Course summary
This course is shaped by the needs of the accounting, finance, and taxation professionals of tomorrow. Designed for accounting/business graduates, you can gain exemptions from professional examinations whilst gaining practical analytics skills essential to the profession. You will cover topics such as international audit and assurance, advanced taxation, international financial reporting, strategic leadership, and data analytics for finance professionals. The combination of subjects studied encourages critical and creative thinking, teamwork, and communication - a diverse range of professional attributes which will quip you to excel in your career. Qualified accountants are always in high demand and the profession provides excellent employability and earning prospects across many areas of business, including accounting, finance, taxation, or management in public, private, or not-for profit organisations. Upon graduation, you will be a step ahead in your professional accountancy training with only a three-year training contract and just two more final admitting examinations required to enable you to become a Chartered Accountant.
Entry requirements
Applicants must be able to satisfy the University's general admissions requirements in one of the following ways: Applicants must: (a) have gained (i) a second class honours degree in an accounting discipline or better from a university of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, or from a recognised national awarding body, or from an institution of another country which has been recognised as being of an equivalent standard; or (ii) an equivalent standard (normally 50%) in an accounting discipline in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification; and (b) gained CAP 1 chartered accounting examinations and (c) provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English (GCSE grade C or equivalent). Alternatively, applicants must demonstrate their ability to undertake the course through the accreditation of prior experiential learning.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Provider information
Ulster University
Cromore Road
Coleraine
BT52 1SA