How long is the BSc in Money and Banking at LSLPE?

The BSc in Money and Banking at LSLPE runs three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available. The three-year plan includes a year-two placement at a City bank or regulator.

How is the BSc in Money and Banking delivered?

The BSc in Money and Banking is delivered on-campus in central London, live online and by structured distance learning. All three modes share the same case-room seminar structure.

Is the BSc in Money and Banking recognised in the UK?

The BSc in Money and Banking is a UK Level 6 honours degree benchmarked against Royal Economic Society, CFA UK and CISI themes and articulates into UK Master's programmes at LSLPE and partners.

What are the entry requirements for the BSc in Money and Banking?

BBB at A-level or equivalent, GCSE English and Maths at 4/C, IELTS 6.5 for non-native English speakers, and a personal statement. International applicants for the BSc in Money and Banking receive dedicated visa and accommodation support.

What does the BSc in Money and Banking cost and is funding available?

Fees for the BSc in Money and Banking are published on the LSLPE fees page. Staged payment plans and international-scholarship windows are available. Contact admissions for a costed offer including placement year.

BSc in Money and Banking | LSLPE | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The BSc in Money and Banking at LSLPE is a UK Level 6 honours degree running three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available. The programme reads money, banking and monetary policy as a working craft, with modules on monetary theory, banking regulation, central-bank operations, financial stability, payment systems and the emerging debate around central-bank digital currencies. The syllabus draws heavily on the operational practice of the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority and the leading City banks.

By graduation you will be running applied banking-analytics case notes, producing MPC-brief-style monetary-policy notes, drafting bank stress-test analyses, and completing a final-year dissertation supervised by a tutor with Bank of England-adjacent, City banking or think-tank experience.

Key Features

Three-year Level 6 honours degree with a year-two placement at a City bank, the Bank of England-adjacent research community or a regulator.
Reading list aligned with Royal Economic Society (RES), CFA Society United Kingdom and Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) themes.
Weekly case-room seminars with tutors from banking, research and regulator backgrounds.
Applied labs in R, Stata and Excel-VBA for banking-analytics work.
Dissertation supervision available in monetary policy, banking regulation and financial stability.
Structured articulation into LSLPE MSc in Financial Economics and MSc in Economics.

What You Will Learn

Read Bank of England MPC minutes and Financial Stability Reports.
Analyse bank balance sheets and regulatory-capital positions.
Apply modern monetary theory including the corridor and floor systems.
Interpret PRA and FCA supervisory statements.
Run bank stress-test scenarios at graduate standard.
Read payment-system architecture and settlement risk.
Prepare a Bachelor-standard dissertation on a money-and-banking question.
Present findings at seminar standard.

Who This Course Is For

School leavers wanting a City-facing money-and-banking degree.
Career-changers moving from operations or middle-office roles into research or regulation.
Working banking staff wanting a Level 6 credential.
International applicants preparing for CFA UK study or a City career.
Progressors from LSLPE Higher Diploma routes.

Career Pathways

Central Bank Analyst
Investment Analyst
Financial Economist
Regulatory Economist
Research Economist
Public Finance Analyst

The LSLPE careers service runs annual employer days linking BSc in Money and Banking finalists with Bank of England-adjacent research, City buy-side and sell-side analyst tracks, PRA/FCA graduate schemes and Treasury-adjacent think tanks.

Entry Requirements

A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3 in economics, finance or a quantitative discipline.
GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
Two academic references and a personal statement explaining your interest in money and banking.
International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSLPE admissions.

Why Study at LSLPE

LSLPE reads money and banking inside a school where the legal, political and regulatory frame around banks is taught alongside the models. The BSc sits in small tutor-visible cohorts drawn from City, Bank of England-adjacent research and academic backgrounds.

Central London puts the Bank of England, the City, the PRA and the FCA within a short tube ride of every classroom. Three parallel study modes let City professionals complete the programme without leaving employment, and the careers service refreshes curriculum alignment annually against RES and CFA UK guidance.

Apply for BSc in Money and Banking

Places are offered on rolling intakes. Apply for the LSLPE Bachelor's programme, placement year in chambers, government or a think tank included, admissions responds within one working day. Enrol Now.