MSc Accounting and Finance at Teesside University

Programme overview

MSc Accounting and Finance focuses on using financial skills in organisations, developing technical accounting skills alongside the interpersonal skills needed in business. Full-time attendance is Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

Department: Accounting & Economics | Duration: Full-time: 12-16 months; part-time: 2 years | Intake: January, May, September | Study mode: full-time, part-time | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules are Contemporary Issues and Research Methods, Cybersecurity and Financial Crime, Dissertation, Finance Management, and Reporting, Governance and Accountability.

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 8,365 a year (2026/27). Full-time, 2026/27 entry. Source

International applicants: GBP 17,000 a year (2026/27). International one-year postgraduate taught master's (MSc/MA); tuition only Source

Intake: January, May, September

Duration: Full-time: 12-16 months; part-time: 2 years

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