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MAcc Accounting and Finance (four-year integrated masters) MAcc
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Qualification
Master of Accountancy - MAcc
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Location
Colchester Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
OCT-24
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Duration
4 Years
Course summary
Accounting and finance data informs business decision-making every day so it is vital for organisations to employ accounting and finance professionals who understand how to meet business objectives.Our MAcc Accounting and Finance offers you an integrated Bachelors and Masters degree, allowing you to progress seamlessly from your undergraduate to postgraduate studies within a single course.We not only teach you how financial information underpins leadership, strategy and planning, but how financial decisions can impact society and the economy. We develop your understanding of governance and ethics, so you can take actions for the good of organisations and the wider world. You further your understanding of advanced accounting and corporate finance and can tailor your studies to your professional ambitions by choosing from a range of optional modules.You explore areas such as:- the preparation of financial statements and budgets- accounting standards and corporate governance- financial theory- portfolio management- options and futures markets- risk management- MAcc Accounting and Finance includes an introductory first year to familiarise you with wider business topics, such as management, marketing and economics.In your third year, you have the opportunity to put your knowledge into practice by completing an in-depth, independent research project or dissertation. This will give you the chance to further develop vital employability skills in areas of research, time management and critical thinking. You will further supplement this with the development of your own research portfolio in your final year.Essex is one of just three UK universities to have received Q-Step Affiliate status, including for our MAcc Accounting and Finance course, to support the way we develop the quantitative skills of our graduates.This means we can provide work placement bursaries to develop your skills in evaluating numerical information, analysing data and designing research. We also offer the opportunity to follow a specialised degree path, where you graduate with enhanced quantitative skills. These are evidenced on your degree transcript, to help give you the competitive edge in the graduate job market.MAcc Accounting and Finance is taught at Essex Business School. Our finance group is one of the largest and most respected in the country and our students and staff join us from all over the world.Essex Business School is an Investment Management Certificate (IMC) Advantage Partner and this course is aligned to the IMC syllabus, the industry’s benchmark entry-level qualification. This means that upon graduation you will have completed up to 70% of the IMC qualification which will help you complete the full qualification in a shorter time frame than most other graduates.
Application deadline
31 January
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University information
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University League Table
32nd
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University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, England
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56th out of 104 10
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Entry standards
/ Max 222116 51%62nd
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10053.0 53%70th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.86 77%78th
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