. Means-tested bursaries and merit scholarships are available — contact admissions for the current fee schedule.

BSc in Financial Management (Online, London) | LSCT | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Financial Management sits within the LSCT Business & Commerce department and is built for students who want to graduate into a credible finance role rather than into vague "business" job titles. The degree runs three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes, and is taught from our central London base a short walk from the City, the Bank of England and the FCA's Stratford office. Modes include on-campus, online with live seminars, and distance learning.

You will move from the foundations of accounting and corporate finance into capital markets, financial regulation, treasury and quantitative methods, and finish with a final-year project on a live UK or international financial issue. The programme is mapped onto ACCA and CIMA exemption pathways, so motivated students leave with credit toward a chartered qualification, not only an honours degree.

The teaching cohort is deliberately small so that every tutor remembers each student's career intent by name, and the seminar calendar is timed around the UK financial year so that placement, capstone and dissertation work track the same reporting cadence that London employers actually use.

Across the three years, students take a structured progression from foundational modules into electives and a final-year capstone or dissertation, with year-two industry placement built into the calendar. The course design balances academic rigour with applied practice, and students leave with both a UK honours degree and a portfolio of working-context evidence for employer applications.

Key Features

ACCA and CIMA exemption pathways — graduates routinely claim up to nine professional paper exemptions.
FCA-focused regulation module covering MiFID II, Consumer Duty and senior managers' conduct regime.
Bloomberg-style trading lab exercises on the on-campus route with market-data terminals.
Year-two placement with a London accountancy practice, FTSE-250 finance team or fintech treasury function.
Three study modes — on-campus, fully online with weekly tutorials, or distance learning.
Final-year capstone on a live UK regulatory, valuation or sustainability-finance issue.

What You Will Learn

You will graduate able to read a set of IFRS accounts, model an LBO, explain why the Bank of England moved rates last month, and evaluate whether a UK company's ESG disclosures stack up. The BSc in Financial Management is structured around ten taught modules and an honours-level capstone.

Financial accounting and IFRS reporting with practice on FTSE-250 annual reports.
Management accounting and costing aligned with CIMA's competency framework.
Corporate finance and valuation — DCF, multiples, WACC and event studies.
Financial markets and instruments — equities, fixed income, FX and derivatives.
UK and EU financial regulation — FCA conduct rules, prudential frameworks and consumer protection.
Quantitative methods and Excel-VBA modelling for finance professionals.
Treasury, risk and capital management aligned with Bank of England prudential expectations.
Sustainable finance and TCFD disclosure with UK reporting case studies.

Each module ends in an assessed deliverable that mirrors the kind of work an early-career UK business professional will be asked to produce — a board paper, a budget submission, a competitor analysis, a marketing plan, a compliance memo or an investor update. The assessment design is explicit about UK practice, with references to FRC, FCA and CMA-context material where relevant, and faculty calibrate their feedback against the standard a Big Four firm, FTSE-250 finance team or scale-up commercial team would expect.

Who This Course Is For

A-level leavers aiming for a graduate trainee scheme at a Big Four firm, FTSE-250 finance team or City fintech.
International students seeking a UK-recognised finance degree with clear professional-body credit.
Career changers in their twenties or thirties moving into accountancy, audit or corporate finance from another field.
Junior finance staff at SMEs ready to formalise their training and progress to a qualified accountant route.

Career Pathways

The Financial Management degree leads into the credentialed end of UK finance — the roles that begin with a graduate scheme and end with a professional qualification. Typical first destinations after the BSc in Financial Management include:

Graduate Trainee Accountant on an ACCA, ACA or CIMA training contract
Financial Analyst within a FTSE-250 group treasury or corporate finance team
Audit Associate at a Top-10 UK accountancy practice
Management Consultant (junior) at a boutique advisory firm in the City
Compliance Analyst inside a FCA-regulated asset manager or insurer
Operations Coordinator within a London-based fintech or challenger bank

Many graduates progress straight to ACCA, ACA or CIMA training contracts, or onto an MSc in Finance.

Graduates report back from interview panels that the credentialed grounding makes the difference at second-stage assessment, where the rest of the candidate pool has the right degree title but not the working evidence to back it up. The LSCT alumni network across the City and the West End provides informal mentoring across the first two years of practice, and the school's partnership with UK professional bodies supports continued CPD.

Entry Requirements

Three A-levels at grades BBC or above, or an equivalent UK / international qualification (IB 28+, BTEC DMM, Foundation Year pass), with strong numeracy evidence.
GCSE English Language at grade 5/C and Mathematics at grade 5/C or above for the BSc in Financial Management.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
A personal statement; mature applicants (21+) may apply with finance work experience and a short interview.

Why Study at LSCT

The London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a specialist higher-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. We teach in small cohorts so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule that students can rely on, and partner with UK professional bodies so qualifications carry weight with employers. London puts Whitehall, the City, Silicon Roundabout, the Royal Courts of Justice, the West End and the NHS estate within a short tube ride of every classroom — and our students use that proximity in their projects, placements and graduate job hunts. For finance students, the proximity to the City and FCA events is more than scenic — it is where placement interviews actually happen.

The Business & Commerce department also runs a structured industry-talk programme each term, with working UK leaders from accountancy, marketing, HR, supply chain and management consultancy. These sessions are filmed and made available to online and distance students, so cohorts across all three study modes share the same body of guest content.

Apply for BSc in Financial Management

The BSc in Financial Management is built to launch your career in the Business & Commerce sector. Click Enrol Now to submit your application; admissions reply within one working day. Indicate in your statement whether you intend to pursue ACCA or CIMA exemptions, and we will route you to the matching tutorial track.

If you are unsure which strand of UK business is the right fit, the LSCT admissions team can arrange an informal pre-application conversation with a current tutor — we would rather match you to the right course than fill an inappropriate cohort, and several students join after a fifteen-minute call clarifies their direction.