Business with Financial Services (Top-up) BA(Hons)
University of HuddersfieldUniversity of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH
Course overview
Are you looking for a career in business or the financial services sector? Alternatively, are you already familiar with the business and finance basics but want to build on your understanding and develop your skills and knowledge to degree level? This one-year top-up course is your opportunity to gain specialised theoretical knowledge and practical skills in business, management and financial services.
This top-up degree course is designed to help you build a greater understanding of central banking, financial markets and regulatory practice. You will explore the theory and policy in the financial services sector. Management studies was ranked in the top quart in England in 2025 for organisation and management.
(National Student Survey 2025).* You will learn through practical application and delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions. You’ll have the opportunity to gain hand-on practical experience of business and finance activities. For example, you will explore the stock exchange and try your hand at investing through our simulation trading tool ‘The Portfolio Game.’
Key highlights
- Specialised knowledge in business, management and financial services
- Covers central banking, financial markets and regulatory practice
- Explores theory and policy in the financial services sector
- Simulated stock market investing through The Portfolio Game trading tool
- Taught through lectures, workshops, seminars and group work
- Management studies ranked top quarter in England for organisation (NSS 2025)
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5
Scholarships
Merit-based Scholarships
At the University of Huddersfield, we recognise academic excellence by offering a merit-based scholarship of up to £4,000 to international students for a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Careers this course leads to
- Financial services adviser
- Bank relationship manager
- Investment analyst
- Compliance officer
- Business analyst
- Management trainee
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,535 | International: £17,600
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 University of Huddersfield, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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