Accounting and Data Analytics (Taught)

The digitalisation of accounting and financial management in modern business means that professionals with the skills and aptitude to identify, analyse and use vast amounts of financial data are in high demand.

On this Accounting and Data Analytics Master's degree, you'll build a proficiency in accounting, expanding your knowledge of accounting and analytical software, report writing, and data and critical analysis. You'll get the confidence and skill to use the findings from the data you analyse to make strategic business decisions.

You'll graduate with a flexible and sought after skill set, opening the door to jobs in banking, accounting and the financial sector, as well as more specific roles like forensic accounting.

Accredited by:

This course is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA).

What you'll experience
On this Accounting and Data Analytics Master's course you'll:

• Combine big data theory, business acumen and communication ability into a sought after skill set

• Improve your financial analysis and data visualisation skills

• Learn how to prepare and analyse accounts

• Get experience with analytical software

• Learn how to effectively analyse financial data to achieve certain goals, such as internal auditing

• Access the same data, analytics and software used by city traders in our Bloomberg Suite

• Study alongside students from our MSc Forensic Accounting and MSc Accounting and Finance courses, so you'll experience other areas of accounting and get a better idea of what to expect in the workplace

• Develop transferable skills such as business acumen, professional ethics, critical analysis, report writing, communication skills and data analysis

• Be able to attend guest lectures, which illustrate how you can apply the knowledge and skill you learn in industry

• Study modules that accelerate the path to membership of accounting professional bodies after the course

• Programming skills are not required on this course.

Careers and opportunities
When you finish this Accounting and Data Analytics Master's course, our Careers and Employability service can help you find a job that puts your skills to work in the industry.

What can you do with an Accounting and Data Analytics Master's degree?
Areas that you could go on to work in include:

• accounting

• banking

• financial sector businesses

• internal and external auditing

• forensic technology

• professional services

Course Modules

The University of Portsmouth is passionate about creating career-focused modules that do more than support your studies, they empower your academic journey and prepare you for what comes next.

We design modules that have:

• Clear themes and skills development as you progress through each year
• Assessments that feel meaningful, often based on real-world tasks rather than isolated exams
• Career-enhancing opportunities such as placements, live projects, enterprise and volunteering

For a full list of the modules you will study on this course, please visit the link to the course page.

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-taught/msc-accounting-and-data-analytics#modules

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants