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This four-year course offers a fully integrated degree that combines Accounting and Finance subjects. This course with a professional placement allows you to spend your third year gaining experience in the industry.
During your placement year, you will undertake a paid placement in an accounting role within a large organisation or an accountancy firm. Previously, students have secured roles at PwC, Grant Thornton, Hazlewoods, and Milsted Langdon.
Places on the course are allocated on merit depending on first-year examination results and an offer of employment for your placement from a qualifying employer. You can work towards your professional accreditation with ICAEW during your placement year.
Overall, this course enables you to pursue a career in the accounting profession with the benefit of a year in the industry. The course provides you with access to subjects accredited by professional accountancy bodies or you may decide to pursue a career in finance or investment banking through our finance-oriented units.
You can also benefit from various specialist employability services from the Professional Liaison Network within the faculty.
Previous graduates have gone on to work for the Bank of England, JP Morgan, UBS, PwC, KPMG, EY, Deloitte, Microsoft, IBM and many other blue-chip organisations.
For the first 2 years of this course, teaching is delivered on the Clifton Campus where you will gain a thorough understanding of your subject. You will then undertake a placement in industry during your third year. For the final year of the course, teaching will be delivered at the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, opening 2026, where enhanced links with businesses will provide students with real-world knowledge, networks and skills to succeed once you graduate.
This course is currently undergoing its scheduled five-year re-accreditation process with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). It has previously been ACCA accredited for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations. The outcome of the current review is expected by July 2026.
Accreditations Our Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement BSc is accredited by ACCA, ICAS, CIMA, ICAEW and CIPFA.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Accounting and Finance
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
This four-year course offers a fully integrated degree that combines Accounting and Finance subjects. This course with a professional placement allows you to spend your third year gaining experience in the industry.
During your placement year, you will undertake a paid placement in an accounting role within a large organisation or an accountancy firm. Previously, students have secured roles at PwC, Grant Thornton, Hazlewoods, and Milsted Langdon.
Places on the course are allocated on merit depending on first-year examination results and an offer of employment for your placement from a qualifying employer. You can work towards your professional accreditation with ICAEW during your placement year.
Overall, this course enables you to pursue a career in the accounting profession with the benefit of a year in the industry. The course provides you with access to subjects accredited by professional accountancy bodies or you may decide to pursue a career in finance or investment banking through our finance-oriented units.
You can also benefit from various specialist employability services from the Professional Liaison Network within the faculty.
Previous graduates have gone on to work for the Bank of England, JP Morgan, UBS, PwC, KPMG, EY, Deloitte, Microsoft, IBM and many other blue-chip organisations.
For the first 2 years of this course, teaching is delivered on the Clifton Campus where you will gain a thorough understanding of your subject. You will then undertake a placement in industry during your third year. For the final year of the course, teaching will be delivered at the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, opening 2026, where enhanced links with businesses will provide students with real-world knowledge, networks and skills to succeed once you graduate.
This course is currently undergoing its scheduled five-year re-accreditation process with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). It has previously been ACCA accredited for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations. The outcome of the current review is expected by July 2026.
Accreditations Our Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement BSc is accredited by ACCA, ICAS, CIMA, ICAEW and CIPFA.
Admission Requirements
4.5+
67+
6.5+
168+
Application method
Entry by transfer
Transfer to this course as an internal applicant after 1 year of study on BSc Accounting and Finance (UCAS code NN43).
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you need to have one of the following: • IELTS 6.5 overall with 7.0 in reading and listening,and no score below 6.0 • GCSE English Language grade C or 4 • an alternative qualification outlined in our Profile level G.
4 Years
Tuition fees
Domestic
9,790 GBP
International
28,200 GBP
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BSc Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement
Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, Bristol, United Kingdom
48 monthsProgramme duration
28,200 GBPTuition Fee/year
Programme overview
Main Subject
Accounting and Finance
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
During your placement year, you will undertake a paid placement in an accounting role within a large organisation or an accountancy firm. Previously, students have secured roles at PwC, Grant Thornton, Hazlewoods, and Milsted Langdon.
Places on the course are allocated on merit depending on first-year examination results and an offer of employment for your placement from a qualifying employer. You can work towards your professional accreditation with ICAEW during your placement year.
Overall, this course enables you to pursue a career in the accounting profession with the benefit of a year in the industry. The course provides you with access to subjects accredited by professional accountancy bodies or you may decide to pursue a career in finance or investment banking through our finance-oriented units.
You can also benefit from various specialist employability services from the Professional Liaison Network within the faculty.
Previous graduates have gone on to work for the Bank of England, JP Morgan, UBS, PwC, KPMG, EY, Deloitte, Microsoft, IBM and many other blue-chip organisations.
For the first 2 years of this course, teaching is delivered on the Clifton Campus where you will gain a thorough understanding of your subject. You will then undertake a placement in industry during your third year. For the final year of the course, teaching will be delivered at the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, opening 2026, where enhanced links with businesses will provide students with real-world knowledge, networks and skills to succeed once you graduate.
This course is currently undergoing its scheduled five-year re-accreditation process with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). It has previously been ACCA accredited for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations. The outcome of the current review is expected by July 2026.
Accreditations
Our Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement BSc is accredited by ACCA, ICAS, CIMA, ICAEW and CIPFA.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Accounting and Finance
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
During your placement year, you will undertake a paid placement in an accounting role within a large organisation or an accountancy firm. Previously, students have secured roles at PwC, Grant Thornton, Hazlewoods, and Milsted Langdon.
Places on the course are allocated on merit depending on first-year examination results and an offer of employment for your placement from a qualifying employer. You can work towards your professional accreditation with ICAEW during your placement year.
Overall, this course enables you to pursue a career in the accounting profession with the benefit of a year in the industry. The course provides you with access to subjects accredited by professional accountancy bodies or you may decide to pursue a career in finance or investment banking through our finance-oriented units.
You can also benefit from various specialist employability services from the Professional Liaison Network within the faculty.
Previous graduates have gone on to work for the Bank of England, JP Morgan, UBS, PwC, KPMG, EY, Deloitte, Microsoft, IBM and many other blue-chip organisations.
For the first 2 years of this course, teaching is delivered on the Clifton Campus where you will gain a thorough understanding of your subject. You will then undertake a placement in industry during your third year. For the final year of the course, teaching will be delivered at the Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, opening 2026, where enhanced links with businesses will provide students with real-world knowledge, networks and skills to succeed once you graduate.
This course is currently undergoing its scheduled five-year re-accreditation process with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). It has previously been ACCA accredited for the purpose of exemptions from some professional examinations. The outcome of the current review is expected by July 2026.
Accreditations
Our Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement BSc is accredited by ACCA, ICAS, CIMA, ICAEW and CIPFA.
Admission Requirements
Entry by transfer
Transfer to this course as an internal applicant after 1 year of study on BSc Accounting and Finance (UCAS code NN43).
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you need to have one of the following:
• IELTS 6.5 overall with 7.0 in reading and listening,and no score below 6.0
• GCSE English Language grade C or 4
• an alternative qualification outlined in our Profile level G.
Tuition fees
Domestic
International
Scholarships
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