Forensic Accounting MSc at Northumbria University

Programme overview

Join our Forensic Accounting MSc at Northumbria University and delve into the niche field of finance and forensics. Whether you have an accounting undergraduate background or not, this course looks at areas such as the nature, regulation and policing of financial crimes in the UK. In particular, it focuses on the prevention and detection of fraud in organisations and examines corporate governance, internal controls and accounting techniques.

Faculty: Newcastle Business School | Duration: 1 year Full Time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Forensic Accounting, Fraud Examination, Fraudulent Statement Analysis, Financial Crime: Law and Regulation, Contemporary issues in Sustainability, Research Methods and Analytics for Business Practice. Optional modules include The Newcastle Business School Masters Dissertation, Masters' Management Enquiry.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants should normally have: A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in business, or a discipline with a quantitative element. International qualifications: English language requirements: International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,565 for the whole programme (2027/28). Full UK course fee for 2027/28 entry. Source

International applicants: GBP 21,500 for the whole programme (2027/28). Full international course fee for 2027/28 entry. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year Full Time

Apply through the official page: https://sits.northumbria.ac.uk/live/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=DTFFRA6&code2=0015

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