Finance & Business Analysis & Technology

Business analysis applies advanced analytical methods to business problems to help managers make better decisions while technology is at the heart of all modern business. organisations need business graduates with expertise in business technology. business analysts have an excellent general awareness of how a business works. they’re also able to apply advanced analytical methods to deal with specific management issues. our finance degree is unique in scotland in terms of the range and depth of issues covered. employers tell us that they particularly value the range of subject combinations available at strathclyde, ensuring that our students have in-depth understanding of a second subject to complement their finance studies. a degree in finance will give you the skills for a career in financial services such as banking, investment management, pension fund management and insurance.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

Business analysis & technology the best-performing companies look for very high levels of problem-solving ability, numeracy, technology, business awareness and teamwork in their new employees. business analysis & technology delivers this to a much greater extent than many other courses in business and management. a significant number of well-known companies specifically target graduates from strathclyde business school, and from the area of management science in particular. companies employing our graduates include: consultancy companies such as accenture consulting, pa consulting and capgemini financial services providers such as the royal bank of scotland, standard life and goldman sachs consumer goods companies such as procter & gamble and unilever supermarkets such as tesco and morrisons other companies including british airways, scottish power, bt, bae systems and public sector organisations such as the nhs job titles vary and may include business consultant, business analyst, operations manager and risk manager. finance our finance graduates go on to be financial analysts or investment managers with a range of financial institutions like merchant banks, pension funds, insurance companies and stockbrokers. well known organisations who look for our finance graduates include blackrock, bank of america merrill lynch and pricewaterhousecoopers, the national australia group and morgan stanley. the course is also useful if you're considering a more general business career, while a number of our graduates also pursue careers with accountancy firms and further study for professional accounting qualifications.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Scotland have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Strathclyde has partnerships with the following companies: