Finance (with placement year) at Loughborough University
Finance (with placement year) (BSc (Hons), N300) at Loughborough University asked for AAB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 128–143 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on lboro.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~AAB
Competitive136 points · around ABB
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 lboro.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 136
The middle entrant had 128–143 points. At least 37% had fewer than the 136 asked.
70 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 94%, a baccalaureate 4%, other qualifications 3%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- N300 · N3 finance
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
- Year abroad
- optional
Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). More ↗
Accredited by the EFMD Quality Improvement System. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
93%
still studying
UK 85%
5%
left higher education
UK 11%
1%
moved to a lower award
UK 1%
75 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course73%88%
Learning opportunities71%88%
Assessment and feedback60%83%
Academic support81%91%
Organisation and management88%91%
Learning resources89%91%
Student voice73%84%
40 final-year students · 66% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£32.5k3 years£43k5 years£64.5k
£20k£30k£40k£50k£60k£70k£80k£90k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
70% working20% working and studying5% studying5% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
75%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 75%
55%
use what they learned
UK 63%
- Finance Professionals40%
- Administrative occupations15%
- Business and public service associate professionals15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials10%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Loughborough, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE11 3TU
Subjects
financial management business and management
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 112 - 136 points | 112–127 |
| Brunel University of London | Banking and Finance BSc (Hons) | AAB - BBB | 96–111 |
| Cardiff University | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | AAB - BBB | 144–159 |
| City St George's, University of London | Mathematics and Finance BSc (Hons) | 136 points | 96–111 |
| Durham University | Finance BSc (Hons) | AAB | 144–159 |
| Lancaster University | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 134 - 136 points | 112–127 |
| Loughborough University | Finance (with placement year) this course | AAB | 128–143 |
| University of Exeter | Accounting and Finance with Year Abroad BSc (Hons) | AAB | 144–159 |
| University of Glasgow | Finance and Mathematics BSc (Hons) | 120 - 136 points | 224–239 |
| University of Kent | Actuarial Science BSc (Hons) | 120 - 136 points | 112–127 |
| University of Liverpool | Finance and Data Analytics BSc (Hons) | AAB | 112–127 |
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