Accounting and Finance

Study your Accounting and Finance degree at a top 10 UK Modern University for Graduate Prospects (Complete University Guide 2025).

Join our professionally accredited Accounting and Finance degree and get prepared for a thriving career in finance. Accredited by four professional bodies, this practical degree gives you all the knowledge and skills you need to become an accounting and finance professional.

Develop key financial management skills
You'll start by building a solid foundation in accounting, finance, economics, and general business. Then you'll progress to more advanced areas such as corporate finance, international financial accounting, management accounting, taxation, and auditing. You'll develop the specialist technical skills essential for high-performance financial management.

Build a CV packed with projects
We put employability at the forefront of your learning journey. You’ll graduate with a CV packed with projects like the IBM Universities Business Challenge, and ready to start your financial career. Plus you’ll have the option to study abroad and/or go on a work placement.

Work placements and study abroad options

• Professional body accreditation from CIMA, ACCA, AIA and ICAS.

• Study abroad and work placement options.

• An enhanced CV filled with activities such as Entrepreneurial Brains Made on Campus (EMBC) in association with Germany’s Stuttgart Media University.

• If you want to start your own business or freelance, our business incubator, Bell Street Ventures is here to help you.

Globally relevant financial expertise
You'll graduate with the the expertise you need to deliver a financially and environmentally sustainable performance for any organisation. So whether your ambition is to start your own business or work for one, your professional skills will be relevant all over the world.

Scotland's Top Modern University for Student Satisfaction
Abertay is widely regarded as THE place to come for student satisfaction and high quality teaching. But don't just take our word for it:

• Scotland's Top Modern University for Student Satisfaction - National Student Survey 2024 and The Complete University Guide 2025.

• UK Top 10 for Student Experience - The Times Good University Guide 2025 and The Daily Mail University Guide 2024.

• Top Scottish Modern University - National Student Survey 2023 and 2024.

Following recent updates to our Accounting and Finance courses, this BSc (Hons) programme is available for Year 1 entry only. Applicants seeking entry to Year 2 or beyond should apply for the BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance (N400)

Year 1 core modules (subject to change) - Introduction to Business Skills, Introduction to Accounting, Business Economics, Managing Processes and People, Research and enquiry skills for the digital age, Being Successful at Abertay, Successful Writing at Abertay, Digital Skills for University and Beyond!

Assessment varies substantially across modules. Some modules, particularly where there is professional accreditation, have more traditional assessments such as exams. However, where we can, we like to vary the types of assessment. Therefore students can expect to create presentations, videos, posters, reports, research outputs, practical exercises, strategic papers, design processes or products and so on. As the programme has multiple options, students will be able to experience a wide range of assessments.

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS