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MSc Strategic Professional Accounting and Finance at Oxford Brookes University

Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

Take your accounting career to the next level. Our specialist course is perfect if you’ve studied accounting before but want to move forward to qualify as a professional accountant in the UK, while developing your wider management skills and the attributes employers value.

Faculty: Oxford Brookes Business School  |  Duration: 1 year or 2 years in sandwich mode which includes one year's full-time paid supervised work experience (a work placement). Sandwich mode is only available for September entry.; part-time: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time (optional sandwich placement)  |  Intake: September 2026 / January 2027 / September 2027  |  Location: Oxford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Over the year you’ll cover four compulsory taught modules. These cover similar content to the relevant ACCA papers. In the Advanced Audit and Assurance module, you’ll look at engagement issues and review best practice.

Career pathways

Our course strengthens your accounting and finance expertise so you can pick from different routes. You are most likely to follow a professional accountancy path, whether with an accountancy firm, or in an accounting role in an industry such as an energy or software company.

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Entry requirements

A minimum of a second class honours degree (2:2) in Accounting and Finance, or equivalent overseas degree from a recognised institution or equivalent professional or other qualification. Alternatively, applicants can use ACCA professional examinations as an entry qualification and need to have passed all or nearly all of the first nine Applied Knowledge and Applied Skills papers Applicants who possess a diploma rather than a good degree may be eligible for entry provided they have compensatory work experience and can demonstrate career development. This course attracts students from a wide range of backgrounds and nationalities. Applications are welcome from those in work and seeking continuing professional development ​​Entry will also be subject to two satisfactory reference (one of these must be an academic reference). If English is not your first language you will need to have the following level of English language competency: minimum 6.0 (with a minimum of 6.0 in reading and writing and 5.5 in listening and speaking). if you have completed your undergraduate degree in the UK (at least one full year of study) you will automatically meet our English language requirements.

Domestic applicants: GBP 12,850 a year (2026/27). First-year full-time tuition fee as listed on the course page Source

International applicants: GBP 19,600 a year (2026/27). First-year full-time tuition fee as listed on the course page Source

Intake: September 2026 / January 2027 / September 2027

Duration: 1 year or 2 years in sandwich mode which includes one year's full-time paid supervised work experien

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