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MSc Professional Accounting

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    MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time, 18 months Extended Professional Practice

Course Description

Develop your technical and professional accounting ability by building quantitative and qualitative skills to work strategically within the ever-changing business environment.

Our Professional Accounting MSc focuses not just upon technical issues of accounting, but also upon the ways in which the current managerial paradigms might most effectively be re-thought and new patterns of thinking implemented.

  • Study a curriculum which is aligned to major accounting bodies, such as ACCA and CIMA.
  • Utilise industry-standard accounting software in your learning experience.
  • Gain an understanding of the importance of accountancy and the accounting profession in an international context.
  • Apply to study our MSc Professional Accounting with Extended Professional Practice, an 18-month option aimed at individuals who are looking to attain a deeper understanding of business in a very practical way.

This course aims to offer hands-on experience in professional accounting. It is an intensive course that focuses on issues of accounting rather than placing accounting in a broader context. You’ll study a set of core accounting modules. You’ll also have an array of options for your final major project, ranging from a dissertation to real consultancy or an internship.

Your main study themes are:

  • Technology
  • Decision-making
  • Internationalisation
  • Professionalism

Entry Requirements

  • An honours undergraduate degree (minimum 2:2) in an accounting related discipline such as Accounting, Finance or Economics or a recognised equivalent degree in which the candidates demonstrate strong quantitative skills and a strong background in accounting and finance; OR
  • Accounting or finance work experience in private, public or third sectors (a minimum of two years would be desirable) will be considered on a case-by-case basis; OR
  • Relevant professional qualifications.

Careful monitoring of applications to ensure that applicants are suited to the course takes place. Where necessary, applicants are interviewed (remotely if applicable), especially those who do not appear to meet standard admissions criteria. Where deemed appropriate, a written exercise is administered to establish suitability.

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Programme Funding

Funding opportunities including scholarships available

Student Destinations

Our MSc Professional Accounting and MSc Professional Accounting with Extended Professional Practice course aims to equip graduates with a set of highly employable behaviours, attitudes and competencies (technical skills: quantitative, analytical, regulatory and soft skills: problem-solving, creativity, communication, team-working, agile) which are in high demand among employers and are indispensable qualities within the financial industry, not only in the UK but worldwide.

Typical career routes for graduates from this course could include (but not limited to): Chief Financial Officer, Financial Accountant, Chief Executive Officer, Management Accountant, Investment and Credit Analysts, Risk Management, Financial Analysts, Corporate Financiers, working for international financial and government institutions and academia, including further PhD study.

Module Details

Final Semester Project (for students studying MSc Professional Accounting)

  • Dissertation (60 credits)
  • Internship and Consulting Project (60 credits)
  • Simulation Project (60 credits)

Extended Professional Practice Projects (for students studying MSc Professional Accounting with Extended Professional Practice)

  • Postgraduate Professional Practice 1 (0 credits)
  • Postgraduate Professional Practice 2 (0 credits)
  • Postgraduate Professional Practice Project AFE (60 credits)

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