MSc Accounting (ACCA) at University of Brighton

Prepare for a senior leadership role within accountancy by combining a university qualification with your Chartered Certified Accountant study. By following the ACCA’s syllabus for the Strategic Professional stage, you can graduate with a masters degree or postgraduate diploma alongside studying the relevant modules required to become a chartered certified accountant. In order to gain the ACCA qualification, you’ll need to pass the ACCAs external exams.

Faculty: School of Business and Law  |  Department: Finance and Economics  |  Duration: full-time: 1 year; part-time: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September and January start dates  |  Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will be following the ACCA’s Strategic Professional papers as part of the masters/postgraduate diploma qualification. The masters and postgraduate diploma are mapped to the ACCA’s two Strategic Professional essential papers as well as two of the ACCA Strategic Professional option papers. On the masters programme, in addition to the four modules, you’ll be required to complete either a dissertation or a work placement project report. The report would be based on a 6–12 month work placement which would extend the length of the course. On the postgraduate diploma route, you complete four modules and a project report. Modules include Strategic Business Reporting, Strategic Business Leader, Dissertation, Work Placement Project (60).

Career pathways

Our Careers Service provides help and advice from the very start of your studies, on subjects including careers counselling sessions, CV checking, mock interviews and advice on setting up your own business. Momentum is our award-winning mentoring scheme.

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