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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.

Our courses will give you the tools for life. Our campus and city, the time of your 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 ranked 5th in the UK (QS World University Rankings 2020).

Exam exemptions

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

Meet your Conversion Officer

A welcome from Kathryn Howard, Conversion Officer at Alliance Manchester Business School

Why study here?

Learning and employability

Unique programme

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

It will provide you with a fast track to an accountancy qualification, and the four-year degree offers you the opportunity of a full-year paid work placement in your third year of study.

Find out more about work placements

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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 networking events provide opportunities to meet companies who offer internships through the UPP, such as Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, and PwC.

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Become a Chartered Accountant

You can complete eight out of the 15 ICAEW ACA papers required to become a fully Chartered Accountant.

Your degree is recognised by seven professional awarding bodies.

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

Learn more about the ICAEW

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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 the most competitive graduate market out there.

Graduate destinations

Who employs our Accounting graduates?

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

Some go on to further study in accounting, banking, and finance.

Read our graduate profiles

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Accounting Society Manchester

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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Virtual tour of Alliance MBS

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 course and society activities and get support in your studies from experienced students through our peer-assisted student support scheme.

Learn more about support from the University

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Make the right choice

Our offer holder sessions will answer any questions you have.

Book onto one of our online events, where you can ask us any questions you may have before accepting your offer.

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Check for upcoming dates, re-watch talks from our last event, chat to our students, and take virtual tours.

Find out more: by visiting our Virtual Open Day page

Introduction to Accounting

View the Programme Director's presentation about studying Accounting.

Download the presentation: An Introduction to Accounting

Accounting taster lecture

Take a look at Senior Lecturer Wendy Wild's taster session: An Introduction to Taxation.

Download the presentation: An Introduction to Taxation

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Find out more about life at Manchester directly from our students.

Want to find out more about student life? Chat with our student ambassadors and ask any questions you have.

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Read the latest posts from our undergraduate students on life and study at Alliance MBS.

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Accounting student trials delivery platform

Read how Mohammad trialled his on-demand delivery platform DeliKart in Manchester during lockdown.

Find out more: about Mohammad trialled his on-demand delivery platform DeliKart

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

Email: ugadmissions.ambs@manchester.ac.uk

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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:

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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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Visit our offer-holder guide to university life

Your university experience is about more than your degree.

Find out where you could live, how we'll support you, what financial packages are available and how we'll help you develop the distinctive attributes of a Manchester graduate.

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This is your future

Log on to UCAS Track to accept or keep track of your offer.

This is how we'll keep in contact with you about what stage your offer is at. It's also where you can accept your offer and make Manchester your first choice for your future.

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