Business Accounting and Finance with work placements BSc Honours
48 monthsProgramme duration
25,750 GBPTuition Fee/year
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Accounting and Finance
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Our Business Accounting and Finance with work placement BSc honours degree will give you a flying start and accelerate your progress towards being an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. Put classroom theory into commercial practice with three integrated paid work placements.
The ‘Flying Start’ degree is a collaboration between Newcastle University, PwC and ICAEW.
Set up in 2002, it is the most established course of its kind. It continues to evolve with the accounting profession.
In 2025, the ICAEW's ACA qualification is changing to the Next Generation ACA. The Newcastle Flying Start degree will reflect those changes, ensuring that our graduates are prepared for the future. It combines:
- academic study
- integrated paid professional work placements in PwC’s Audit practice
You'll progress towards the ICAEW Chartered Accountancy qualification, the ACA.
A team of dedicated staff from both Newcastle University and PwC will support you throughout your journey. They'll help you:
- develop the business skills you need to gain a degree
- progress towards a professional qualification
- succeed on paid work placements
This will help you towards hopefully receiving a full-time graduate offer with PwC. You could be a fully-qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant just over a year after graduation - a truly flying start.
This degree was designed with, and is professionally accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Successful graduates of this degree will have completed 12 of the 14 papers of the ICAEW Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) qualification.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Accounting and Finance
Degree
BSc
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Our Business Accounting and Finance with work placement BSc honours degree will give you a flying start and accelerate your progress towards being an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. Put classroom theory into commercial practice with three integrated paid work placements.
The ‘Flying Start’ degree is a collaboration between Newcastle University, PwC and ICAEW.
Set up in 2002, it is the most established course of its kind. It continues to evolve with the accounting profession.
In 2025, the ICAEW's ACA qualification is changing to the Next Generation ACA. The Newcastle Flying Start degree will reflect those changes, ensuring that our graduates are prepared for the future. It combines:
- academic study
- integrated paid professional work placements in PwC’s Audit practice
You'll progress towards the ICAEW Chartered Accountancy qualification, the ACA.
A team of dedicated staff from both Newcastle University and PwC will support you throughout your journey. They'll help you:
- develop the business skills you need to gain a degree
- progress towards a professional qualification
- succeed on paid work placements
This will help you towards hopefully receiving a full-time graduate offer with PwC. You could be a fully-qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant just over a year after graduation - a truly flying start.
This degree was designed with, and is professionally accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Successful graduates of this degree will have completed 12 of the 14 papers of the ICAEW Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) qualification.
Admission Requirements
AAB excluding General Studies. While we are willing to consider any combination of A Level subjects (excluding General Studies), we prefer students to be studying two of the following:
- Mathematics
- Further Mathematics
- English Literature
- Physics
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Geography
- History
- Languages
- Accounting
- Economics
- Business Studies
- Government and Politics
- Law
- Latin
- Philosophy
GCSE mathematics and English Language or Literature at grade 6 or B is required if not taken at A or AS Level.
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