BSc Accounting / Careers

Year of entry: 2024

Career opportunities

The University has its own dedicated Careers Service that you would have full access to as a student and for two years after you graduate.

At Manchester you will have access to a number of opportunities to help boost your employability .

The aim of the course is to empower you to achieve long-term career success and become the leading professionals of tomorrow.

We aim for you to be 'employability ready' by the start of the second year so that you can apply to and choose from a range of summer internships and placements.

The course has partnerships with ICAEW, CIPFA, ACCA, CFA, and CIMA.

You'll benefit from these partnerships through exam exemptions, work experience offers and training.

What jobs do our Accounting graduates go into?

Examples of jobs recent graduates have gone onto include audit associate, forensic accountant, internal auditor, procurement intern, risk analyst, tax advisor, and trainee chartered accountant.

Who employs them?

A wide range of companies including BDO, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, HM Revenue & Customs, KPMG, NHS, PwC, RBS, and The National Audit Office.

What about further study?

Accounting graduates have gone on to further study in accounting, banking and finance at institutions such as Cambridge, Imperial College London, and London School of Economics.

Accrediting organisations

This is a professionally oriented course developed in consultation with the ICAEW.

Completion of the core course units on this course will ensure you receive substantial exemptions from the ICAEW's professional qualification, the ACA (Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).

Some exemptions from ICAEW ACA exams, CIMA and ACCA are available.