Finance and Accounting MSc / PGDip

University College Birmingham

Master

In Birmingham

Price on request

The best Accounting courses

See all

See all

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Birmingham

  • Duration

    Flexible

Are you fascinated by today’s complex global financial environment? Thinking of changing career, or just want to develop your skills and knowledge for the finance sector? Our Finance and Accounting postgraduate course will help mould you into a strong decision maker, able to deal with the accounting and finance-related challenges facing local and international organisations in the modern world.

Our Finance and Accounting course encourages you to engage with real-world business problems throughout your studies. Working closely with professional practitioners, you will be exposed to the latest technology and become familiar with the essential digital tools used in the industry. You will also have the opportunity to learn within a live environment in our state-of-the-art Financial Trading Suite, one of the biggest among all UK universities and the first to be powered by Infront Professional Terminal.

Working with the likes of ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW, this course is designed to ensure you are highly skilled upon graduation and enables you to apply for exemptions from professional exams. Our master's in finance and accounting is accredited by CIMA and includes 11 exemptions* from the CIMA qualification, which is achieved through the successful completion of the CIMA Master’s Gateway route.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Birmingham (West Midlands)
See map
Summer Row, B3 1JB

Start date

On request

About this course

Career opportunities
The example roles and salaries below are intended as a guide only.

Mortgage adviser
Chartered management accountant
Financial risk analyst
Retail banker
Data analyst
Purchasing manager

Entry requirements
Academic

MSc Finance and Accounting – A grade classification of 2:2 is required, or international equivalent.
PGDip Finance and Accounting – A grade classification of third class is required, or international equivalent.
A subject-related UK or International honours degree from a recognised institution.
You should have studied in a closely-related discipline that will enable you to meet the academic rigour of the course and understand the finance and accounting modules.
GCSE maths – Grade A*-C or 9-4, or equivalent Level 2 qualification.

EXCELLENT FACILITIES – Our brand new Financial Trading Suite supports the develop of your skills in professional trading
PRACTICAL APPLICATION – Put your skills into practice working on live client cases with local and international businesses
IN-DEPTH RESEARCH – Study a topic that interests you and is relevant to your career ambitions for your final research project
INDUSTRY APPROVED – We have close links with industry employers while completing our course will allow you to apply for a range of exemptions from professional exams, including 11 CIMA exemptions

Questions & Answers

Add your question

Our advisors and other users will be able to reply to you

Who would you like to address this question to?

Fill in your details to get a reply

We will only publish your name and question

Reviews

This centre's achievements

2018

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 14 years

Subjects

  • Finance
  • Financial
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Financial Training
  • Management
  • Corporate
  • Accounting
  • Institutions
  • Markets
  • Reporting
  • Governance

Course programme

Course breakdown

POSTGRADUATE

Core Modules
  • Corporate Finance for Managers
  • Data Analysis for Management
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • Governance and Ethics
  • Management Accounting for Decision Making
  • Masters Research Project
Teaching and assessment

Teaching

In light of COVID-19, we have made some changes to the way we deliver our teaching. We are continually following the guidelines and measures put in place by the UK Government to ensure our students and staff are safe on campus, whilst remaining committed to providing high-quality education. The information below explains how teaching will take place in semester 2 (or semester 1 for those joining us in January) for each level/year of this course.
  • Level 7
Assessment

Assessment formats include:
  • Examinations
  • Coursework (including presentations, case studies, online debates, assessed seminars, executive reports and numerical computations)
Our teaching and assessment is underpinned by our Teaching, Learning and Assessment Strategy 2015-2020.

Additional information

DURATION - 1 year FT / 2 years PT

See related categories

Finance and Accounting MSc / PGDip

Price on request

The best Accounting courses

See all

See all