MAcc Accounting (Graduate Apprenticeship) at Edinburgh Napier University

A five-year integrated Graduate Apprenticeship that leads to a master's degree and Chartered Certified Accountant status through ACCA, combining blended online teaching with up to five years of workplace experience. It suits people working in roles such as administrator, bookkeeper, trainee accountant, finance assistant and accounts assistant.

Duration: 5 years (part-time)  |  Study mode: part-time; graduate apprenticeship  |  Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, The Accounting Professional, Principles of Economics. Year 2: Corporate Accounting, Financial Management, Reporting Corporate Performance, Business and Corporate Law. Year 3: Advanced Management Accounting, Advanced Corporate Reporting, Corporate Financial Management, Auditing. Year 4: Ethics and Professional Skills, International Accounting, Taxation, Innovation in Management Accounting. Year 5: Strategic Business Leader, Strategic Business Reporting plus optional modules; Professional Practice modules run alongside. Teaching is blended, with pre-recorded online lectures, live online tutorials and two in-person days of six hours per trimester.

Career pathways

Graduates can work in financial reporting, advisory support, audit preparation, tax planning and compliance, and budgeting and forecasting, within accounting firms or the finance departments of other organisations.

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