BA (Hons) International Finance and Accounting is a research led course, designed to embed employability skills into modules. The course is accredited by ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW, and provides broad opportunities to enhance digital skills in softwares such as Sage, Bloomberg, and S&P Capital IQ. You will build an understanding of the international finance sector and knowledge through specialist modules such as financial reporting, auditing, tax, financial management, international finance, business law and financial investment and risk.

You'll get the chance to examine real business issues by having guest speakers from the finance and accounting industry. We also have field trips to business houses such as Bloomberg, S&P, Lloyds of London, Bank of England to expose our students to the industry by observing the industry, real working environment, and external partners. We also use international case studies and placement opportunities which all give you access to industry and real working environment to ensure you graduate ready for work.

Our graduates are accountants, auditors, securities analysts, investment consultants and tax assistants. Recent graduates secured roles with Ernst and Young, KPMG, NHS, China Construction Bank, China Great Wall Securities Co., Ltd., Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holdings. Many are employed in successful accounting firms and financial institutions in the UK and internationally.

Further study is also an option, with many graduates progressing to master's level courses in accounting related areas.This degree offers maximum exemptions from professional exams from ACCA, CIMA and ICAEW, upon successful completion of this course and subject to certain criteria, application, availability, meeting any applicable visa requirements and additional fees. If students would like to become a member of these professional bodies’, students will also need to register themselves and this is subject to each professional body’s requirements, application, and additional fees may apply. Please visit the relevant websites for further information. 

Please note that we are unable to guarantee any placement, study abroad, field trips, further study or volunteering opportunities and that any such opportunities referred to on this webpage may be subject to additional costs (e.g. travel, visas and accommodation etc.), competitive application, availability and/or meeting any applicable visa requirements. To ensure that you fully understand the requirements in this regard, please contact the International Office for further details if you are an EU or International student.

Past graduates of this course have had a wide array of career options to choose from. Some have joined ‘big four’ international accounting and consultancy firms. Others have joined private businesses of every size, insurance companies, or not-for-profit organisations such as charities. Some have gone into local and central government departments either in the UK or overseas. Some set up their own companies as entrepreneurs.

As a graduate yourself, you might decide to become an accountant and then to work within a private business or at a global accountancy firm. Alternatively, you could choose to go into consultancy; become a taxation specialist, a financial analyst or an independent financial advisor; or even start your own company.