Undergraduate study
Accounting and finance qualifications can now open the door to a wide range of interesting and intellectually demanding job opportunities in businesses, specialist organisations and consultancies in the UK and overseas.
Accounting is a discipline much in demand in the business world, and which puts you right at the heart of an organisation’s operations. It has relevance to the decision-making processes of many professions and is of much practical benefit to every business.
Exam exemptions
Our undergraduate students may be eligible for exemptions from certain professional accounting examinations. Our students can combine degree study and 
personal development skills together with obtaining recognition for the practical relevance of their studies, which is so valuable in the current market place.
We also offer the subject areas of Accounting, Business, and Economics within the Combined Honours and Business Joint Honours programmes. This allows students to combine their study of accounting with other subjects of their choice such as law, business information systems, economics, business, and management.
Careers
A career in Accounting and Finance can be very rewarding, both personally and financially! UCLan has an enviable graduate employability rating with over 95% in full-time work or further study within 6 months of graduation.
A degree in Accounting and finance could lead to a job as a Chartered accountant, Chartered certified accountant, Chartered management accountant, or Chartered public finance accountant. There are also numerous analyst roles, banking jobs, consultant work and advisor roles where your degree would be useful.
For further information about careers in Accounting and Finance, visit Prospects.ac.uk.
