BA (Hons) Accountancy Pathway at Glasgow Caledonian University

A GCU Pathway programme: students study an HND in Accounting at Glasgow Clyde College for the first two years, then join Year 3 of the BA (Hons) Accountancy at GCU and graduate with an honours degree. The professionally focused degree covers financial and management accounting, taxation and auditing alongside economics, law, ethics and finance, is accredited by major UK accounting professional bodies (ACCA, ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA and CIPFA), and gives access to the Bloomberg Finance Lab.

Duration: 4 years full time (Years 1-2 HND Accounting at Glasgow Clyde College, Years 3-4 at GCU)  |  Intake: August 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Years 1 and 2 are HND Accounting at Glasgow Clyde College. Topics at GCU include financial and management accounting, ethics and sustainability, taxation, audit, data analytics, public sector accounting and corporate finance, with training in accounting software and general workplace skills such as communication, teamwork, data analysis and IT proficiency.

Career pathways

Graduates have progressed into trainee roles at firms and organisations including Grant Thornton, KPMG, EY, Arnold Clark and Audit Scotland, in roles such as auditors, tax practitioners, management accountants, financial accountants, finance analysts, investment analysts and risk consultants.

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