Accounting and Finance MSc

This course is for Graduates who have little or no business experience and want a career in finance or accounting.

Overview

Receive a solid theoretical foundation in accounting and finance. Use your quantitative skills and enhance your employability. You’ll graduate prepared for a finance-related career.

Develop an in-depth knowledge of the financial system. You’ll learn to analyse financial decisions and the motivations of people making them. You’ll apply this knowledge in a range of real-world scenarios.

Our course brings in expertise from the University’s departments of Mathematical Sciences and Economics. This ensures you’ll have access to a wide range of teaching and research experience.

Key Benefits

• You'll leave prepared for a finance career with our emphasis on technical and practical skills
• Share your knowledge and experiences with students from all four of our finance courses. You'll also gain global insight working with students from all over the world
• Learn from three of the University’s leading teaching and research departments. We bring in expertise from Management, Mathematical Sciences and Economics
• Choose between managerial projects and a dissertation during the summer term. You'll get valuable experience working with a partner organisation on a real problem
• Focus on your areas of interest with our flexible course structure

Teaching and learning

You’ll learn from academics who are experts in the fields of accounting and finance. Your learning experience will be enriched by the research activities and collaborations of academic staff.

We will also offer a wide range of opportunities for personal development. These will be delivered by specialists in our Careers Service, Academic Skills Centre and Library, or in partnership with the Students’ Union.

All units are taught on campus. You will experience a variety of teaching methods including:

• lectures
• seminars
• tutorials
• project work
• presentations

Methods of assessment

Units are assessed by a combination of formal examinations and coursework.

Careers

Our graduates have a great employment record. Most go on to careers in a range of areas, start their own business or begin a PhD.