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Accounting and Finance (top-up) at University of Northampton - UCAS

University of Northampton

Degree level: Postgraduate
Awarded by: The University of Northampton

Accounting and Finance (top-up) (Taught)

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Course summary

Our MSc Accounting and Finance (Top-up) is designed for AIA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA Australia graduates and aims to provide a means by which the continuing professional and personal needs of accounting practitioners. Specifically, it aims to extend and enhance the understanding and competence gained via professional qualification and to enhance the ability of students to think strategically about management and organisational change. This course is designed to broaden your specialist knowledge that you have gained at a professional level. In particular the module, ‘Critical Issues in Accounting and Finance’ takes a very hands on approach for you to learn about the key challenges accounting and finance professionals face in the industry. Through this course you will gain an understanding of the nature of the industry and will be encouraged to critically analyse how accounting and finance professionals operate when faced with industry challenges. The Research Methods module provides you with an introduction to research, types of research methodology, formulating and planning a research project, data collection, analysis and presentation of research findings based upon an actual industry specific or corporate focused topic.

Assessment method

The course has a mixture of assessment involving essays, reports and examinations, plus a dissertation.


Entry requirements

If you have successfully completed professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, AIA or CIMA or CPA Australia then you will be eligible to apply for this course.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Republic of Ireland £9250 Year 1
England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1
Channel Islands £9250 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Accounting and Finance (top-up) at University of Northampton - UCAS