MSc Accounting and Finance

All modules listed below are worth 20 credits, with the exception of your Dissertation, which is worth 60 credits.

Year 1
 

• Accounting Theory and Policy, Semester 1

• Corporate Financial Management, Semester 1

• Fundamental Analysis, Semester 2

Year 2
 

• Management Accounting, Semester 1

• Alternative Finance, Semester 2

• Professional Integrity and The Reflective practitioner, Semester 2

• Dissertation

A good Honours degree (2:1 or higher) or postgraduate diploma from a UK university or equivalent. The degree must be in Accounting or a closely related subject. Applicants must have studied and achieved a mark equivalent to a 2.1 at intermediate (or above) level in Financial Accounting (or Financial Reporting) AND Finance (or Financial Management), PLUS at least TWO other modules in Accounting and Finance, such as Management Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Financial Statement Analysis, and Investments. 

Fees
 

• AED 136,587 (full-time) 

Graduates will leave university perfectly placed to take up key accounting and financial positions or managerial and consultancy roles in the private and the public sector. Fantastic career opportunities are available at leading accountancy firms, financial institutions and multinational corporations.

Top jobs in accounting and finance include: 
 

• Chartered accountant

• External auditor

• Strategic consultant

• Stockbroker

• Finance professional

• Retail banker

• Arbitrator

• Business development manager

• Tax advisor

• Lecturer in higher education

Excellent career prospects

Our students have gone on to work in a wide range of industries, in organisations such as Accenture, Deloitte, PWC, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Arcadia Group, Cisco Systems, Nissan, Ford, BP, Cadbury, P&G, and a whole host of smaller companies and public sector organisations.