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Accounting and Finance with placement year

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time with year in industry
  • 14/09/2026
  • Undergraduate
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St Mary’s University, Twickenham
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2026-2027
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Course summary

Thrive in the world's financial environment with our employability focused degree.

Develop your knowledge, technical skills, and ethical awareness ready for a successful career in accounting and finance.

At St Mary's, you will gain a strong foundation in both the theoretical and practical aspects of accounting and finance. You'll gain exposure to taxation, auditing, and sustainability reporting.

Additionally, the course has a future-proof curriculum where you'll dive into:

FinTech
artificial intelligence
blockchain
environmental, social, and governance
forensic accounting.

Develop essential employability skills
This course promotes integrity, ethical decision-making, and social responsibility. You will develop your communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, which are essential for success in the accounting and finance profession.

Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to work on consultancy projects and independent research, enabling you to apply your knowledge in real-world business contexts.

About the Placement Year
A placement year enables you to undertake a year of experience in an organisation between your second and final year.

It will enable you to:

apply the knowledge and skills you gain from your course in a work setting
build your commercial awareness and insights into organisations and industries you might want to work in
develop your professional skills through company training, networking skills and confidence in the workplace
get some great experience for future job applications or even land a graduate job.
Support from St Mary’s every step of the way

Securing a placement can really help you develop your job search skills and the Employability Service placement and Careers Teams can support you to find and apply for available opportunities.

Please note: in the event that you cannot secure a placement you will be able to transfer onto the three year version of your degree programme.

Assessment method

Our assessments equip you with the skills you will need for employment success. And they're not all assignments and reports. You will also:

lead in case study analyses and simulations
present and collaborate in group projects
conduct independent research or consultancy projects.

This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

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Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time with year in industry • 4 Years

Start dates

  • 14/09/2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
AF11
Institution code:
S64
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

St Mary's University, Twickenham has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
AF11
Institution code:
S64
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 120 points

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE grade C/4 or above in mathematics or an acceptable equivalent

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)66.0 overall with no element below 5.5

English Language requirements https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/international/english-language/overview.aspx

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

For many of our three-year degree programmes if you don’t quite meet our entry requirements, we might be able to make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background, your experiences, individual circumstances and whether you can demonstrate transferable skills that you have which will help you to be successful at university. This is called a contextual offer, and we get data from UCAS to help make these decisions.

Learn more on the St Mary's University, Twickenham website

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