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Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year

Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
BSc On-Campus Full-time, Sandwich 4 September £9000 per year £19700 per year

About Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year, BSc - at Cardiff University

Learn from the best

Benefit from the expertise and support of research-active staff in a School ranked 1st for research impact.

Industry insights

Prepare for your career with industry-specific workshops in partnership with professional accounting firms.

Placement year

Gain industry experience in your area of choice; develop the skills, and connections to accelerate your career.

State of the art trading room

Prepare yourself for trading and risk management in a controlled environment equipped with Investor Simulations, TRETS and Bloomberg.

Professional accreditation

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and others.

Multiple financial crises, technological developments, globalisation and regulatory changes have revolutionised the international financial sector. As organisations find ways to respond to these unprecedented changes, employees with cross-cutting accounting and finance expertise are in high demand.

Our BSc Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year programme is accredited by the Accounting Professional Bodies and is designed to equip you with practical skills and professional confidence for a successful career in accounting and finance-related roles, or in preparation for postgraduate study and research.

On a universal first year, shared with our BSc Accounting programme you'll develop business and finance expertise from our team of international researchers and qualified accounting professionals. They'll introduce you to corporate finance and strategy, markets, institutions and taxation while encouraging you to consider the social, economic and ethical implications of your decisions.

Your Professional Placement Year is an opportunity to put your university knowhow into practice as you take up a paid accounting or finance role and complement your academic study with exposure to real-world business scenarios.


Entry requirements for this course

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