Accountancy

Accountancy at Aberdeen gives you a thorough grounding in theory, practice and business skills, taught by experts in accounting practice, with the advantage of real-life employers and scenarios integrated into your programme.

A degree that fits you. The degree programmes offered through the Business School are designed to be flexible. Specialise in one area, explore new subjects, or study multiple disciplines to attain a degree that suits your interests and career aspirations. The MA Accountancy at Aberdeen provides a thorough grounding in theory, practice, and business skills, taught by experts from a diverse range of professional backgrounds, with the advantage of real-life employers and scenarios integrated into the programme. The programme provides a path to professional accreditation, and develops the essential skills, experience, and attributes required for a career in chartered accountancy or another key role in the dynamic environment of business and finance.

You will benefit from having close links with employers, real-life business scenarios, and professional training facilities such as our Bloomberg finance lab, used by major financial services companies across the world.

The MA Accountancy programme at Aberdeen can form part of a direct path to professional qualification status being accredited by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS).

Graduates also receives exemption to the certificate and operational level of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification, and to the foundations in accountancy level and four papers from the applied knowledge and skills level of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualification.

The University of Aberdeen was ranked 12th in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2025 and 15th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
1st Scotland in Student Positivity for Business Studies and Management Studies in the National Student Survey 2024
4th in the UK for Accounting and Finance in the Guardian University Guide 2025.

Course Modules

The use of various forms of assessment and learning environments facilitates the development of generic transferable skills enhancing student employability. Students will also benefit from developing and having close links with employers, real-life business scenarios, and professional training facilities such as audit simulation and Bloomberg finance lab, used by major financial services companies across the world.

View all modules on the programme page to find out more about what you will be studying and when. University of Aberdeen modules are designed to give you breadth and depth to your degree. The range of modules you study will allow you to become proficient in all subjects which are directly relevant to your degree giving you greater career options.

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/degree-programmes/1137/N400/accountancy/#what_you_study

The use of various forms of assessment and learning environments facilitates the development of generic transferable skills enhancing student employability.

Students are assessed by any combination of three assessment methods: coursework such as essays and reports completed throughout the course; practical assessments of the skills and competencies they learn on the course; and written examinations at the end of each course.

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

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Public Finance and Accountancy, Chartered Institute of
• Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Institute of
• EQUIS