The Accounting and Finance degree programme shares a common first year syllabus with the Accounting degree programme, providing an essential grounding in a range of business related areas including statistics, economics, law, marketing and management. The second and fourth years of the programme combine the study of the core areas of financial accounting, business finance and management accounting with a diverse range of specialist finance topics. In your final year you will have the opportunity to select areas of relevance and benefit to your career interests. The programme will provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge, both theoretical and practical, through the professional placement year, to take on responsible positions early in a variety of careers in various sectors of the accounting or finance professions. Distinctive features Distinctive features of the course include: the opportunity to learn in a school which achieved 6th place in the UK at Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014; the involvement of research-active staff in course delivery; the emphasis on independent learning in a research-led environment; the emphasis on acquisition of high quality practical skills and the development of innovative ideas; many of our staff are leading international experts in their fields of research and a significant number are qualified accountants with many years of professional experience. an opportunity to undertake a professional placement in your third year which may help kick start your professional training and provide you with a competitive edge in the employment market an accredited degree programme which provides exemptions from certain examinations of many of the major UK professional accounting bodies

Our business degrees give students a broad range of skills which are valued by a range of employers in the private and public sectors. In 2013/14, 95% of the School's graduates who were available for work reported they were in employment and/or further study within six months of graduation In addition to the central University Careers Service, our students benefit from a dedicated on-site Careers and Placements service to help them find internships, job opportunities and to access business-industry specific advice, training and guidance.