MSc International Finance and Accounting at University of Staffordshire

This MSc combines core accounting and finance disciplines with contemporary theory and analytics. Successful completion makes graduates eligible for the CIMA Master's gateway route, allowing progression straight to the strategic level of the CIMA Professional Qualification. It is taught at the Stoke-on-Trent campus.

Duration: 12 months full-time with a September start; 18 months with a January start; part-time typically 2-3 academic years  |  Intake: January 2027; January 2028  |  Location: Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Study is organised in three teaching blocks, covering Corporate Finance and Investment, Management Control and Internal Audit, Business Research Methods, Financial Analysis in a Global Context, Financial Risk Management for Sustainable Business and FinTech and Data Analytics. The International Consultancy in Practice module includes a residential study trip abroad, and the course ends with a dissertation.

Career pathways

Graduates can work in financial and risk analysis, business analysis, budget control and analysis, foreign exchange, risk analysis and as financial controllers, with further academic study at PhD level also possible.

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