MSc Accounting at Ulster University

Programme overview

The MSc Accounting is a full-time fast-track Master's in Belfast for non-accounting business graduates, designed as a route to becoming a Chartered or Chartered Certified Accountant. It builds knowledge of accounting, finance and business for those with little prior accounting background.

Duration: 1 year (September to August), full-time | Intake: September 2026 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Semester 1: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Law for Accountants, Financial Management. Semester 2: Management Accounting in Practice, Corporate Financial Reporting, Applied Taxation, Governance, Risk and Ethics. Teaching is through lectures, workshops and seminars with independent study.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared for careers in accounting or finance; success in modules may lead to exemptions from ACCA knowledge and some skills papers, some CIMA operational and management level examinations, and Chartered Accountants Ireland CAP1.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A second class honours degree (upper division) or equivalent in a business discipline, or an equivalent standard in a professional qualification, plus a good standard of GCSE English Language and Mathematics. International applicants: Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5 for international applicants.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,290 for the whole programme (2026/27). Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and EU Settlement Status fee. Price shown is for the complete programme; tuition fee loan of up to £10,000 available to eligible NI/ROI-domiciled students. Source

International applicants: GBP 18,310 for the whole programme (2026/27) Source

Intake: September 2026

Duration: 1 year (September to August), full-time

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