BSc (Hons) Business Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience
A collaboration between The University of Manchester, PwC and the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), this new programme combines academic study, integrated professional work placements and progress towards the ICAEW Chartered Accountancy qualification, the ACA.
Our 'Flying Start' degree offers the best of both worlds - a traditional university experience and the perfect springboard to a graduate career at PwC.
Course statistics
£7,450
scholarship for every Flying Start student
#1
PwC have been voted the Accountancy employer of choice for a record-breaking 19 years (The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey)
12/15
opportunity to complete 12/15 ACA papers during your degree
£10,000
bursary available for eligible students
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)
BSc Business Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience / Overview
Year of entry: 2025
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- Degree awarded
- Bachelor of Science (BSc)
- Duration
- 4 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
- Apply through UCAS .
- UCAS course code
- N403
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Apply through UCAS
- UCAS course code
- N403
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Course description
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Why study Business Accounting at Alliance MBS?
BSc Business Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience is a collaboration between The University of Manchester, PwC, and the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).
It combines academic study, integrated professional work placements, and progress towards the ICAEW Chartered Accountancy qualification, the ACA.
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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.
Additional expenses
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.
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
In recognition of students passing their first year of this prestigious but challenging programme, students will be awarded a scholarship in years 2-4. This scholarship will be £7,450 over years 2-4 (£2,483 per year). Both home and international students will be awarded the same amount of scholarship.
PwC's Flying Start Financial Bursary is aimed at supporting students with the day-to-day costs of University life. If you meet the bursary eligibility criteria and join the BSc (Hons) Business Accounting 'Flying Start' programme in autumn 2024, a £10,000 bursary will be awarded to you, split across the four years of the degree. Read further details, including eligibility criteria.
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.
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
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-business-accounting-with-industrialprofessional-experience/
- 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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