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Business and Accounting with Professional Placement Year at Kingston University - UCAS

Kingston University

Degree level: Undergraduate

Business and Accounting with Professional Placement Year

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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Kingston University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework.These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston

  • Opportunities to gain extra certifications in addition to your degree and take part in activities to boost your CV. You can also work or study in another country - widening your horizons while making new friends and experiencing new cultures.
  • Our courses embed the development of employability and future skills.
  • Kingston Business School has received a Business Accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This award is earned by just five percent of the world’s business schools and recognizes the high quality and standards of our teaching.
  • Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About this course This is a practical business degree with an emphasis on accounting for those who are interested in management but also appreciate the pivotal role that money plays in running a business. This course is ideal if you’re thinking about a career in business or management, in a role that includes financial resource allocation, such as a department head or practice manager. This course has a strong emphasis on developing the skills and knowledge sought after by employers, including in-depth knowledge of contemporary business issues, team working, and IT skills. Sandwich Year This course has a sandwich year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this sandwich year, you will take a placement within a business setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job. Future Skills Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it. Career opportunities This degree is ideal for students who want a career in business or management, particularly in a role which includes financial resource allocation, for example department heads or practice managers. Typically, graduates will enter junior management roles within a range of organisations, alternatively, they may join an accounting department within an organisation.

Modules

Example modules

  • Business Information Analysis
  • Strategic Management
  • Advanced Management Accounting
To view the full list of modules, please visit the University course webpage.

Assessment method

Assessment typically comprises exams (e.g. tests or exams), practical (e.g. presentations, performance), and coursework (e.g. essays, reports, self-assessment, portfolios, dissertation).

How to apply

31Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
N141
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/business-and-accounting/

Student Outcomes

Operated by the Office for Students
65%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
85%
Go onto work and study

The number of student respondents and response rates can be important in interpreting the data – it is important to note your experience may be different from theirs. This data will be based on the subject area rather than the specific course. Read more about this data on the Discover Uni website.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1

Additional fee information

For international fees, please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/ Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs
Business and Accounting with Professional Placement Year at Kingston University - UCAS