Accounting and Management with a Year in Industry

Accounting and management is a combination designed for students who want to develop the financial rigour of accounting alongside the broader organisational and strategic knowledge that management brings. Accounting provides the formal frameworks for recording, reporting, and analysing financial information, and it is the language through which the financial health of every organisation is communicated. Management complements this by developing your understanding of strategy, leadership, marketing, operations, and the human dimensions of how organisations function.

Together they produce graduates who can read an organisation's financial position and understand the strategic and operational decisions that produced it.

At the University of East Anglia, this four-year full-time programme includes a year in industry, meaning you will spend time working in a relevant organisation as part of your degree. The industry year provides substantive professional experience that deepens your understanding of how accounting and management work in practice and significantly enhances your employability on graduation. You will study financial and management accounting, audit, taxation, corporate governance, organisational behaviour, and strategic management, developing both the technical accounting skills and the management understanding that professional and commercial employers value.

The typical entry tariff of 120 points reflects the programme's academic expectations, and UEA's business school provides a rigorous and well-connected environment for studying these subjects.

Graduates are well placed for careers in accounting firms, financial management, corporate finance, management consultancy, and business analysis. Many go on to pursue chartered accountancy qualifications with bodies such as the ICAEW, ACCA, or CIMA, for which an accounting and management degree provides excellent preparation. The year in industry is a significant advantage, and many students receive offers from their placement employers.

Others move into general management or commercial roles where financial literacy and management understanding are both required. Postgraduate study in accounting, finance, or management is also available for those who want to specialise further.