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This is your future

Accounting

Your degree is specifically designed to help you develop skills in seven key areas: adding value, communication, decision-making, ethics and professionalism, problem-solving, teamwork, and technical competence.

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Where can we take you?

Congratulations on your offer to study Accounting at Alliance Manchester Business School.

AMBS is much more than a building; our campus and city are tools for life.

All of our courses include a work placement or international exchange year. Work, study, travel - it's up to you!

Highly ranked

We’re fifth in the UK for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings 2022).

Exam exemptions

Eight exemptions from ICAEW ACA exams (plus nine from CIMA and six from ACCA).

Meet your Academic Lecturer

Reimi Sivalingam

Your next steps

Accept your offer

Received all of your offers? You can accept your place at university now via UCAS Track.

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We're supporting you through the application process by answering your frequently asked questions.

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Discover what it's like to study at Manchester by talking to a current student online.

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Prepare for university

Start looking into your accommodation options, and understand your next steps in applying for student finance.

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Careers and employability

Unique programme

The course has been designed alongside the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Undergraduate Partnership Programme (UPP).

It will provide you with a fast track route to an accountancy qualification, and the four-year degree provides you with the opportunity to complete a paid work placement during your third year.

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Special features

The course offers significant exemptions from the examinations of professional accountancy bodies, particularly those of the ICAEW.

Our teaching staff are leading researchers in their fields - some are also qualified accountants.

ICAEW holds networking events that will enable you to meet companies who offer placements through UPP, such as PwC, Goldman Sachs, Ernst & Young, and KPMG.

Find out more : about degrees with placements

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Become a Chartered Accountant

With AMBS, you can complete eight out of the fifteen ICAEW ACA papers required to become a fully Chartered Accountant.

Your degree will be recognised by seven professional awarding bodies.

Many of these partners - ICAEW, CPA Australia, ACCA, CIPFA, CFA, CIMA, and ICAS - offer considerable exemptions, which will fast track you to qualified accountant status.

Learn more about the ICAEW

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Graduate destinations

Who employs our Accounting graduates?

Example employers include BDO, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, HM Revenue & Customs, KPMG, NHS, PwC, and RBS.

95% of our students go on to further study and/or work within 15 months of completing the course (Graduate Outcomes Survey).

Read our graduate profiles

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Learning and support

Why study Accounting?

A course with special partnerships with accounting bodies.

Find out what makes our BSc Accounting degrees so unique, and what gives our students the edge in one of the most competitive graduate markets.

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Discover the Society’s social events, business case competitions, and webinars.

Find out more : about the Accounting Society Manchester on their Facebook page

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Our campus and facilities

Learn about the recently refurbished Alliance MBS building and facilities.

Find out more : about our campus and facilities

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Take a look around the building and facilities with our 360-degree virtual tours.

Find out more : by viewing a 360-degree virtual tour of our campus

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Support throughout your studies

We provide an active community that welcomes students from all over the world.

You'll make friends through your course and societies, as well as receive support in your studies from experienced students through our peer-assisted student support scheme.

Learn more about student support

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Contact us

Get in touch

Our admissions staff are here to answer any questions you have.

Email: ugadmissions.ambs@manchester.ac.uk

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Facebook: @alliancemanchesterbusinessschool
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Coronavirus

You may have some concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and how it might affect your studies.

The University aims to answer your questions as best we can, so we have compiled a set of Frequently Asked Questions to help.

If you have any further questions, you can contact our admissions team at ugadmissions.ambs@manchester.ac.uk.

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Your course

Courses within this subject area

Remind yourself how much your course at Manchester has to offer you.

Check out all the detail about the course you have an offer for:

  • BSc (Hons) Accounting
  • BSc (Hons) Accounting with Industrial/Professional Experience

Your University timetable

You will normally study four or five course units per semester.

Each week, there are usually two hours of lectures for each course unit and a one-hour workshop in alternate weeks.

Group work and group or individual presentations will form a regular part of your assignments.

Find out more about your course units

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