The interdisciplinary BA English and Finance programme offers academic subjects related to English and language studies and courses on finance, mathematics and economics. The aim is to produce graduates who not only understand how finance works but also have an excellent command of languages and a critical awareness of the use of languages in financial and professional contexts.
The English side offers three pathways (you will choose one to pursue): the Linguistics pathway, the Literature pathway, and the Interpreting and Translation pathway. Regarding the other side, i.e., Finance, you will study economics, finance and financial mathematics alongside students in XJTLU's International Business School Suzhou (IBSS).
By the time you graduate from the BA English and Finance programme, you will have:
UK degrees are three years long whereas in China they are four, therefore we do accept students with certain qualifications directly into Year Two, which is the start of the main academic programme. Most students, however, enter into Year One, which provides you with a range of interesting modules, language classes and core skills for your degree.
Graduates from this programme will be well-prepared for positions such as administrative, managerial, accounting and consultancy positions within international organisations, international school teachers, or professional translators or interpreters.
Our graduates in the past have chosen to pursue a variety of postgraduate programmes (e.g. MBA, Marketing, Finance, Education, or Applied Linguistics) in prestigious institutions all over the world such as Cambridge, Warwick Business School, LSE, or Georgetown University in the United States.
