COURSE OVERVIEW
Strong management of financial performance and accounts are key to the success of any organisation. At Manchester Met, we will help you find new ways to deal with the issues facing businesses.
Home to global businesses
Manchester is one of the largest financial centres outside London, so you will have businesses like Deloitte and KPMG on your doorstep and plenty of opportunities to network with employers.
We also provide training courses for HMRC, BNY Mellon and PwC staff, so our teaching is current and relevant to industry professionals. We teach them in areas of tax, auditing and financial performance management.
Building your expertise
We will cover a whole host of areas including international financial reporting standards (IFRS), corporate reporting, governance and risk management. You will also apply tools and models of finance theory to understand current challenges.
Your dissertation will put your expertise to the test. It might involve working with an employer to investigate a business issue or answering a challenging research question.
Past students have explored nuclear companies, exchange rate fluctuations, and alignment between performance measurement and strategy.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
- Triple accredited - our Business School holds the globally recognised trio of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, placing us among the best business schools in the world.
- Study in the heart of a financial centre – Manchester is home to major accountancy firms and banks, including Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, EY, Santander and RBS.
- Industry experts – our teaching staff are experienced practitioners, active researchers in their fields and consultants to large accountancy firms. They will share their insights and connections throughout your course.
- A network of industry connections – we have links with the main professional organisations and we invite top practitioners from accountancy firms, banks, and accountancy bodies to give guest lectures.
- Postgraduate internship programme – an optional internship allows you to gain work experience in a business environment so you can put your learning into action.
- Flexible around you – this course has January and September start dates, so you can study when it suits you.
COURSE INFORMATION
Strong financial management is the key to any organisation’s success. Our MSc Accounting and Finance will help you to play your part, as you develop your understanding of both the fine detail and the strategic ‘big picture’. With the support of experienced professionals, you will cover a wide range of business issues, developing specialist expertise in areas like forensic accounting.
It is a course that has professional practice at its core. So whether you are a recent graduate looking to fast-track your route to chartered status or you are seeking to boost your portfolio, our masters will give you an edge in a competitive finance environment.
ACCREDITATIONS, AWARDS AND ENDORSEMENTS
AccreditationAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
The Business School is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This means we are internationally recognised for meeting global standards of excellence in business and management education.
Endorsement
Business School Impact System (BSIS)
The BSIS scheme is designed to determine the extent and nature of a business school’s impact upon its local environment. BSIS has given us the tools to capture the enormous added value and impact that our business school brings to businesses and communities.
Accreditation
EFMD Quality Improvement System
Our Business School holds the EQUIS accreditation – a leading international system of quality assessment, improvement and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration. By attending an EQUIS accredited institution, students can be confident they are part of a high quality institution.
Placement options
You can gain useful work experience through the optional Business School’s Postgraduate Internship Programme. With a short-term internship, you will not only show potential employers that you are ready to get to work, you will also gain some vital experience and make some valuable connections for your professional network.While an internship involves at least 100 hours of work, starting any time between November and early August, how you do those hours is flexible. You could work full-time during a break in your studies, or you might do a day or two a week throughout term time, fitting it around your studies.
CAREER PROSPECTS
When you graduate, you will have the knowledge and experience to work in large and small organisations in the private and public sector. It is likely that your experience could also help you progress into more senior roles.
Because our course content relates to international financial reporting standards, your degree could take you anywhere: New York, Singapore, Frankfurt and more.
Your extensive knowledge and skills could be applied to a career in:
- Investment
- Insurance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Hedge Funds
- Stocks and Shares
- Financial Planning
Graduates from this course have gone on to take up positions including Trade Administrator at BNY Mellon and Audit Assistant at PwC Malaysia.
The opportunities are limitless, you could set up your own business, carry on postgraduate research, take further professional accountancy examinations and more.
Units on the course are designed to develop your critical thinking in key areas whilst allowing you to apply your learning into practice, before embarking on a dissertation. You will also be able to choose two optional units.
Core units
- MASTERS LEVEL LEARNING
- CORPORATE FINANCE
- GOVERNANCE, RISK AND FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
- INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE REPORTING
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
- EXTENDED RESEARCH PROPOSAL/DISSERTATION
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