Accountancy

    Accountancy

    About

    Introduction

    Exploring accounting practice, education, theory, regulation, and profession; and their organisational, social, environmental, and political implications.

    Study Information

    At a Glance

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    The Accountancy group is a very active research group that focuses in particular on the broadly defined areas of:

    • International financial accounting
    • Social and environmental accounting
    • Corporate governance and regulation
    • Accounting education
    • Accounting history
    • Management accounting
    • Public-sector accounting
    • Healthcare accounting
    • Critical perspectives on accounting.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    The information below is provided as a guide only and does not guarantee entry to the University of Aberdeen. For information relating to your degree please check the online prospectus for specific requirements.

    Undergraduate

    Students who follow the national curriculum (Thanaweya Amma) need to apply to our foundation programme: https://www.aberdeen-isc.ac.uk/programmes/ug. Students who follow an international curriculum (A-levels, IB, SAT/AP) can be considered for direct entry into first year.

    Postgraduate: A 4-year bachelors degree with a GPA of 3.75-4.39 from a well ranked institution is considered comparable to a UK 2.1, while a GPA of 3.10-3.74 is considered comparable to a UK 2.2.


    English Requirements

    • PTEMin 59
    • IELTSMin 6
    • TOEFLMin 78

    English Program Requirements

    For postgraduate study, there are two main distinct English language criteria, referred to as Postgraduate Standard and Postgraduate Higher as outlined in the table below.

    Postgraduate Standard requirements are used by the Schools of Biological Sciences; Engineering; Geosciences; Natural and Computing Sciences; and Psychology.

    Postgraduate Higher requirements are used by the Schools of Business; Divinity, History and Philosophy; Education; Language, Literature; Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition; Music and Visual Culture; Law; and Social Sciences. The MSc in Oil and Gas Enterprise Management and MSc in Integrated Petroleum Geoscience also make use of the Postgraduate Higher requirements.

    IELTS Academic or IELTS UKVI Academic (not IELTS Indicator or IELTS General Training) or IELTS Online The University accepts valid IELTS One Skill Retake test scores Listening - 5.5 or above Reading - 5.5 or above Speaking - 5.5 or above Writing - 6.0 or above Overall - 6.5 Listening - 5.5 or above Reading - 6.0 or above Speaking - 5.5 or above Writing - 6.0 or above Overall - 6.5

    TOEFL iBT and TOEFL iBT Home Edition The University accepts MyBest scores for the TOEFL iBT test in addition to TOEFL iBT scores from a single test date TOEFL DI code is 0818 Listening - 17 or above Reading - 18 or above Speaking - 20 or above Writing - 21 or above Overall - 90 Listening - 17 or above Reading - 21 or above Speaking - 20 or above Writing - 21 or above Overall - 90

    Career

    Careers

    Graduates go into Public and Private Sector Accounting and Management, Fund Management, Stockbroking, Investment Analysis, Banking and Financial Services. Many also continue to develop their career in Academia internationally. A number of Accounting PhDs from Aberdeen are now working in reputed universities across the world and continue to be active in their research endeavours.

    Fee Information

    Accountancy

    University of Aberdeen

    University of Aberdeen

    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Aberdeen