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BSc (Hons) Accounting
Are you looking for the skills you need to achieve your ambitions in business or finance?
This degree is specifically designed to help you develop skills in seven key areas which are vital for accountants and business leaders; adding value, communication, decision-making, ethics and professionalism, problem-solving, teamwork and technical competence.
Part of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales' (ICAEW) Undergraduate Partnership Programme (UPP).
Course statistics
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This course is also available with a work placement
65
students joined this course in 2024
95%
of BSc Accounting students in employment or further study within 15 months (Discover Uni)
World University Rankings
6th in the UK and 22nd in the world for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings 2024)
7th in the UK and 39th in the world for Business & Management Studies (QS World University Rankings 2024)
- Degree awarded
- Bachelor of Science (BSc)
- Duration
- 3 years
- Typical A-level offer
- AAA
- Typical contextual A-level offer
- ABB
- Refugee/care-experienced offer
- BBB
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer
- 36 points overall with 6,6,6 at HL
- How to apply
- UCAS course code
- N400
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Apply through UCAS
- UCAS course code
- N400
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Course description
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Why study BSc Accounting?
This unique, professionally oriented course has been designed alongside the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Undergraduate Partnership Programme (UPP).
It will provide you with a fast track to an accountancy qualification and the four-year degree offers you the opportunity of a full-year paid work placement in your third year of study.
Open days
We're continuously reviewing all of our recruitment events on campus, and now offer a blend of in-person and virtual activities.
If you're a prospective student, you can also find out more about student life by chatting with our student ambassadors at a time that suits you, and ask any questions you may have about life at Manchester.
Please check our Coronavirus FAQs for the most up to date information regarding events.
You can also look at our virtual open day content to help you learn more about the University.
Find out more at open days .
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £31,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
The Manchester Bursary is available to UK students registered on an undergraduate degree course at Alliance MBS who have had a full financial assessment carried out by Student Finance England.
In addition, Alliance MBS will award a range of Social Responsibility Scholarships to UK and international/EU students.
These awards are worth £2,000 per year across three years of study.
You must achieve AAA at A-level (or equivalent qualification) and be able to demonstrate a significant contribution and commitment to social responsibility.
The School will also award a number of International Stellar Scholarships to international students achieving AAA at A-level (or equivalent qualification). Applicants who exceed AAA and/or have supplementary qualifications (such as EPQ) will receive additional consideration.
Additional eligibility criteria apply - please see our scholarship pages for full details.
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Alliance Manchester Business School
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 161 306 3095
- ugadmissions.ambs@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/bsc-hons-accounting/
- School/Faculty overview
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Alliance Manchester Business School was established in 1965 as one of the UK's first two business schools. Today, we are the UK's largest campus-based business and management school, and 'Original Thinking Applied' is at the heart of everything we do. Find out more .
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