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Accounting and Finance at De MontFort University at Main

Faculty of Business and Law is a Gold Approved ACCA Learning Partner and accredited by CIMA
The programme is designed to provide a career entry opportunity for full-time students as well as a career development opportunity for accountants, auditors, practising managers, business consultants and finance experts from various backgrounds, to enhance and develop their accounting and finance skills.

The aim of the programme is to balance theoretical analysis with practical application to develop a critical and questioning approach to the conceptual underpinnings of accounting and finance. To this end the programme leads with core taught modules that critically examine the scope of generic accounting & finance; Contemporary Issues in International Financial Reporting, Evaluation of Management Accounting and Applied Corporate Finance.

In Semester 1 students will also undertake the Research Methods module which will lay foundations for future research skills, in general, as well as for the culminating project/dissertation. The second semester is designed to progress to the Applied Trading module which will be a two-week intensive study within the Bloomberg suite where students will consider the practical aspects of investment.

This will underpinned by the study of Portfolio Management throughout the semester. Students will also be prepared for future self-reflection and career development through the Knowing and Developing Yourself for Professional Success module. In addition, to these core areas student can also select an area of interest and specialism from a comprehensive list of elective modules.

Reasons to study Accounting and Finance MSc at DMU:

  • Design a course: Study a course combining core and optional modules, enabling students to design their own personal pathway
  • Gain a broad understanding of Accounting and Finance: Develop an advanced understanding of accounting and finance issues for the private and public sectors, both nationally and internationally, enhancing your career prospects with sought-after financial skills
  • Use of the Executive Business Simulation: sophisticated, software driven experience. Particularly useful for drawing learning together and for developing employability skills – deadlines, team work, team leadership, role-play, critical analysis etc
  • Applied Trading: providing an intensive experience within the Bloomberg suite trading room working with industry standard information
  • ‘Employability’ is central to the programme and is reinforced through the ‘Knowing and Developing yourself for Professional Success’ module
  • Applied Corporate Finance: an innovative, real world scenario based module, will enable students to apply theory to practical scenarios
  • Business Analytics: an innovative module which reflects modern business requirements and expectations with regard to dealing with large, high dimensional data sets. The emphasis is on data structuring, modelling and visualisation techniques.
Level Masters
Discipline Business & Management
Duration 12 months
Intakes Jan, Sep
Application Fees GBP 0
Tuition Fees GBP 17200
Campus Main
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Admission Requirements
Language proficiency (minimum)
IELTS 6
TOEFL Not Accepted
PTE Not Accepted
Duolingo Not Accepted
Exam proficiency (minimum)
SAT Not Required / Waiver
ACT Not Required / Waiver
GRE Not Required / Waiver
GMAT Not Required / Waiver
Requirements

Minimum GPA - 70%

Rankings
QS Ranking 711-720
Times Higher Education 601-800
ARWU --
Webometrics 694
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