MSc Internal Audit Management and Consultancy at Birmingham City University

The MSc Internal Audit Management & Consultancy is a unique offering in the UK and has been developed over many decades to ensure that it reflects the needs of the profession, employers, and above all, the students. The majority of the course team have worked in the internal audit profession, as well as other connected professions, and therefore have a keen insight into the demands of the profession and the knowledge, skills, and behaviours expected.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences  |  Department: Accounting, Finance and Economics  |  Duration: 3 years part-time; 3 years distance learning  |  Study mode: online/part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The Course is divided into eight modules and is aligned to the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Chartered Internal Auditor (CMIIA) qualifications. The course has been carefully mapped against the IAP Apprenticeship Standards and End Point Assessment (EPA), to the syllabi of the CIA and CMIIA and the IIA Inc’s suggested syllabus from the Internal Audit Educators Partnership programme, which has awarded this course its highest accreditation as a ‘Centre of Excellence’. Modules include Foundations of Internal Auditing, GRC and Organisational Governance, Internal Audit Engagements, Business Processes, Risks and Controls, Leading the Internal Audit Function, Organisational Strategy, Ethical Leadership for the CAE, Internal Audit Consultancy Research.

Career pathways

There are planned field trips each term to local organisations. These trips will be accompanied by a seminar from a visiting professor on a related topic.

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