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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

As long as money makes the world go round, accounting skills will be in high demand. This degree takes your love of numbers to the next level, giving you the skills and expertise to work as an accountant in all kinds of industries.At Leicester, our Accounting and Finance courses benefit from a distinct combination of research-informed and professionally accredited knowledge, techniques and skills. You will be among the first to study at our new £16 million Brookfield campus, with facilities exclusive to Leicester School of Business students.Our BSc in Accounting will provide you with a solid, practical foundation and relevant, technical and intellectual competence in accounting and related forms of financial expertise. You will learn the skills, expertise and analytical competence necessary for working as an accountant in the accountancy profession, in industry or in the public sector.You will develop quantitative, communications and information technology skills and the ability to apply these in an accounting context. You will learn how accountants work with managers, shareholders and a wide range of other stakeholders in a variety of different organisations and help them make informed decisions.Our accounting degrees offer you the opportunity to gain exemptions from the accounting and management accounting professional bodies, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW and ICAS, dependent on satisfactory completion of certain modules.The first year of this degree is shared with the Accounting and Finance BSc and Finance BSc, which means you will have the option to switch to either of these degrees at the end of your first year.

Tuition fees

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£ 18,200per year

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University information

University of Leicester

University of Leicester

  • University League Table

    36th

  • Campus address

    University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 7RH, England

A popular choice for international students, with an alumni community from over 100 countries, sharing their cultures with each other.
Leicester is in the centre of England with great transport links, making it easy to explore the whole country while studying at the university.
Want to explore further afield? Leicester has great European links – with one change of train, Leicester students can be in Paris by lunchtime.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    40th out of 103 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 227
    123 54%

    46th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    71.0 71%

    35th

    1
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.99 75%

    82nd

    14

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