Finance (Including Placement Year) at University of Essex
Finance (Including Placement Year) (BSc (Hons), N304) at University of Essex: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on essex.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check essex.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
95 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with no formal qualifications 55%, A-levels or Highers 40%, other qualifications 4%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Science (with Honours)
- Code
- N304 · N3 finance
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- October 2027
- Entry
- Year 1, Year 2
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
Accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations. More ↗
Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations through the Accredited degree accelerated route. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearSubject at this uni
60%
still studying
UK 85%
15%
left higher education
UK 10%
2%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
155 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course81%87%
Learning opportunities83%86%
Assessment and feedback80%84%
Academic support80%91%
Organisation and management87%89%
Learning resources89%91%
Student voice73%81%
150 final-year students · 63% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£28k3 years£26k5 years£34k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
60% working15% working and studying10% unemployed15% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
50%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 60%
60%
say their work is meaningful
UK 80%
40%
use what they learned
UK 65%
- Finance Professionals20%
- Administrative occupations20%
- Business and public service associate professionals15%
- Elementary occupations15%
- Sales occupations10%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 45 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Colchester, East of England, England
- Postcode
- CO4 3SQ
Subjects
finance business and management
Campus
- Campus
- Colchester Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Finance at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bath | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | AAA - A*AB | 144–159 |
| Bangor University | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 112 - 136 points | 112–127 |
| Aberystwyth University | Accounting and Finance BSc (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | under 96 |
| 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 |
| University of Aberdeen | Accountancy and Finance MA (Hons) | BBC | 176–191 |
| Amity University [IN] London | Business Management (Finance) BA (Hons) | 104 points | — |
| ARU London | Business and Financial Management BSc | 96 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Economics and Finance BSc (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Law with Financial Management LLB (Hons) | — | under 96 |
| University of Essex | Finance (Including Placement Year) this course | — | under 96 |
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