Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year

Why study Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year at Liverpool John Moores University?

• LJMU ranked 6th in the UK for Accounting and Finance (The Guardian University Guide 2025)

• 95% of students surveyed said academic support on this course was good or very good (National Student Survey 2024)

• Winner of 'Outstanding Course Team' at the JMSU Student Experience Awards 2023, voted for by LJMU students

• Professionally accredited by four of the main accountancy bodies in England and Wales

• Tutors trained at top accounting firms such as Deloitte, Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton

• Excellent business links with companies as diverse as Airbus, Matalan, Cummins, Volkswagen Group and NHS

• Options to work a year in industry or study abroad

• Opportunities to secure exemptions from UK professional accountancy qualifications once you graduate

• Shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards 2024 Business School of the Year

About your course

The BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year at Liverpool John Moores University offers you the chance to secure professional accreditation from the four main accountancy bodies in England and Wales.

It also gives you a head start on the path to gaining a professional accountancy qualification, as it allows a number of exemptions from UK professional accountancy exams.

One of the benefits of the course is the option of taking a year out to complete a paid placement in industry, in the UK or overseas. However, if you prefer not to take a whole year out from your studies, you will have other opportunities for work-related learning.

Students on this programme also have the opportunity to spend one or two semesters in their second year on the identical LJMU degree programme at our partner college in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, keeping the professional body recognition of their studies at LJMU. Liverpool Business School also has partnerships with business schools at universities and colleges across Europe, in the USA and in China. Students can choose to spend an additional year of study at one of our partner universities between the second and third years. All study abroad opportunities are in English. There are also many supported opportunities to study at partner universities during summer vacations and Liverpool Business School provides places on language skills courses.

Foundation Year

The Foundation Year is ideal if you have the interest and ability to study for a degree, but do not have the qualifications to enter directly onto Accounting and Finance honours degree programme yet. Once you pass the Foundation Year (level 3) you will progress directly onto the first year of the honours degree. If you are a full-time UK student, you will qualify for student financial support for the full duration of your course (subject to eligibility criteria).

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Public Finance and Accountancy, Chartered Institute of
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants