Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement (BSc)

This four-year course offers a fully integrated degree that combines Accounting and Finance subjects. This course with a professional placement allows you to spend your third year gaining experience in the industry. During your placement year, you will undertake a paid placement in an accounting role within a large organisation or an accountancy firm. Previously, students have secured roles at PwC, Grant Thornton, Hazlewoods, and Milsted Langdon. Places on the course are allocated on merit depending on first-year examination results and an offer of employment for your placement from a qualifying employer. You can work towards your professional accreditation with ICAEW during your placement year. Overall, this course enables you to pursue a career in the accounting profession with the benefit of a year in the industry. The course provides you with access to subjects accredited by professional accountancy bodies or you may decide to pursue a career in finance or investment banking through our finance-oriented units. You can also benefit from various specialist employability services from the Professional Liaison Network within the faculty. Previous graduates have gone on to work for the Bank of England, JP Morgan, UBS, PwC, KPMG, EY, Deloitte, Microsoft, IBM and many other blue-chip organisations.