Accounting and Finance

Accounting and finance together address how money flows through organisations and markets, how financial performance is measured and reported, and how investment decisions are made. Accounting is concerned with the recording, analysis, and communication of financial information within organisations, providing the data on which managers, investors, and regulators depend. Finance takes a broader view, asking how capital is raised and allocated, how financial markets work, and how risk and return are managed across portfolios and corporate structures.

The two disciplines are deeply complementary, and graduates who understand both have a significant advantage in a wide range of financial careers.

At the University of York, this three-year full-time programme develops not only technical accounting and finance skills but also broad commercial awareness and the capacity to approach organisational challenges critically. You will study financial reporting, management accounting, corporate finance, investment analysis, and financial markets, building both the technical precision that the accounting profession requires and the wider financial intelligence that investment and advisory roles demand. The programme includes a sandwich year in industry, a year abroad, and work placement opportunities, giving you an unusually comprehensive range of structured experience before graduation.

The sandwich year places you within a real financial organisation, and the year abroad gives you the opportunity to study at an international partner institution, developing the global perspective that financial employers increasingly value.

A typical entry tariff of 136 points reflects the programme's academic rigour within a supportive and highly regarded university environment. Graduates pursue professional accounting qualifications, work in investment banking, corporate finance, asset management, and financial consultancy, or take management roles in organisations across the public and private sectors. Postgraduate study in accounting, finance, or business is an option for those wishing to specialise further.