Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics with Placement Year

at City, University of London United Kingdom

This course prepares you for a career in the global aerospace industry. You’ll develop in-depth engineering knowledge each year, putting it into practice through cross-disciplinary design projects at every stage of your studies.

• Learn about the design, analysis and testing of aeronautical and aerospace vehicles and associated technology
• Study in industry-standard specialist facilities including our flight deck, motion simulators, wind tunnels, fuel injection systems, formula car simulator and flight test course
• Prepare for professional practice in your final year, with an in-depth individual design project based on industrial needs
• Boost your employability with an optional 12-month professional placement - past hosts include Airbus, DHL, British Airways, EDF Energy
• Future-proof your skills with our focus on design innovation and sustainability
• Progress to a high-tech career in the airline and aircraft industries
• Shine at interview with practical examples to showcase your expertise, thanks to real-world projects throughout your studies
• Benefit from our industry connections and outstanding reputation as the first UK university offering aeronautic engineering.

The benefits of this course are many and will prepare you for a successful career in a wide range of engineering enterprises.

The programme has been developed from our research strength in fluid dynamics, structural mechanics, renewable and sustainable energy, gas turbine engineering, engines and powertrain, manufacturing and robotics.

The course also features industry-based projects that can provide you with employment opportunities.

Who is this course for?

This course is for you if you want to gain advanced knowledge of the latest technological developments in mechanical engineering.

This MSc is designed for new graduates and engineering professionals. You’ll learn and develop advanced skills in thermofluids, structural analysis, heat conversion and recovery, modern manufacturing technologies and robotics.

The course will also help you acquire an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals, practical skills and an appreciation of the latest developments in engineering solutions in the energy, transport and manufacturing sectors.

The MSc in Actuarial Science will prepare you for a high-flying career as an actuary in traditional and non-traditional actuarial fields. You also have the option to choose the Business Analytics pathway which will provide you with the much sought after skills in this area.

If you have strong technical ability and an interest in solving business problems, becoming an actuary is one of the most rewarding career choices you can make. Changes in the world bring new risks, which mean new challenges for actuaries.

It will offer you a firm grounding in the fundamentals of actuarial science in insurance, finance and investment, business analytical methods, machine learning, data management systems and natural language processing. You will undertake a detailed study of the mathematical and statistical techniques for measuring the probability and risk of future events and their financial impact on a business and/or their clients.

Studying alongside our research-active academics, you’ll learn about crime, policing, victims, media representations of crime, youth crime and more. You’ll also understand how criminality, victimisation and crime control relate to social issues such as class, gender, ethnicity, politics and the economy.

Our London location puts you at the heart of UK justice, with access to key criminal justice institutions such as the Central Criminal Court (the ‘old Bailey’), three police forces and numerous prisons.

• Develop methodological expertise to analyse crime and justice data, and engage with key criminal justice policy debates
• Build your studies around your interests, with our wide choice of elective modules
• Learn from academics who are internationally acknowledged as leading researchers in their field
• Boost your employability with an optional work placement year
• Develop highly sought-after data literacy and quantitative skills, thanks to our strong links with City’s Q-Step Centre
• Opt onto a Q-Step quantitative methods pathway: benefit from a heightened focus on data skills, a workplace Data Placement in Year 2, and an optional international work placement.

Discover how human rights can be protected by international law and accelerate your career in a related field with this unique LLM degree. You will examine profound issues concerning human rights from angles including minority protection, war and international crime.

You will develop an appreciation of how international law intervenes to protect human rights and where gaps exist in international law.

We enable you intellectually to examine international human rights from various perspectives including the prosecution of international criminals, war and minority protection.

Our programme also covers how the law of war protects the civilian and how far the rights of indigenous peoples are safeguarded by international law.

Your learning will be enhanced by our expert academics and your own independent studies.

This degree will help you explore and understand modern mathematics, economic theory and financial structures.

Our Mathematics with Finance and Economics graduates are in high demand, especially in the financial sector.

To help you prepare for your future career ambitions, this course places an emphasis on applied mathematics and real-world problem solving.

• Become a graduate in demand – our students are highly sought after in financial sector
• Learn to solve real-world problems and develop the highly valued problem-solving and communication skills
• Master a wide range of mathematical topics and techniques, including computing and computational mathematics, statistics and probability – and how to apply them to real-world problems
• Develop in-demand expertise in financial and economic theory, such as financial markets, corporate finance, and micro- and macroeconomics
• Boost your employability with an optional paid one-year work placement – past students have secured placements at organisations such as Axa, Barclays, Bloomberg, Disney, GE Capital, IBM, J.P. Morgan, Microsoft and Toyota.

Learn from a multidisciplinary team combining expertise from our Department of Mathematics, the Department of Economics and our Business School.

Realise your passion for words and self-expression through a flexible creative writing programme that will develop your skills in your chosen form: fiction, genre fiction or non-fiction. This degree combines a passion for the power of the imagination with intensive study of craft and critical approaches to writing.

You will learn how to read and think as a writer and explore the choices faced and decisions taken by writers. This serves to inform and enrich your own work.

We aim to give you an understanding of the business of writing in all its forms, from print and electronic publication to public performance and the use of social media, as well as the role of editors, agents and publishers.

