Business Accounting and Finance with work placements BSc Honours

Newcastle University

United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Newcastle University

United Kingdom , Newcastle upon Tyne

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

NN14

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2026

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Go to the official application for the university

Duration 4 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 25,750 / year(s)

Next Intake September-2026

Business Accounting and Finance with work placements BSc Honours

About

Course overview

Get a flying start and accelerate your progress towards being an ICAEW Chartered Accountant with our Business Accounting and Finance with work placement BSc honours degree. Put classroom theory into commercial practice with three integrated paid work placements.

The âFlying Startâ degree is a collaboration between Newcastle University, PwC and ICAEW. It is the most established course of its kind. It combines academic study and integrated paid professional work placements in PwCâs Audit practice. You'll progress towards the ICAEW Chartered Accountancy qualification, the ACA

In 2022 we celebrated 20 years of our Flying Start programme. Current students, alumni and staff have shared their views and experiences of the programme since its inception in 2002.

Throughout your journey, a team of dedicated staff from both Newcastle University and PwC will support you. They'll help you:

develop the business skills you need to gain a degree
progress towards a professional qualification
succeed on paid work placements

This will help you towards hopefully receiving a full-time graduate offer with PwC. You could be a fully qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant just over a year after graduation - a truly flying start.

This degree was designed with, and is professionally accredited by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Successful graduates of this degree will have completed 12 of the 15 papers of the ICAEW Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) qualification.

Please note: All module information is subject to change.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Typically we recognise the following in a Bachelors degree:

3.5/4.0 or 4.25/5.0 (85%) as comparable to a 1st Class
Minimum GPA of 3.75/5.0 (75%) as comparable to a 2.1
3.5/5.0 or 2.8/4.0 (70%) as comparable to a 2.2

Admissions criteria may vary depending on the course you are applying for, please check course specific entry requirements.

English Program Requirements

IELTS:

Applicants whose first language is not English require a minimum score of IELTS 6.0 or equivalent including 5.5 in each of the four elements of the test.

TOEFL:

79 overall (with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 17 in writing)

Pearson:

Pearsons 65 overall (with a minimum of 59 in all sub-skills).

Duolingo:

115 overall with no subskill below 100

Career

Your future

This course will equip you with the skills, experience, and qualifications needed to become a part-qualified, professional chartered accountant.

Graduates have gone into roles such as:

chartered accountant
financial accountant
senior associate in assurance
auditor

Since 2002, 100% of our graduates secured positions with PwC.*

If offered a position with PwC, you'll join the company on a graduate programme. You'll complete:

the ICAEW ACA Advanced Level
the remaining technical work experience required

This means that you could become a fully-qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant just over a year after graduation.

*Graduates are not under any obligation to join PwC when they leave university.

Industry links

We deliver this degree in partnership with PwC and ICAEW. This means you'll have regular interaction with the profession.

You'll learn from qualified chartered accountants. You will gain insights into the sector, with regular guest lectures from PwC and ICAEW professionals.