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MSc Accounting & Finance

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    MSc 1 year full-time

Course Description

Take your accounting background a step further with our MSc Accounting & Finance

Challenge yourself to explore how accounting and reporting decisions affect markets and companies, and view accounting in its wider social context with our MSc Accounting & Finance. 

Using your quantitative skills, our course will help you to develop a more critical understanding of the world of accounting, whilst exploring the most current theories and cutting-edge techniques in finance. Finance modules are taken from our MSc Finance, one of the UK’s top finance courses*.

The course is designed to give you all the accounting and finance tools needed to step into a wide range of financial and accounting careers in an international environment.

*The Financial Times ranks our MSc Finance 12th in the world and 3rd in the UK in their Masters in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2022. 

Entry Requirements

The finance programmes are challenging technical courses. To succeed on these courses you will need strong accounting, mathematics, statistics or econometrics ability, this could be demonstrated by a high 2.1 or first achieved in a relevant subject at Undergraduate level.

Your Undergraduate studies should contain substantial elements of accounting and finance, as well as some quantitative modules and preferably some microeconomics.

When assessing your academic record, we take into account your grade average, and the position of the institution where you studied your qualification.

You must have, or be expecting to obtain, at least a high 2.1 degree at Undergraduate level from a UK university, or overseas equivalent from a top-performing University.

  •  A first or high 2.1 achieved in a relevant subject at Undergraduate level
  • We do not require a GMAT or GRE score but a well-balanced score (700+) may strengthen your application.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

WBS Scholarships

We are investing in the future by enabling talented students to receive a top-quality business education.

We have £1million+ of WBS Scholarships available for students applying to study on our MSc postgraduate courses.

Scholarships awards range from 10% of your tuition fee to a maximum of 50% for exceptional candidates. They are highly competitive and awarded on an ongoing basis, so applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early.

We focus on attracting intellectually curious individuals who strive for excellence in everything they do. We welcome talented candidates from across the globe who are passionate about achieving their full potential, both academically and professionally.

Student Destinations

What do our graduates do? 

  • Corporate Accounting Analyst
  • Group Marketing and Innovation Finance Manager
  • Investment Manager
  • Assurance Associate
  • Vice President
  • Accountant
  • Director
  • Consultant

Module Details

Compulsory Modules

  • Financial Markets
  • Management Accounting & Control
  • Financial Accounting: Theory and Context
  • Financial Reporting & Financial Statement Analysis
  • Corporate Financial Management
  • Research Methods in Accounting
  • Dissertation

Example Optional Modules

  • Auditing & Assurance
  • Behavioural Finance
  • Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting
  • Derivative Securities
  • Financial Risk Management
  • Fixed Income & Credit Risk
  • Judgement & Decision Making
  • Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Control
  • International Financial Management

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