While you will choose a form of creative writing as your focus (fiction, genre fiction or non-fiction) you will develop technical awareness across a range of genres, and acquire transferable skills

Who is this course for?

If you are seeking a way of developing creative writing skills in your preferred genre, this programme is ideal.

Whether your interests lie in fiction, non-fiction or particular genre fiction, we can empower your creative journey.

Our programme is underpinned by the conviction that imagination is a vital mode of perception and enquiry, and language and literature can transform individual lives and cultures. We hope you share that same conviction.

Under the guidance of world-class professors and expert practitioners, you’ll learn how to identify, create and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities on our Entrepreneurship master’s course.

You are a curious, persistent, problem-solving, team-oriented and ambitious graduate interested in launching your own business, leading initiatives within large corporations or taking your family business to the next level.

You relish the challenge of learning in a fast-paced, hands-on programme, created and taught by leading academics and entrepreneurs.

You’re looking for an academically rigorous and professionally relevant qualification that will serve your ultimate needs as an entrepreneur or business owner.

You begin your MSc in Entrepreneurship by plunging straight into the world of entrepreneurship as we kick off with New Venture Creation. During this four-day module, you and your fellow students come together to share ideas, form teams and build prototypes.

You’ll quickly realise that your studies put strong emphasis on balancing research-led teaching with experiential learning such as consulting for small-business owners, preparation for joining an accelerator and field trips.

It’s your fast-track guide through the intricate process of starting your own venture/initiative.

The overarching aim is to help nurture innovative and prosperous new ventures with responsible leaders who appreciate the demands of multiple stakeholders.

Mathematics is the universal language of today’s global economy.

Whether you are managing an investment portfolio, encrypting financial transactions, building the next smart-phone or predicting the path of a hurricane, you will be doing it with Mathematics.

Mathematics opens doors to the widest range of careers, because virtually all industries need graduates with mathematical skills. The confidence and knowledge you gain at City will open doors to a rewarding and satisfying career.

• Understand the universal nature of mathematics as a discipline that knows no borders or language barriers
• Master a wide range of mathematical topics and techniques, such as calculus, probability, linear algebra and mathematical physics
• Learn to apply abstract and logical mathematical methods to real-world problems
• Boost your employability with an optional paid one-year work placement – past students have secured placements at organisations such as Axa, Barclays, Bloomberg, Disney, Microsoft, Toyota and Warner Music
• Take special career development modules to understand mathematics’ essential role across all industries and the opportunities available to you.

Explore your interests through a research project chosen from a wide variety of mathematical topics – past projects have included everything from life-saving mathematics in medical imaging, to wallpaper patterns.

The MSc in Corporate Finance programme is your chance to specialise in one of the biggest, most popular and prestigious areas of finance. Start your stellar career today.

The MSc degree in Corporate Finance is designed for ambitious students with interest in the area of corporate finance. Your background is not necessarily in finance or accounting, but you have a keen interest to study corporate finance and aim for a professional career in this or a related field.

You aim to work as a finance professional for an investment bank, a consulting firm, or a global corporation as a finance manager. You are interested in questions such as:

• How do investors decide which stocks (e.g. Tesla vs. Ford) and which markets (e.g. the UK vs. Italy) to invest in?
• The benefits of international compared to domestic mergers?
• How do hedge funds and investment banks compete in the market?
• What skills and knowledge you need to work for a hedge fund, a private equity firm, an investment bank or one of top accounting firms, an M&A boutique or a finance department at a global corporation.
• How to value a company for a private equity buyout, an acquisition or an IPO?
• How to analyse financial statements to understand firm’s profitability and future prospects

The degree attracts top students from around the world and is among the most popular degrees students apply to. During the studies, you will have the opportunity to meet and network with alumni working in the finance profession and learn their inside tips on getting a finance job. The programme is widely recognised by top recruiters in the City of London and internationally.

The Corporate Finance master’s is designed to satisfy your drive to understand how companies manage their investment and financing decisions.

In your studies, you will examine questions such as: how financial markets work and how companies access them to finance their operations, what IPOs and mergers and acquisitions are and how they help increase firm value, how to value financial products, such as stocks and derivatives.

Your studies will encompass practical and up-to-date teaching on how the modern corporate finance world works from top academics and practitioners from the City of London.

You will graduate fully equipped for a successful career within financial management and corporate finance departments of leading global and international corporations, top investment and commercial banks, and family firms.

Unique features of this degree are:

• Core modules in Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity and Risk Management
• Tuition from 'practitioner' professors who discuss how theory applies to the real world
• Hands-on courses on the use of Excel, VBA and opportunity to learn other programming languages such as Python
• A choice from over twelve finance related electives including international electives in New York, Madrid, Portugal and Milan
• Opportunities to meet and interact with top finance and business leaders during guest lectures and seminars
• Support from one of London’s best Careers’ Office to help you secure future employment (including one-to-one sessions to prepare you for interviews, networking sessions, work on your CV, advice on application and a Career’s Fair where you can meet potential employers)
• Networking events with alumni and finance professionals
• The opportunity to apply for an additional year's study at LUISS or Bocconi business schools in Italy to quality with two MSc degrees (one from the Bayes Business School and the other from LUISS or Bocconi)