MSc Accounting and Finance (Applied) at Teesside University

Programme overview

MSc Accounting and Finance (Applied) is a two-year full-time course (2 days a week) integrating accounting, leadership and change with an advanced practice element of research or employer-led work-based opportunities.

Department: Accounting & Economics | Duration: Full-time: 2 years | Intake: May, September | Study mode: full-time | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules include Contemporary Issues and Research Methods, Core Concepts in Accounting and Finance, Cybersecurity and Financial Crime, Dissertation, Finance Management, Global Economics and International Financial Markets, and Reporting, Governance and Accountability, plus Advanced Practice.

Career pathways

Graduates pursue roles in industry, accounting practices or the public sector, with a foundation for accountancy, general management and finance careers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normal entry is a good honours degree (at least a 2:2), a post-experience or professional qualification, or equivalent qualifications (including international qualifications). Applicants without an honours degree but with significant appropriate work experience are encouraged to apply. Open to qualified accountants, who may enter with 100 credits of advanced standing (not applicable to international students). International applicants need IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in each band (or equivalent PTE Academic 59, TOEFL or other accepted test); the 6.0 level applies to postgraduate art and design, business, computing, engineering, science, animation and games programmes.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,417 a year (2026/27). Full-time, 2026/27 entry. Source

International applicants: GBP 20,000 for the whole programme (2026/27). International two-year Advanced practice/Applied master's total (GBP 10,000 per year); tuition only Source

Intake: May, September

Duration: Full-time: 2 years

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