MSc Accounting and Finance

Compulsory course units

These compulsory units are currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new units.
 

Semester one

Compulsory units
 

You will take these units:

• Econometrics for finance

• Theory of financial decision making

• Financial accounting (spans both semesters)

• Management accounting (spans both semesters)

Semester two

Compulsory units
 

You will take these units:

• Financial econometrics

• Corporate finance

• Financial accounting (spans both semesters)

• Management accounting (spans both semesters)

Summer: Dissertation or Practice Track

You will finish the course by choosing one of these two options:
 

• Dissertation Track
   

You will produce a unique piece of research using techniques learned throughout the year.

Typically, we require a Bachelor degree with a final overall result of at least First Class. However, due to the number of different grading scales in use, we ask that you upload a copy of the grading scale used by your institution, along with your transcript, when you submit your application.
 

Type of degree
 

• 2:1 or above (or international equivalent) undergraduate degree. Your degree can be in any discipline but you must have studied a subject with quantitative content.
• Such subjects include engineering, mathematics, economics and physics. We may consider other subjects if they have enough quantitative content.
• If you are a UK student and completed your undergraduate degree abroad, your qualification must be equivalent to a 2:1 or above.
• We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree.

Work experience
 

In exceptional cases, relevant work experience may be a substitute for the degree requirement. You should have no more than three years’ relevant work experience.
 

English language requirements
 

IELTS
 

You will need an International English Language Test System (IELTS) score of at least 6.5 overall. Your scores for reading, writing, listening and speaking must be at least 6.0.
 

These results must be no more than two years old from the start date of your MSc course.

MSc Accounting and Finance     Home £9,250   Overseas £26,000

Job functions of 2019-20 graduates
 

• 30% work in auditing

• 27% work in banking

• 24% work in finance

• 6% work in management

• 3% work in consulting
   

Recruiters include Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, EY, P&G and Zheng Jin Bond Company.
 

Data shows role functions of 2019-20 class in full-time employment three months after graduation. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.