Module information on this degree can be found below, separated by year of study.

The module information below applies for the current academic year. The academic year runs from August to July; the 'current year' switches over at the end of July.

Students select optional courses subject to rules specified in the Mechanical Engineering Student Handbook,  for example at most three Design and Business courses. Please note that numbers are limited on some optional courses and selection criteria will apply.

Finance & Financial Management

Module aims

 Module outline:

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/programmes/undergraduate-study/bpes-modules/course-content/

Reading list

Additional readings

  • How the bonds ate the entire financial system

    Robin WIgglesworth

    FT FT

  • Grumblers about passive investing may have a point

    Katie Martin

    FT

  • What eight centuries of data tells us about interest rates

    Gillian Tett

  • Who’ll buy the Treasuries? (Alphaville’s version)

    Alexandra Scaggs

  • The lesson of Loki? Trade less

    Tim Harford

  • Gold set to rally further this year, say Wall Street banks

    Leslie Hook

  • Strategies to beat the AI bots

    Aswath Damodaran

  • Happy 400th birthday to the world’s oldest bond

    Robin Wigglesworth

  • How much happiness does money buy? – On Robert Merton’s Asset Allocation Rule

    The Economist

  • The risks and returns of the *ultimate* market portfolio

    Robin Wigglesworth

  • Data Update 2 for 2025: The Party Continues for US Equities!

    Aswath Damodaran

Module leaders

Dr Sofia Gueorgieva