University of East Anglia

BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance

University of East AngliaNorwich Research Park, Norwich

Course overview

Understanding accounting and finance is vital to speaking the language of business. UEA’s BSc Accounting and Finance degree will help you master this language, giving you a huge competitive advantage in the business world. People who are highly literate in accounting and finance often rise to the top of businesses.

In UEA’s Accounting and Finance BSc, you’ll learn financial accounting and reporting, and management accounting, alongside core business disciplines. This pairing will give you a broad foundation from which to enter a variety of career paths. Our teaching is constantly changing, informed by the fast-developing world of business and accounting research.

At UEA, you’ll be at the cutting edge of the accounting and finance world. Throughout the course, you’ll develop your understanding of business finance and accounting as you learn how to understand, interpret and act on the financial accounts of a variety of business structures. You’ll learn how to communicate an argument in a way that’s meaningful and persuasive to the key decision makers in that business.

You’ll also learn how to use your professional judgment to understand and influence business decisions. You’ll even have the chance to explore how accounting influences sustainable decision-making and wealth distribution in society, and how politics can influence accounting.

Key highlights

  • Covers financial accounting, reporting and management accounting
  • Core business disciplines studied alongside accounting and finance
  • Teaching informed by current business and accounting research
  • Learn to interpret financial accounts across varied business structures
  • Develop persuasive communication for key business decision makers
  • Explore accounting's role in sustainability, wealth distribution and politics

Entry requirements

  • International Baccalaureate: 32 — Further Examples of Typical Entry Requirements: International Baccalaureate 32 points overall Irish Leaving Certificate 3 subjects at H2, 3 subjects at H3 Scottish Highers AAABB Scottish Advanced Highers BCC A combination of Advanced Highers and Highers may be acceptable
  • Scottish Advanced Highers: BCC — A combination
  • Scottish Highers: AAABB — Further Examples of Typical Entry Requirements: International Baccalaureate 32 points overall Irish Leaving Certificate 3 subjects at H2, 3 subjects at H3 Scottish Highers AAABB Scottish Advanced Highers BCC A combination of Advanced Highers and Highers may be acceptable
  • Irish Leaving Certificate — 3 subjects at H2, 3 subjects at H3

Careers this course leads to

  • Chartered accountant
  • Management accountant
  • Auditor
  • Financial analyst
  • Tax adviser
  • Business analyst

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,790 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of East Anglia, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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