Accounting and Business Management BSc (Hons)

At Keele University, we’re proud to be consistently ranked in the Top 3 UK universities for student satisfaction, which is testimony to the safe, supportive and welcoming campus we hope you’ll soon call home. The course offers a firm grounding to enable you to pursue a career in accountancy, as it is accredited by professional bodies ACCA, CIMA and CIPFA. There will be opportunities to get involved with real, live projects and to benefit from Keele’s partnership with local, national and international businesses. You will study areas such as organisational behaviour, financial and management accounting, operations and quality management, audit and business strategy. Core modules such as financial and management accounting, organisational behaviour, operations and quality management, audit, and business strategy can be supported with options such as marketing, business law, economics, taxation, and international finance. This will allow you to explore new and different areas and help us to support you as you pursue your passions and aspirations.Our computer laboratories are equipped with industry-leading software such as Bloomberg, STATA, Thomson Reuters and Sage Accounting Software, providing you with an opportunity to gain valuable practical IT experience, and the skills needed to make you stand out from the crowd. You can complement this practical experience by opting for a placement year, an international year or an entrepreneurship year between your second and third year of study. This course will also open your eyes to the broad range of business or management-related careers. You will develop valuable transferable skills such as numeracy, analytical and problem-solving skills, people management skills and IT skills which are attractive to a wide range of employers in the ever-changing world of business.