Most undergraduate degree programmes require IELTS 6.0 or equivalent with no subtest score below 5.5.
Students may apply to the 4-year programme during Level 5. Admission to the International Year is subject to successful application, interview and references from appropriate staff.
The criteria to be applied are:
Academic Performance (an average of 60% across all modules in Semester 1 at Level 5 is normally required. Places on the International Yearare then conditional on achieving an average mark of 54% across all Level 5 modules with no module fails. Where no Semester 1 marks have been awarded performance in 1st year marks and ongoing 2nd yearassessments are taken into account)
General Aptitude (to be demonstrated by application for study abroad, interview during the 2nd semester of year 2 (Level 5), and by recommendation of the student's personal tutor, 1st and 2nd year tutors and programme director)
Students may not register for both an International Yearand a Placement Year.
Economics and Finance students graduate with both subject specific technical skills as well as numerical, analytical and problem solving transferable skills, making them highly attractive to employers.
Course content
This course will provide you with the opportunity to become experienced in using professional software tools, such as Bloomber and Stata. These tools will enable you to analyse and interpret real economic and financial data.
This programme will enable you to develop and demonstrate practical skills, which are highly attractive to employers. You will also have the option to take a placement year between years two and three of your studies to enhance your experience and knowledge.
You will explore the economic behaviour of households, businesses and governments, the functioning of markets and the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. You will examine the behaviour of financial institutions, such as banks, hedge funds and portfolio managers, their instruments and how they interact in markets. Wider contemporary issues such as the ethics of banking and lending markets will also be analysed.
The course will equip you with a range of skills and capabilities, both subject-related and more general lifelong skills, such as analytical ability, critical thinking and advanced numeracy. Every year, at least one statistical module is compulsory, to prepare you to take advantage of the professional opportunities made possible by the Big Data revolution. All these skills will help you prepare for a graduate career and/or for further study.
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YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4)
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Introductory Microeconomics
Semester two
Economics of Financial Markets
Optional modules
Semester one
Choose a min of one of the following:
The British and Global Economy
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
Semester two
Financial Accounting
Multinational Enterprise Business Perspectives
YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5)
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Asset Pricing
Statistics with Bloomberg
Semester two
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Portfolio Choice
Contemporary Issues in Economics
Optional modules
Semester one
Banking
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
Academic English for Business Students (Part 2)
Professional Development
Semester two
Introduction to Econometrics
Social Enterprise and Alternative Organising
YEAR 3 (LEVEL 6)
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Corporate Finance
Semester two
International Finance
Optional modules
Semester one
Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
Dynamic Macroeconomics
SME Live Project
Applied Econometrics
Academic English for Business Students (Part 2)
Advanced Business English Communication
Semester two
Choose a min of one of the following:
Data Analysis ISP
Analysing Company Performance ISP
Choose a min of one of the following:
Industrial Organisation
Labour Economics
Enterprise Business Plan
96% of Keele graduates were in a job or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE, 2017)
The British Pharmaceutical Industry is at the forefront of global pharmaceutical development and is the UK’s largest manufacturing exporter. Our Medicinal Chemistry graduates have excellent employment prospects, whether at the cutting edge of drug discovery or in a wide range of related fields. For example you might go to work for a pharmaceutical company, either as a research scientist or in a more business related role. Alternatively, you might work as a development chemist taking lead drug compounds through to a manufacturing scale or an analytical chemist profiling the metabolites of a potential drug.
Vision Express
Pharmaron UK Ltd
Macdermid Performance Solutions
Johnson Matthey
GSQ
Endeavour Speciality Chemicals Ltd
Dartex Coatings Ltd
Ashfiel Healthcare Communications
NHS
Education First
Halifax
IBM
United Utilities
Jobs that a graduate of this course could go on to do:
Research Scientist
Clinical Biochemist
Forensic Scientist
Toxicologist
Clinical Research Associate
Analytical Chemist
HE Lecturer
Operational Researcher
Chemical Engineer
Pharmacologist
Regardless of which career you pursue after Keele, employers will want evidence of the range of skills and personal qualities you possess and which are required for the job. Your degree is clearly important in this respect but don’t forget the extra-curricular activities, positions of responsibility, jobs and voluntary work you may have been engaged in while studying at Keele. These activities allow you to demonstrate the skills and personal qualities required by employers and will be vital in your attempts to secure graduate employment.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
