Accounting and Finance

Accounting and finance together form the language of business, providing the tools by which organisations record, analyse, and communicate their financial position, and through which resources are allocated across economies. Accounting is concerned with the measurement and reporting of financial activity, encompassing financial and management accounting, auditing, and taxation. Finance extends into the decisions organisations and investors make about where to put money, how to manage risk, and how to value assets and businesses.

Studying both at degree level gives you a comprehensive understanding of how capital moves through the economy and how businesses and financial institutions manage it.

At the University of Liverpool, this three-year full-time programme includes a year abroad, which is an unusual and valuable feature for a business degree of this kind. Spending part of your study at a partner university in another country gives you exposure to different financial regulatory environments, accounting standards, and approaches to business education, as well as the personal and professional development that comes from studying internationally. Liverpool's business school is AACSB-accredited, and the programme is designed to cover much of the content examined by major professional accountancy bodies, giving you a strong foundation for professional qualification after graduation.

Across the programme you will study financial accounting and reporting, management accounting, corporate finance, investment and portfolio theory, taxation, and auditing, alongside quantitative methods and the broader economic context in which financial decisions are made. The year abroad adds an international dimension that is increasingly valued by employers in a globalised financial services sector.

Graduates of accounting and finance programmes typically move into professional accountancy, entering training contracts with the major firms while studying for qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA. Others move into investment banking, corporate finance, asset management, financial analysis, and treasury roles, or into management roles in business more broadly.