Accountancy and Financial Management (Top-up), BA (Hons)

University of Portsmouth, the United Kingdom

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
BA (Hons)	Full-time	2 years	September	find out	find out

About Accountancy and Financial Management (Top-up), BA (Hons) - at University of Portsmouth

Overview

This two-year top-up degree course allows you to build on your previous higher education studies to gain a full BA (Hons) degree in Accountancy and Financial Management. You must have 120 first-year higher education credits in accountancy to apply for this course.

This degree focuses on modern accountancy skills. You'll learn to understand, visualise and present financial data to inform and persuade businesses to make the right financial decisions. You'll work in small groups that replicate the workplace, with a focus on teamwork, real world case studies and developing strategy from financial data.

You'll be able to tailor your learning to your area of specialist interest, choosing your modules to focus on:

professional modules: take the fastest route to becoming an ACCA chartered accountant
finance modules: your best preparation route for working in banking or investment management
analytics modules: combine accounting with data analysis, including data cleaning, visualisation and modelling

Course highlights

Be taught by professionally qualified accountants who have industry experience with companies such as KPMG, Deloitte and HSBC
Get on the fast track to becoming a chartered accountant through our accredited exemptions from professional exams with 2 global accounting bodies
Be employment-ready by using industry-standard software and databases such as Oracle, SAP, Sage, and S&P Capital IQ
Choose options in business analytics to develop the skills that modern accounting needs
Benefit from the opportunity to gain additional certifications, for example, the ACCA Data Analytics Certificate
Gain a Bloomberg Certificate (a trading platform that's used by 250,000 financial service professionals) in our dedicated Bloomberg Suite
Apply your learning by helping student entrepreneurs and local charities such as Age Concern and The Rowans Hospice with their finances
Feel supported throughout your studies through our peer mentoring, maths support and our team of friendly staff who'll get to know you well

Careers and opportunities

Accountants are needed in good times and bad and they're needed in every type of business. This means that you can apply your skills in any sector you're passionate about, from sports and entertainment, to manufacturing, charities, or the arts. You'll also be able to work in other parts of the world as your accredited qualification is recognised internationally.

Our graduates go on to work in accounting practice, the finance departments of large corporations, and the finance sector.

Previous graduates of our accounting and finance courses have secured jobs at companies such as:

Deloitte
PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
Menzies LLP
HWB Accountants
EY Global (Ernst & Young)
JPP Financial
Barclays
Lockheed Martin UK
Lloyds Register
J P Morgan
Grant Thornton
Royal Bank of Scotland

Graduates of our accounting and finance courses have secured jobs as:

accountant
auditor
finance analyst
financial consultant
investment broker
control analyst
financial reporting analyst
tax analyst

(Data taken from HESA Graduate Outcome surveys)

Notes about fees for this course

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/undergraduate-fees-and-student-finance

Entry requirements

Relevant HE study leading to a Level 4 qualification, for example an appropriate HNC, or 120 credits from year 1 of an undergraduate degree (BA/BSc), in a relevant subject.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

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