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At Birmingham, the institution teach and research across the full breadth of academic disciplines, creating a vibrant community with multi-disciplinary opportunities for research and education. The University is a truly international community consisting of more than thousands of staff, students, and alumni. The student community is not only one of the largest of any UK university, it is highly diverse, with 82 per cent of home undergraduate students from state schools, 32 per cent from a BAME background, and 35 per cent in the first generation of their family to attend university.

The MSc Accounting and Finance offers you the chance to study in traditional areas such as business taxation and accounting theory, but you can also choose from a variety of new areas, including alternative finance options, social and environmental accounting and data analytics. This course prepares you not only to be a well-qualified and confident finance practitioner, but ensures you have the knowledge you need for a career at the forefront of the emerging trends in accounting and finance.

All modules listed below are worth 20 credits, with the exception of your Dissertation, which is worth 60 credits. Unless indicated otherwise the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2023.

Core modules
The following modules must be taken:

Accounting Theory and Policy
Corporate Financial Management
Professional Integrity and The Reflective practitioner
Dissertation
Optional modules
Choose three modules from the following:

Advanced Management Accounting: Issues in Strategy and Accounting
Alternative Finance
Auditing Theory and Practice
Business Analytics
Financial Modelling Techniques
Fundamental Analysis
International Business Taxation
International Financial Management
Management Accounting
Public Financial Management
Social and Environmental Accounting
Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it