Accounting and Taxation

"Choose Southampton and you'll also be joining a department ranked in the top 100 in the world for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025).

This degree is a flexible course that can be tailored to your own interests and career plans. You could choose pathways towards an accountancy professional recognition and gain expertise in green finance, accounting, assurance/audit, pension and tax technologies. Unlike many other BSc Accounting courses, this degree focuses on the public sector and how businesses and policymakers interact.

With this Accounting and Taxation degree you'll:
• Understand and apply theories and practices within audit, taxation and public sector accounting.
• Learn the skills required to play key strategic roles in businesses and other organisations.
• Build, analyse and communicate data in areas of accounting, audit, tax and sustainability. Show businesses how to ethically, responsibly and sustainably apply new concepts and practices.
• Work on real-world projects and case studies from the University's partners.

We also offer a variant of this course with a Placement Year."