About the course

Reasons to study

1. Professional accreditations with Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
2. You'll have the opportunity to undertake a work placement, providing real-world experience of a range of industry settings.
3. Study at an AACSB International accredited Business School. Globally, less than 6% of institutions offering business degrees achieve this accreditation.

Why Accounting and Finance?

Whether you are looking for a career in accounting, finance, banking or insurance this course could be a stepping stone to an exciting profession. This course will provide you with an exciting overview of all areas of accounting and finance and improve your employability in your chosen career. As an accounting or finance specialist in your chosen organisation you could be involved in a varied range of tasks. For example, creating and managing cash budgets or carrying out financial audits. This course will provide you with a thorough grounding in all areas of accounting and finance before offering you the opportunity to specialise. You will graduate with a real idea of what lies behind any successful organisation – how it is financed and managed.

This course has professional accreditations with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the?[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)[( https://www.icaew.com/)?and the?Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). This will help to ensure that our graduates are industry ready. These accreditations are reviewed on a regular basis.

How will you learn?

You will learn through practical application and delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions.

• Here at Huddersfield, you’ll be taught by an academic team with a diverse range of academic and professional experience. This ensures that what you’re taught, and how you’re taught, reflects what you need to know now, as well as giving you the resources to understand future trends and practices. Your tutors will help you prepare to thrive in the ever-changing world of accounting and finance.
• You’ll be able to connect with leading accounting firms thanks to our Partners in Accountancy scheme. The Partners in Accountancy firms will offer accountancy and finance students direct input to their studies from leading case studies on technical and professional areas and providing careers support.
• In your third year we’ll give you the opportunity to take a placement year that could see you employed in a graduate level position in an organisation.

What subjects will you cover?

You’ll explore subjects such as Management Accounting, Corporate Finance, Contemporary Issues in Accounting and Finance , Issues in Accounting and Finance, Financial Management and Financial Reporting.

Entry requirements

BBB-BBCat A Level .

120-112UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.

Meritat T Level

DDM-DMMin BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above. 120-112 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.

Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.