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MSc - Master of Science
Headington Campus (admin campus)
Sandwich
Sep 2026
2 Year
Take your accounting career to the next level. Our specialist course is perfect if you’ve studied accounting before but want to move forward to qualify as a professional accountant in the UK, while developing your wider management skills and the attributes employers value.
If you have passed or have equivalent learning for ACCA Applied Knowledge and Skills papers, you can benefit from our 2 for 1 approach. By gaining a master’s degree while at the same time preparing you for four of the ACCA Strategic Professional exams.
Our expert team will also encourage you to look at finance’s role in relation to world issues. Their research covers areas such as the relationship between finance and growth, stakeholder theory and corporate social responsibility.
Plus, you’ll strengthen your practical decision-making skills through interactive learning with discussions, role-play exercises and workshops.
After the course, you’ll be ready to take on new challenges in the sector, whether that’s becoming a member of the accountancy profession or working towards a chief financial officer role.
Aligned to the ACCA paper, in this module students will analyse, evaluate and conclude on the assurance engagement and other audit and assurance issues in the context of best practice and current developments.
Aligned to the ACCA paper, in this module students will apply relevant knowledge, skills and exercise professional judgement in selecting and applying strategic management accounting techniques in different business contexts to contribute to the planning, control and evaluation of organisational performance.
You will incorporate research methods and a research project; key components of the master's degree. The project provides you with an opportunity to explore a specialist area in depth. You have a choice to undertake a traditional dissertation or follow a structured research project which incorporates both theoretical and applied research. You will be provided with guidance and advice throughout the process.
Aligned to the ACCA paper, in this module students will demonstrate organisational leadership and senior consultancy or advisory capabilities and relevant professional skills, through the context of an integrated case study.
Aligned to the ACCA paper, in this module students will discuss, apply and evaluate the concepts, principles and practices that underpin the preparation and interpretation of corporate reports from a diverse range of stakeholder perspectives.
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