Master of Science in Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement

An eighteen month master degree in accounting and finance including a placement, covering financial reporting, corporate finance, audit principles and supervised industry practice.

Accountancy firms recruit through structured graduate schemes, and placement experience inside a British finance function is what gets an international applicant shortlisted.

Master of Science in Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement is taught at the Birmingham City University, a UK university with degree awarding powers. Because the accounting placement master is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after the accounting placement master ends, or three years for a doctorate. To claim it after the accounting placement master you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. One limit applies to the accounting placement master as to every taught course in Britain: the rules introduced in January 2024 stop taught students bringing a spouse or children as dependants, so the accounting placement master cannot support a family move.

Applicants to Master of Science in Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement need a bachelor degree with a minimum of 70 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the accounting placement master is recorded at GBP 20,865 a year. BCU charges no application fee, so applying for the accounting placement master costs you nothing, and no scholarship is recorded against it. the accounting placement master lists three September entry windows, in 2026, 2027 and 2028. Apply Study Visa manages the the accounting placement master application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.