Swansea University

International Business Finance (Top Up), BSc (Hons)

Swansea UniversityBay Campus, United Kingdom

Course overview

Please note: This course is for international students only. For UK students, see our other business and finance degrees. Our International Business Finance (Top Up), designed for international students, enables you to build on your previous academic learning and transition directly into the final year of a UK honours degree, earning a prestigious bacherlor’s degree from a UK university with international academic recognition.

Throughout this one-year programme, you will strengthen your expertise in financial innovation and enhance the leadership and decision-making skills required to thrive in today’s fast-paced global business environment. You will experience a dynamic mix of finance and business modules that bring global financial realities to life, deepening your understanding of how companies raise capital, make strategic investments, and create long-term value, while exploring financial markets, innovation, and risk management across borders. Alongside this, you’ll build leadership and enterprise skills that empower you to think strategically and excel in international roles across banking, investment, and corporate sectors.

With a strong focus on both academic rigour and real-world application, our degree equips you with the analytical, technical, and professional skills needed to thrive in global financial institutions, multinational corporations, or further academic study. Building on this foundation, graduates of our BSc International Business Finance (Top Up) programme will leave with a robust skillset in financial analysis, strategic thinking, and ethical decision-making, and are well-prepared for a wide range of postgraduate degrees, including MSc Finance and MSc International Accounting and Finance.

Key highlights

  • Enter directly into the final year of a UK honours degree
  • Modules on capital raising, strategic investment and long-term value creation
  • Explores financial markets, innovation and risk management across borders
  • Builds leadership and enterprise skills for international finance roles
  • Develops financial analysis, strategic thinking and ethical decision-making
  • Prepares graduates for postgraduate study such as MSc Finance

Entry requirements

  • IELTS: 5.5 — 5.5 English Language Non-native English speakers must achieve 6.0 overall with no component less than 5.5 in IELTS or equivalent tests.

Scholarships

  • International Excellence Scholarships

    Scholarships are awarded as a discount on tuition fees worth up to £5,000 in the first year of study, with a further £2,000 awarded in Year 2 (for £5,000 awardees only, subject to achieving a 70% average).

  • Swansea University Sport Scholarship

    Financial support (of up to £2000).

  • Thrive Bursary

    The Thrive bursary is a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees for the first year of study, with a progression bursary of £2,000 in subsequent years (applied as a discount off tuition fees).

    Up to £4,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Financial Analyst
  • Investment Analyst
  • Banking Associate
  • Corporate Finance Analyst
  • Risk Analyst

Cost of study

UK/Home: £20,600 per year | International: £19,600 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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