Professional Accounting MSc

Program Description

Professional Accounting MSc focuses not just upon technical issues of accounting, but also upon the ways in which the current managerial paradigms might most effectively be re-thought and new patterns of thinking implemented.

  • Study a curriculum which is aligned to major accounting bodies, such as ACCA and CIMA.
  • Utilise industry-standard accounting software in your learning experience.
  • Gain an understanding of the importance of accountancy and the accounting profession in an international context.
  • Apply to study our MSc Professional Accounting with Extended Professional Practice, an 18-month option aimed at individuals who are looking to attain a deeper understanding of business in a very practical way.

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Critically evaluate appropriate management and financial accounting techniques to produce information useful to managers for planning, controlling and for making economic decisions, showing critical awareness of the limitations of these techniques.
  • Critically evaluate the contextual forces on the accounting profession, such as legal, tax, audit and regulatory systems; ethical, economic, environmental, social and technological changes; international developments and corporate governance.
  • Discuss, analyse and evaluate the uses and limitations of a range of research methods/techniques, both qualitative and quantitative, and understand their strengths and weaknesses for providing information and evaluating options in an organisational environment.
  • Manipulate the relevant accounting software and information technologies for application in business and management within an international knowledge-based economy.
  • Examine and articulate the knowledge of several of the major contexts within which accounting operates (both outside and within organisations), based on a critical evaluation of related theoretical and conceptual frameworks and of empirical evidence as to its effects.
  • Communicate knowledge and understanding of, and appropriate ability to use and critically evaluate, current and major alternative technical languages and practices of accounting, together with appropriate ability to apply them.
  • Work collaboratively to apply cross-cultural perspective on the operational and strategic position of organisations and critically examine policies and strategies that managers may adopt to help organisations adapt in increasingly complex internal and external environments in a global context.

Admission Requirements

  • General Requirement :-
    • Indian Students-Students must achieve 60% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree or 55% in a 4 Year.Undergraduate Degree Students from the following Universities will be considered with 55% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree (unless applying for Health and Life Science courses): Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (Madras), Anna, Amity, Andhra Pradesh, Aligarh Muslim, Pune, Bangalore and JNTU.
    • Arab Students-Students who hold a Bachelor’s Degree should have an average grade of 60% or above. Students who have an average grade of 70% or CGPA of 2.5 out of 4 for the Postgraduate Research programmes with a satisfactory research proposal.
  • An honours undergraduate degree (minimum 2:2) in an accounting related discipline such as Accounting, Finance or Economics or a recognised equivalent degree in which the candidates demonstrate strong quantitative skills and a strong background in accounting and finance.

OR

  • Accounting or finance work experience in private, public or third sectors (a minimum of two years would be desirable) will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

OR

  • Relevant professional qualifications.

IELTS Requirements

Listening Reading Writing Speaking Overall
5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.5

Remarks:

  • Indian Students IELTS Waiver:-65% in Standard XII English language from certain examination boards only (Central boards, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand)
  • 18 months Extended Professional Practice available.

Course Features
  • Country United Kingdom
  • City London
  • State England
  • Course Duration 1 Year
  • Application fee 0 GBP
  • Tuition fees per year 0 GBP
  • Cost of Living per year 15,000 GBP
  • Starting dates September & January
  • IELTS (Total) 6.5
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