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Finance, Accounting and Management with a Placement Year

Entry requirements


A level

A,A,A

See below for GCSE and English requirements.

Applications are assessed on an individual basis.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3,M1,M1

See below for GCSE and English requirements.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

36

See below for GCSE and English requirements.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

D*D

Must be Business related and must be combined with GCE A Level grade A. See below for GCSE and English requirements.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

D

Must be combined with two GCE A Levels graded A. Must include a Business subject in either the BTEC or A level but not both. See below for GCSE and English requirements.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

D*DD

Must be Business related. See below for GCSE and English requirements.

Scottish Advanced Higher

A,A

Must be combined with Scottish Highers. See below for GCSE and English requirements.

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,B,B

Must be combined with Scottish Advanced Highers. See below for GCSE and English requirements.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)

A

Must be combined with two A-Levels graded AA. See below for GCSE and English requirements.

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112-153

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About this course


Course option

4years

Full-time | 2024

Subjects

Management studies

Accounting

Finance

Our BSc Finance, Accounting and Management focuses on the modern firm and its financial environment. You will gain a solid grounding in fundamental disciplines including business finance, financial and management accounting, and business law. You will develop a broad educational base suitable for a business leader of the future.

You can also follow your interests and career aspirations by selecting from a wide range of optional modules alongside your core subjects. You can choose from subject areas within or outside the Business School to broaden your skills and knowledge.

You could enhance your CV and gain a global perspective by studying abroad at our campuses in China or Malaysia. This course is also available as a four-year course with a placement year, giving you real business experience.

You will graduate with all the knowledge, practical skills and confidence you need to stand out to employers as you start your career.

Modules

In your first year, you will be introduced to the underlying core management disciplines of economics, organisational behaviour, and accounting and finance. You will also take core modules in business computing, law, and quantitative methods.

Overall, the first year equips you with a rational-economic, organisational and accounting/financial perspective of management and organisations.

The second year of the course allows you to develop specialist knowledge in finance, accounting and management by building on your first-year studies.

The second year also provides an opportunity to develop your particular interests through optional modules within or outside the Business School.

In your final year, you will study four core areas in depth: corporate reporting and analysis, management accounting, business ethics and sustainability, and financial markets.

There are also more opportunities for you to tailor the course to your interests and career aspirations through optional modules.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£20,500
per year
International
£20,500
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

University Park Campus

Department:

Nottingham University Business School

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

75%
Management studies
63%
Accounting
72%
Finance

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Management studies

Teaching and learning

68%
Staff make the subject interesting
78%
Staff are good at explaining things
82%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
75%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

80%
Library resources
85%
IT resources
85%
Course specific equipment and facilities
74%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

75%
UK students
25%
International students
67%
Male students
33%
Female students
83%
2:1 or above
6%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

A
A
A

Accounting

Teaching and learning

53%
Staff make the subject interesting
67%
Staff are good at explaining things
77%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
77%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

75%
Library resources
81%
IT resources
78%
Course specific equipment and facilities
47%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

76%
UK students
24%
International students
68%
Male students
32%
Female students
86%
2:1 or above
4%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

A
A
A

Finance

Teaching and learning

61%
Staff make the subject interesting
77%
Staff are good at explaining things
78%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
63%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

78%
Library resources
86%
IT resources
85%
Course specific equipment and facilities
59%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

63%
UK students
37%
International students
71%
Male students
29%
Female students
75%
2:1 or above
5%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

A
A
A

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Management studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£25,000
med
Average annual salary
100%
high
Employed or in further education
79%
high
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

24%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
19%
Business, research and administrative professionals
14%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals

Accounting

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£25,000
high
Average annual salary
97%
med
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

37%
Business, research and administrative professionals
29%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
7%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals

You don't have to be an accountant if you take this degree, but over half of graduates take a look at the rewards on offer for accountancy trainees and go into the job. Many others go into other parts of the finance industry as advisors or book-keepers, and some go into management or marketing. London is very popular for accountancy graduates going into their first job, but it's also quite common to work in Scotland, with Glasgow a perennial hotbed of Scottish accountancy recruitment. If you want to find a job in finance as an accountancy graduates, recruitment agencies were particularly important last year, so try to get in touch with one as soon as you can to improve your chances.

Finance

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£25,000
med
Average annual salary
98%
high
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

37%
Business, research and administrative professionals
30%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
7%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals

Over 2,000 students graduated with a degree in finance in 2015, and a sign of the strength of the finance industry, numbers are on the up. Over half of finance graduates go into the finance industry, with accountancy and financial advice roles particularly popular. It's also quite common for finance graduates to go into jobs which require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications — finance graduates who take further study are more likely to be studying accountancy than finance. About a third of graduates start their careers in London - but Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham are other popular locations for finance graduates to work.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Management studies

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£27k

£27k

£33k

£33k

£46k

£46k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

Accounting

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£27k

£27k

£33k

£33k

£46k

£46k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

Finance

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£27k

£27k

£33k

£33k

£46k

£46k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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