Financial engineering/financial mathematics
In the curriculum of financial mathematics and financial engineering, there will be more courses related to mathematics and statistics, and some schools also have this major under the School of Mathematics, so the requirements for students' mathematical background are higher, and they hope that there will be more courses related to mathematics or computers in undergraduate courses. Financial Mathematics and Financial Engineering are the most difficult courses for all financial majors, and the application is relatively difficult. Therefore, it is not recommended for students who apply for cross-majors, nor for students with a low proportion of undergraduate mathematics or financial majors.
Accounting finance
Accounting and finance majors will mainly study accounting and finance related courses, involving accounting and international economy, corporate finance, financial risk analysis, derivatives market and other courses. This major recommends students majoring in accounting who want to transfer to finance or who are also interested in accounting.
Financial bank
The curriculum of banking finance major is mainly to let students know the role of banks in international and national economy, and make empirical research on banking and financial industry by econometrics. The course will involve banking supervision, futures market, risk management and other related knowledge of banking financial market.
Financial investment/risk management
The course of financial investment major is mainly to expose students to the concepts of finance and investment and master the ability to solve financial market problems. The courses involved include investment mathematics, foreign exchange money market, risk financing, international financial management, etc. Some of the courses studied in this major are related to mathematics, so this major also has certain mathematical background requirements for applicants.
Financial economics
The major of financial economics is to improve students' understanding of economic theory and econometrics. On the other hand, learn how to apply financial theory to financial markets and companies. The courses involved include econometrics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial markets, risk management and other courses. This major also has a high professional background for students, who tend to study economics or have most economics or mathematics courses at undergraduate level. Most of the courses in this major are related to economics, and the exams are mainly exams, and there are also papers.
finance
Finance, also known as pure finance, mainly includes financial theory, econometrics, financial market, enterprise financing, financial engineering, risk management and so on. This major is recommended for students majoring in finance. This major is one of the hottest majors in finance, with fierce competition and great difficulty in applying.
Financial management/corporate finance
This major will study the related courses of finance and management, focusing on how to successfully manage commercial enterprises, so that students can understand and explain the financial behavior of organizations on the basis of financial management practice. Courses cover corporate finance, financial derivatives, investment, international financial markets, organization and management, stocks and bonds, etc. This major involves less mathematics, the course is theoretical and the application is less difficult.
The above are the study directions that British finance majors can choose, and they can choose according to their own preferences.