International Accountancy Top-up BA Hons

Why International Accountancy?

A qualification in Accountancy could help you find employment not just with businesses in the UK but with global businesses too. This one-year top up course puts traditional accountancy into a global context. It could be ideal if you’ve already studied accounting and want to explore contemporary issues in an international setting.If you’re going to be an accountant in the UK or abroad it’s vital you understand how organisations are financed and managed. That’s what’s at the core of our degree. We’ll give you invaluable insights into how international companies are run, and then give you the chance to specialise in particular areas.

How will I learn?

You will learn through practical application and delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions.

• Here at Huddersfield, you'll be taught by some of the best lecturers in the country. We've been the English university with the highest proportion of professionally qualified teaching staff for three years running.*
• You’ll be able to connect with leading accounting firms thanks to our Partners in Accountancy scheme.

What subjects will you cover?

You’ll look at Advanced Management Accounting and International Business. At the start of the year you’ll be able to choose the optional modules that interest you to build your own career path. Options may include subjects such as Strategy in Context, Investment Management and Tax Framework.

• A Foundation degree or 120 ECTS in the accountancy/finance area

• IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent will be considered acceptable.

• Entry qualification from outside the UK should meet the equivalent of 240 credits (120 ECTS) and The National Academic Recognition Information Centre can provide information on the comparability of these.

• Applicants holding professional accountancy examination passes (or exemptions) may apply. Equivalence to 240 credits (120 ECTS) being obtained would need to be demonstrated.

The University's Business School has an excellent record in business education and our courses offer you a wide variety of career opportunities. You’ll be attractive to employers as you’ll understand how organisations operate and how they are financed, whether you wish to work in the private, public or voluntary sectors.

Previous graduates from the Department of Accountancy and Finance have gone on to roles such as Accounts Assistant, Graduate schemes and Management Accountant in organisations including Pentagon Vauxhall, HSBC Commercial Banking, Teale Services AT Ltd and BJA Refrigeration