Accounting and Finance

Join our professionally accredited Accounting and Finance degree and learn how to work at the financial heart of any business. Accredited by four professional bodies, this practical degree gives you all the knowledge and skills you need to start your career in accounting and finance.

We put employability at the forefront by focusing on the latest themes in financial management. You’ll have the option to study abroad and/or go on a work placement.

• Professional body accreditation from CIMA, ACCA, AIA and ICAS.

• International study and work placement options.

• An enhanced CV filled with activities such as Entrepreneurial Brains Made on Campus (EMBC) in association with Germany’s Stuttgart Media University.

• If you want to start your own business, or work as a freelancer, our business incubator, Bell Street Ventures is here to help you.

• A flexible degree, part of a portfolio of 12 related courses covering business, accounting and marketing.

You’ll graduate with a CV packed with projects like the IBM Universities Business Challenge, and ready to start your career in accountancy, auditing or corporate finance.

You'll develop the key management skills you need to deliver a financially and environmentally sustainable performance for any organisation. And, whether your ambition is to start your own business or work for someone, your skills will be relevant all over the world.

Abertay is widely regarded as THE place to come for high quality teaching. But don't take our word for it:

• Scotland's Top Modern University - Student Satisfaction (National Student Survey 2023).

• UK University of the Year 2021 - Teaching Quality (The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide).

• UK Top 10 - Student Satisfaction & Teaching (Guardian Good University Guide 2021).

Year 1 core modules (subject to change) - ANF101 Introduction to Accounting; ANF102 Finance & Statistics; BMT101 Nature of Management; BMT108 Business Economics. You will also be able to choose one from BMT107 Introduction to Marketing or BMT106 Introduction to HR. For detailed module information please check our website.

Assessment varies substantially across modules. Some modules, particularly where there is professional accreditation, have more traditional assessments such as exams. However, where we can, we like to vary the types of assessment. Therefore students can expect to create presentations, videos, posters, reports, research outputs, practical exercises, strategic papers, design processes or products and so on. As the programme has multiple options, students will be able to experience a wide range of assessments.