Finance, Investment & Risk at Glasgow Caledonian University
Finance, Investment & Risk (BA (Hons), N390) at Glasgow Caledonian University asked for BBC in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 160–175 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on gcu.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~BBC
Selective112 points · around BBB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check gcu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 112
The middle entrant had 160–175 points. 10% had fewer than the 112 asked.
50 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 67%, other higher education 28%, an Access course 4%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- N390 · N3 finance
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
- Year
- 2027
Accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) for the purpose of some exemptions from professional examinations. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
86%
still studying
UK 85%
6%
left higher education
UK 10%
8%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
80 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course77%86%
Learning opportunities80%86%
Assessment and feedback82%82%
Academic support81%89%
Organisation and management80%86%
Learning resources85%90%
Student voice76%82%
45 final-year students · 65% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
3 years£27k5 years£31.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Glasgow, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- G4 0BA
Subjects
finance business and management
investment business and management
financial risk business and management
investment business and management
financial risk business and management
Campus
- Campus
- Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Finance at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglia Ruskin University | Banking, Finance and FinTech BSc (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | under 96 |
| Birkbeck, University of London | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| Bloomsbury Institute London | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | BBC | — |
| Bucks New University | Finance and Business BA (Hons) | 88 - 112 points | under 96 |
| Canterbury Christ Church University | Accounting & Finance BSc (Hons) | 112 points | under 96 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | Finance, Investment & Risk this course | BBC | 160–175 |
| University College Birmingham | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 112 points | — |
| University of Aberdeen | Accountancy and Finance MA (Hons) | BBC | 176–191 |
| University of Bradford | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 112 points | 96–111 |
| University of Buckingham | BSc (Hons) Accounting, Finance and AI for Sustainable Futures BSc (Hons) | 112 points | — |
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