Undergraduate Programmes

Our programmes are directly informed by our staff’s internationally acclaimed research in financial markets and institutions, macro- and microeconomics, development, financial accounting, corporate governance and econometrics. In addition, many of our staff advise governmental and intergovernmental organisations on economic policy and bring this real world experience to their teaching.

Innovative research

We have world renowned experts who are sought-after by the media and policy makers. Find out more about their influential research in the 'Research Expertise' section (see above).

Exciting placement opportunities

We offer four-year sandwich courses (with Professional Development) as well as three year courses. Our award winning Placement and Careers Centre provides high quality placement opportunities in a wide range of organisations, which will help you to succeed in the job market. We are one of the best departments in the UK for emphasising and achieving the high employability of students through our work placement scheme and professional accreditation of some of our financial and accounting modules, for example we are accredited by ACCA.

Recent placements have included the following:

• Commercial sector placements - members of the International Stock Exchange, banks, large London-based industrial companies, oil companies, management consultancies, accounting firms and other organisations
• Public sector placements - HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, Department of Trade and Industry

Our graduates continue on to obtain some of the most prestigious employment opportunities in the world, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of England, FSA, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Deloitte and Touche, Standard and Poor's, RBS, JP Morgan, and Shell.

Flexible programme structure

We offer not only a flexible programme structure that allows students to transfer across programme at the end of the first year, but also a wide range of courses and modules for students to learn a broad range of topics within economics, finance and accounting for their future competitiveness in job markets.

A truly interdisciplinary approach

At Brunel, you can make the most of the interdisciplinary research our academics undertake and you have the opportunity to study a range of disciplines within the field of economics and finance.

Learn more about our scholarships, research expertise and activities in the above sections.

Brunel’s scholarship package

Brunel has introduced over 1,000 new scholarships for undergraduate students. This means that one in every three students who join Brunel in 2012 will receive financial support from the University.

Work Placement Scholarship

Although our work placement fees are competitive at £1,000, a fee waiver scheme is also available for eligible students.

Academic Excellence Scholarship

This scheme offer a £3,000 fee waiver each year to students who achieve three As at A-level (or equivalent in an alternative qualification).

Brunel Access Scholarships

The scholarships will support students from under-represented groups (such as disabled students, mature students, those with a low household income and those in the first generation of their family to go to university), and encourage continuous improvement as the award value rises after each successful year of study.

These scholarships are complemented by a range of further awards as well as the Government’s flagship National Scholarship Programme, jointly funded by Brunel.

For further details, see our Fees and Funding 2012 information.

Research and teaching

In the last Research Assessment Exercise run by the government’s Higher Education Funding Council, all of the Department’s research areas scored very highly and all were ranked excellent for teaching by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). You will be taught by leading experts in their field and you will benefit from the strong support we offer students.

We are one of the best departments in the UK to provide research-led teaching with great emphasis on fostering research capability of students through our dissertation programme, which is highly valued by employers.

You will also get hands-on experience of using state-of-the-art information technology both for accessing various information resources in economics and finance, including Reuters and Bloomberg, and for processing data such as Stata, Eview and other statistical software.

Experts who are highly sought-after by the media and policy makers

We have talented experts in their field who are engaged in a wide range of influential research activity which is sought-after by policy makers and is regularly covered by the media.

• Professor Guy Lui
• Professor John Bennett
• Professor Ray Barrell
• Dr Anja Shortland

Active student societies and events

You will have the opportunity to become a member of our student societies, which are run independently by students, including the Economics and Finance Society. Each society organises a range of events and activities.