Accounting and Finance MSc

Overview

Our Accounting and Finance MSc will build on the business skills you gained in your undergraduate studies and equip you with specialist knowledge in financial accounting. It will help to enhance your lucrative career opportunities in the multinational accounting and finance sector.

Core modules will help develop an advanced understanding of essential areas, including corporate financial strategy and financial security valuation. You can also choose from optional modules that enable you to specialise in areas that align with your individual career goals, such as behavioural economics, international finance and corporate governance.

This MSc will enhance your CV and help to bring you to the notice of prestigious employers who are looking for the skillset you will have. As an asset to their organisation you can put your knowledge and skills into practice, having a real impact on their business.

How you will be assessed

Modules are assessed by a combination of exams and coursework at the end of the relevant semester.

Careers

Career destinations for our postgraduates include:

• accountants
• finance and investment analysts
• higher education teaching professionals
• investment bankers
• IT business analysts
• management consultants
• marketing professionals
• public relations professionals
• university researchers

Some MSc graduates have gone on to doctoral studies, others have become entrepreneurs.

2:1 (or international equivalent) in accounting, auditing, financial management, or another subject with a substantial proportion of accounting study. Applicants must have a strong accounting background and in their final two years of study have achieved a 2:1 (60%) in a minimum of four modules covering advanced or specialist accounting theory.