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Accounting and Finance

What is Accounting and Finance?

Accounting and finance are about managing the money of a company or individual, creating budgets and forecasts to ensure finances are balanced and efficient. Accountants are the backbone of the financial world and vital to the running of businesses across the globe, working in just about every industry imaginable.

Popular Accounting & Finance Courses

Accounting &
Finance

Accounting & Finance

Focuses on accounting information with legal, regulatory and social context. Modules include mathematics, statistics, microeconomics, accounting theory and practice, results accountability, management control for strategy.

Risk Management

Focuses on financial analysis and risk management that underpin sound decision-making. Modules include Management Accounting, Corporate Finance, Foreign Exchange Markets, Portfolio Management and Investment Banking.

Finance &
Mathematics

Finance & Mathematics

Aims to train students in mathematics and statistics to manage increasing use of data in business. Modules include Mathematics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Pricing and Hedging, Probability and Distribution theory, and Quantitative Finance.

Banking &
Finance

Banking & Finance

Focuses on the structure and functioning of financial markets along with asset management. Modules include Commercial Banking, Investment Banking, Risk Management, Economic Theory, Corporate Finance, and Financial Accounting.

Management
Finance

Management Finance

Focuses on how organisations finance their activities and keep track of what happens to their money. Modules include Quantitative Business and Management, Management Accounting, Financial Decision-making, Investment Analysis, and Law.

Law &
Finance

Law & Finance

Focuses on awareness of law and legal implications of business operations. Modules include Investment Management, Business Finance, Securities Analysis, Commercial Law, Business Legal Regulations, Competition Law and Human Rights Law.

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Benefits of studying Accounting & Finance

The world needs accountants

The world of money is constantly evolving, so accountants and financial professionals have to move with the times to stay up to date. Accounting and finance will never not be important.

Work in any industry

Accountants record, classify, summarise, interpret and communicate the financial information about a business. You can apply this to any company, in any field, industry and sector.

Internationally diverse cohort

Accounting & Finance benefits from the most culturally diverse student cohort of all. Over 55,000 of the UK’s students in this area come from overseas.

Top University Recommendations

Best in Class Universities

University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
The London School of Economics
London Business School
University of Manchester

Best Graduate Prospects

Queen’s University Belfast
University of Bath
University of Exeter
University of Warwick
Durham University

Best for International Entry

Lancaster University
Ulster University
University of Reading
Aston University, Birmingham
University of Surrey

Entry Requirements

Undergraduate (BA/Bsc)

International Baccalaureate (IB) – 37-28 points

IELTS – overall 6.5, with no component lower than 6.0.

Good understanding of maths or a related subject at A Level standard or similar

Postgraduate (MA/Msc)

2:1 Hons degree in Accounting and Finance from a top international university

IELTS – overall 6.5, with no component lower than 6.0

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Accounting & Finance Professional Accreditations

Graduating with an accredited Accounting and Finance degree helps you achieve professional status faster. Accounting and finance certifications are accredited by trusted professional institutions which show employers you have skillfulness and specialist knowledge.

Doing a Bachelors or Masters course in Accounting and Finance that is accredited by professional institutions, has dual benefits. Not only will you graduate with a university degree, accredited programs exempt you from taking some exams required to gain a professional certificate.