This one-year Accounting programme is a final year top-up degree aimed at students with some previous experience of both financial and management accounting.
This Top-up program will provide you with a high level of technical knowledge to underpin your future career as a chartered accountant. It provides a focused UK higher education academic experience strongly linked to accounting in a practical environment and to the role of finance trained staff working in a variety of roles within the economy.
The aim of the programme is to balance theoretical knowledge with practical application to allow you to develop a critical and questioning approach to the wide range of issues and opportunities faced by accountants in their working environment. It will allow you to understand the conceptual underpinnings of the various areas associated with the role accounting plays in everyday business.
This programme and the exemptions obtained allow you to benefit from a reduction in the time and the cost involved with qualifying as Chartered Certified Accountants. You will also have the opportunity to experience student life as part of the larger accounting and finance department in a vibrant, global focused university.
Key features
- Gold Status ACCA Learning Partner.
- ‘Bloomberg Trading Room’ one of the largest University Bloomberg Trading Rooms in the UK with access to financial, company and economic data widely used in the industry.
- Close links with employers and professional accounting bodies.
providing you with opportunities for industry-relevant sessions to enhance your employability. - Benefit from lecturers with professional accountancy experience who bring real-life industry and practical knowledge to your lectures.
- Opportunities to take part in an international trip with DMU Global. Accounting and Finance students have previously been on trips to Wall Street in New York.
Opportunities and careers
Accounting combined with Economics develops skills that are in high demand in areas such as business, finance and the civil service.
Recent graduates have progressed to careers in positions such as Commercial Finance Analyst at Red Bull, Auditor at KPMG, Cost Technician at PepsiCo, Tax Processor at Grant Thornton and Financial Criminal Analyst at Barclays.

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