You will gain advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of accounting and finance and learn to understand management concepts within an international business context. BA Accounting and Finance is the ideal first step to becoming a qualified accountant. You can also choose to study Spanish or Mandarin as part of your degree, to ensure you stand out in a competitive job market. Course highlights Our links with the UK's leading professional bodies, including the ACCA, ICAEW and CIMA ensure that, upon graduation, students receive a number of exemptions from professional exams We cover the costs of students to join the ACCA's Accelerate and CIMA University schemes which gives graduating students associated membership of both bodies, offering further reductions in professional exam fees and access to professional body employability and academic resources, and networking Students will learn to use industry standard accounting programmes, including Sage and OneSource, with the opportunity to gain a CIMA certificate in Sage. Our Financial Markets Lab also gives students access to finance software such as Bloomberg and Datastream Work placements are an invaluable opportunity to gain employability skills so we have introduced two options by which students can integrate this into their time at Middlesex. Students who wish to do a placement can take either a 36 week 3rd year sandwich placement as part of a 4 year degree or two 18 week summer placements allowing students to complete within 3 years

You can also pursue a career as a professional accountant following accreditation (setting you on the path to becoming a professional accounting). An Accounting and Finance degree opens the doors to a range of careers, many with excellent progression and competitive salaries. You can become an accountant with any of the major accounting professional bodies. Middlesex Accountancy and Finance graduates progress into careers with a wide range of prestigious organisations including: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, Philips, Centrica, City Bank, Credit Suisse, Leadenhall Finance, Royal Mail, Hacker Young and John Lewis.In the following roles: Trainee Accountant, Audit Trainee, Financial Risk Analyst, Finance Assistant and Credit Controller. Additionally, you can go on to do further study. Courses that our Accounting & Finance graduates are now undertaking include: MSc Investment & Finance and MSc Banking and Finance.