Accounting and Finance, BA (Hons)

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You develop a detailed knowledge of accounting and finance, and a global outlook with strong leadership capability. You focus on emerging technology and digital skills, ethics and finance alongside the core areas of accounting. You graduate with the skills and expertise to move into a wide range of roles such as accountant, data analyst, tax advisor and purchasing manager, and the confidence to progress to more senior and strategic roles.

Our dynamic recent graduates have gone on to work for organisations such as Ernst and Young and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, with others releasing their inner entrepreneurial spirit by taking advantage of our enterprise support to set up their own successful businesses.

Top five reasons to study accounting and finance at Teesside

1. Financial awards: study this course and you may be eligible for 2,000 off your accommodation in the first year, a 2,000 excellence scholarship or a 6,000 Hill scholarship.
2. Work experience: we have a range of work experience opportunities including placements and internships with regional, national and global businesses.
3. International travel: get a global outlook through international study with our partners in Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, China, India, Singapore and UAE.
4. Industry input: we work with brands including Coca-Cola, Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, KPMG, Ernst & Young, and Johnson & Johnson to give you experience of working with global organisations.
5. Entrepreneurial opportunities: our students have created 500 new business start-ups through Launchpad and Microbiz a start-up community who provide support and advice for students looking to start a new business venture.

Recognised as an Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Partner in Learning, working with ICAEW in the professional development of students.

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The course is aimed primarily at students wishing to enter a finance-related career and many graduates have obtained trainee accountant positions in a variety of organisations locally, nationally and internationally. However, holding an accounting qualification also provides an excellent basis for entry into general management with excellent prospects to develop into strategic roles.

We provide an environment that allows you to develop theextra practical employability characteristics that will make you more interesting to employers in the job market in the years to come.

All programmes are designed to incorporate employability skills development alongside your degree. Our staff utilise their extensive business connections to provide many and varied opportunities to engage with potential employers through fairs, guest lectures, live projects and site visits. In addition we offer a series of workshops and events in all years that ensure you are equipped with both degree-level subject knowledge and the practical skills that employers are looking for in new graduate recruits.

We offer extensive support for you to find and secure sandwich year placements which have been shown to make have a significant positive impact on your career prospects when you graduate.

Our award-winning careers service works with regional and national employers to advertise graduate positions, in addition to providing post-graduation support for all Teesside University alumni.

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