Accounting and Finance

Accounting and finance provide the quantitative and analytical foundation on which organisations of all kinds depend. Accounting is the system through which financial information is recorded, classified, and reported; finance applies economic reasoning and quantitative tools to the management and allocation of capital. At the University of East Anglia, the BSc Accounting and Finance is a three-year full-time programme that develops your mastery of both disciplines, giving you a thorough command of the language of business and the analytical tools that financial decision-making requires.

As the programme's current description notes, people who are highly literate in accounting and finance often rise to the top of businesses, and the degree is designed to provide that literacy in full. The accounting content covers financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, and taxation, developing your ability to prepare, interpret, and critically evaluate financial statements and reports. The finance content covers corporate finance, investment theory, financial markets, and the quantitative methods used to analyse risk and return, developing the analytical skills that are central to careers in financial services and business finance.

UEA's strong research profile in both accounting and finance informs the curriculum, and the programme is designed to develop graduates with a genuine competitive advantage in the business world.

Graduates are well placed for a wide range of careers in accounting, finance, and management. Public accounting firms, corporate finance departments, investment management, banking, management consultancy, the public sector, and financial services all recruit accounting and finance graduates in substantial numbers. Professional qualifications offered by chartered accountancy bodies are a common post-degree step, and the academic content of well-designed programmes like UEA's typically provides partial exemptions from professional examinations.

Some graduates go on to postgraduate study in accounting, finance, or business. The technical financial knowledge and analytical rigour the degree develops are consistently in demand, and graduates who combine these with strong communication skills are among the most employable in the business graduate pool.