This is a leading and innovative course that delivers a strong accounting and finance knowledge base, whilst helping you develop a wider skill set, in preparation for a career in accounting or finance, as well as a range of other sectors.
DurationYou'll study your Accounting and Finance degree at our world-renowned Leeds University Business School. This is a leading and innovative course that delivers a strong accounting and finance knowledge base, whilst helping you develop a wider skill set, in preparation for a career in accounting or finance, as well as a range of other sectors.
This Accounting and Finance degree offers you the opportunity to graduate with significant exemptions from the main accountancy professional bodies, giving you a head start for your career.
You'll develop a deep understanding of the way financial information is used and managed within organisations and how it is reported, both internally and externally. You'll learn about the modern economy, the nature of business, and the role that accountancy and finance can play within in it.
This course will give you the practical knowledge and skills that top accounting and finance employers are looking for. Compulsory modules will develop your analytical skills and gives you a broad understanding of key topics in economics, financial and management accounting, corporate finance and financial analytics.
You can also tailor your studies with optional modules as diverse as forensic accounting and finance, corporate social responsibility and strategic management.
Leeds is one of the largest city regions for financial and business services in the UK which makes it an ideal place to study accounting and finance. You'll also have a range of opportunities to gain relevant work experience within the sector.
This course offers pathways from Year 2, which allow you to tailor your course to your specific interests or professional aspirations.
The pathways provide modules that can be taken in particular areas and can be followed through to your final year. This unique level of personalisation and self-direction provides you with flexibility to meet your career goals, whilst helping you stand out from the crowd when you graduate.
The pathways available on this course are:
Course Highlights:
Choose to take an optional year in industry gaining practical experience, or immerse yourself in a new culture studying in a different country at one of our many partner universities across the world.
Access to our state-of-the-art trading room, helping you develop practical skills for your career. You'll have the chance to gain certification for taking part in Bloomberg Market Concepts training in your first year, and to participate in a live trading simulation in your final year.
Learn from highly qualified and experienced professional accountants and world-renowned academic researchers.
Graduate with the opportunity to receive significant exemptions from the main accountancy professional bodies, giving you a head start for a career as a Chartered Accountant.
Specialist Facilities:
At Leeds University Business School, you’ll have access to specialist facilities including state-of-the-art lecture theatres, collaborative learning and teaching spaces with the latest interactive technology and modern study spaces with dedicated computer clusters.
As an accounting and finance student, you will also have use of our state-of-the-Bloomberg Trading Rooms, enabling you to engage with practical applications of both finance and investment decision-making.
Course Details:
Our degrees have a modular structure. This means that the theoretical and applied content within our compulsory modules provide you with the core knowledge and skills that you need.
Alongside these compulsory modules, you'll also have the opportunity to shape your course through optional, pathway and discovery modules. They're a great way to tailor your study around your interests or career aspirations and help you stand out in a competitive graduate job market.
Whether you choose optional, pathway or discovery modules, you’ll be shaping your course to suit your personal interests and career aspirations. In all years, you will be able to choose from a selection of modules that reflect the research interests and expertise of staff at Leeds.
Year 1:
You’ll be introduced to a set of compulsory modules that lay the foundations of your studies. You’ll learn and develop the mathematical knowledge and skills you need and be introduced to key financial and economic principles, as well as study the fundamentals of financial and management accounting. You’ll also choose an optional module based on your current level of mathematics and statistics knowledge, and be offered discovery module(s) from a broad range of University-wide disciplines.
Year 2:
Building upon your knowledge base from first year, you’ll undertake further compulsory modules that will develop your understanding of corporate finance, and financial and management accounting. You’ll also develop essential skills including research methods and analytical techniques.
Optional modules will allow you to focus on areas including applied credit analytics, business and the legal environment and banking systems. You’ll also have the opportunity to study pathway modules in areas of economics, enterprise and innovation, ethics and sustainability and business management. A choice of discovery modules will again be offered.
Final Year:
When you enter your final year, you will have developed high-level research and analytical skills. You’ll apply these to a project that runs throughout the year, which could be either a research dissertation on a topic of your choice or in-depth financial analysis on a major organisation. You will also have the opportunity to explore advanced topics in finance and undertake a complex case study.
Optional accounting and finance modules will span diverse topics, such as auditing, taxation, forensic accounting and finance, private equity, behavioural finance and international banking and finance. You will also have the option to continue to study pathway modules. A choice of discovery modules will also be offered in your final year.
Course Structure:
Entry Requirements:
History
view of the parkinson building from woodhouse lane
the university of leeds was founded in 1904, but our origins go back to the nineteenth century with the founding of the leeds school of medicine in 1831 and the yorkshire college of science in 1874.
in 1831, a group of young men established the leeds school of medicine which meant that medical students no longer had to go to scotland, london or overseas to study.
the yorkshire college of science was founded around 40 years later, largely because the wool and textile industries worried that the rapid development of new technologies in europe posed a threat to the local cloth trade
Mission
through collaboration, we harness our expertise in research and education to advance knowledge, transform lives and shape a better future for our communities, our region and the world.
Vision
working with others, we will use our collective talents, expertise and shared endeavour in research and education to address local and global challenges, achieve social justice, reduce inequalities, and help achieve the un sustainable development goals.
we will enable our students to thrive through a sense of belonging. They will be partners in shaping their own dynamic and innovative educational experience, characterised by active learning, digital technologies and collaboration.
Students will feel valued for their unique contribution, and they will graduate equipped to make a difference as true global citizens.
Values
collaboration: we work together to achieve our goals and ambitions.
compassion: we are caring and considerate in our words and actions.
inclusivity: we are a community where everyone is welcome and belongs.
integrity: we are open and honest in our words and actions.
Our degree in accounting and finance aims to build your skills portfolio for a rewarding career in business, in the field of accountancy or finance. You'll actively engage with employers and the leading professional bodies during your time at the University.
Throughout this industry-focused degree you'll engage with specific areas of finance that interest you and explore both national and international markets to gain a firm understanding of the global economy.
Learn about how the accounting and financial side of an organisation can support decision making, and help shape information systems and business architecture with socially responsible financial management.
Modern accountancy isn't all about number crunching and spreadsheets. As an accountant you need to be able to understand, visualise and present financial data to ensure businesses make the right decisions. You'll be at the heart of the business, analysing performance and informing strategy.
This programme combines the study of accounting and finance to prepare you for the social, political, environmental and cultural challenges facing contemporary businesses, governments and not-for-profit organisations.
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