BSc Finance (study locally)

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BSc Finance (study locally)

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Intakes: November 2025
Programme Duration: 2-6 years (Graduate Entry) | 3-6 years (Standard Entry)
Academic Direction: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Modes of Study: Local teaching centre

This degree, developed by LSE academics, will help you learn how to perform financial analyses and projections, and gain an understanding of how to manipulate financial and other numerical data.

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Key features

World-class academic direction

The degree is developed, examined and assessed by academics at LSE, a federation member of the 91app and one of the world’s leading social science universities.
Study from your home country

Study at a teaching centre near you or independently from home and gain a prestigious 91app qualification with no international travel, relocation or accommodation costs. If you study at a teaching centre then you'll benefit from in-person academic support and all the facilities of a campus environment.
Employability

Graduates of this degree pursue careers in the financial sector, become economic or management consultants, join central banks, their home country’s government economic service or international organisations.
A trusted name in global education

Earn a bachelor of science degree from the 91app, one of UK's oldest universities and distance learning pioneer.
Global alumni network

Be part of our global alumni community, joining a distinguished list of 91app alumni from Nobel prize-winners to leaders in law, finance, humanities and other fields in more than 190 countries. Enjoy wide-ranging benefits including events, free online courses and more.
Enhance your employability skills

Throughout the course you will be developing and strengthening the Global Employability Skills, highlighted by the 91app Careers Service that will help you progress your career. Your programme has been mapped against these key skills which you can showcase to employers.

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Teaching Centre Support

If you prefer in-person learning, our recognised teaching centres offer a supportive and engaging learning environment.

Find your nearest centre on the map and contact them to check availability.

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General entry requirements

Course overview

Key dates

Applications open	20 February 2025
Applications close	1 October 2025
Registration deadline	1 November 2025
Programme starts	November 2025

Admissions

If you have studied material as part of a previous qualification that is comparable in content, level and standard to our EMFSS degree modules, you may be exempted from the equivalent course of our degree. This is known as Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or Exemption. You will not need to study or be assessed in the module(s) to complete your award.

Standard entry route: You may apply for RPL mapped against for up to a total of 120 UK credits (four 100/ first-year level courses or equivalent).

Graduate entry route: You may apply for RPL mapped against for up to a total of 30 UK credits (one 100 course or equivalent).

You are not permitted to apply for RPL via the Independent Learner Route.

You cannot apply for RPL for 200 or 300 courses of a BSc.

To be considered for RPL you should make a formal request within your application when applying for the programme. Or, you can submit an , if you have already applied.

You will need to have met the entrance requirements for the programme to be considered for RPL.

You must have completed the qualification/ examination(s), on which the application for RPL is based on, within the five years preceding the application.

We will not consider RPL if you have already entered for the assessment in the module concerned.

Automatic

Some qualifications are automatically recognised as meeting the learning outcomes of our courses. If you satisfy the conditions, we will accredit your prior learning as detailed within the Qualifications for Automatic RPL table: Recognition of Prior Learning degrees In EMFSS. No fees are charged for this service.

With the exception of the qualifications noted in the automatic RPL section on our website, applications for RPL based on examinations from professional institutions or professional certificates will not normally be considered.

Discretionary RPL

Other qualifications will need to be assessed by specialist academics on a case by case basis, before we can approve RPL. A formal application is required and an RPL application fee is payable. The RPL application fee is non-refundable, even if your prior learning is not recognised.

Your qualification must be at the appropriate level (equivalent to a UK Level 4 qualification or above) to be considered.

For your discretionary RPL request to be processed, you will need to provide: a completed RPL request form, the supporting documentary evidence (normally a scanned copy of an official transcript and syllabus of your previous studies) and the discretionary RPL fee.

You should apply as early as possible to ensure we have sufficient time to review your qualifications and so you can register by the registration deadline.

Note: All discretionary RPL requests must be submitted by the dates specified in the year that you apply. We must receive all required supporting evidence by the deadline stated.

November 2025 intake
Submit RPL request by	01 October 2025
Submit supporting evidence by	15 October 2025

If you submit your discretionary RPL application but are too late to be considered for RPL in the current session, we will still process your application to study the programme. If you receive an offer, you can still register. If you wish to be considered for RPL in a subsequent session, then you shouldn’t register on the modules you want to apply for RPL.

How to request RPL:

Additional information about the process of applying for RPL.

Further information regarding RPL is covered in the Recognition of Prior Learning section of the appropriate Programme Regulations and Section 3 of the General Regulations

Fees, funding and payment

The fees below relate to new students registering for the 2025-2026 session. On average, fees are subject to a five per cent year-on-year increase.

Students who registered earlier can view their fees on the Course Fees page.

Academic year	2025-2026
Application fee (non-refundable)	£65
Assessment re-entry fee per course	£434
Assessment re-entry fee per half course	£217
Fee per course (inclusive of first assessment entry)	£660
Fee per half course (inclusive of first assessment entry)	£330
EM3000 Dissertation fee (inclusive of first assessment entry)	£760
Other fees (as applicable)	2025-2026
Application fee for accreditation of prior learning (per full course)	£136
Application fee for accreditation of prior learning (per half course)	£68
Indicative total: standard BSc	£8389
Indicative total: graduate BSc	£6170

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The indicative totals reflect average annual fee increases and assume that you complete the qualification within the minimum time – without resits, and with no law courses (which require additional fees) or the Dissertation course EM3000 which is optional and subject to eligibility requirements, and also requires an additional fee.

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Additional Costs

You may also need to budget for:

Textbooks (could extend to around £300 per year)
Teaching centre tuition costs
Exam centre fees, which are paid directly to the venues where you sit your exams.

We accept most traditional payment methods, including debit/credit card, international money order, and Western Union.

Sales Tax

Please note: all student fees shown are net of any local VAT, Goods and Services Tax (GST) or any other sales tax payable by the student in their country of residence. Where the University is required to add VAT, GST or any other sales tax at the local statutory rate, this will be added to the fees shown during the payment process. For students resident in the UK, our fees are exempt from VAT.

Further information on Sales Tax

Your payment provider may apply additional transaction fees (if in doubt, please check with them before making a payment).

Career opportunities

What our students say

“I would summarise the LSE distance degree experience in three words: challenging, creative and open-minded.”

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Start dates

November 2025 - application deadline closes 1 October 2025

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