Accounting and Finance

Studying accounting and finance at DMU provides you with the skills and knowledge to embark on a wide range of careers in accounting and finance. Depending on your module choices, you could also gain significant exemptions from a range of professional bodies to give you a head start in your career.

On the course, you will develop core accounting knowledge and skills alongside contemporary issues such as ethical decision-making and sustainability. You will also have the opportunity to develop specialist knowledge by choosing from one of our optional modules in your final year: Audit and Forensic Accounting or Contemporary Issues in Accounting. Your learning will be complimented by visiting sessions from industry speakers, work placements and networking events.

In our newly refurbished Trading Floor, you’ll have opportunities to put learning into practice. The Trading Floor is equipped with industry-standard software, including Bloomberg and LSEG Workspace, which are used by leading business, financial and government decisions makers and media professionals around the globe.

Our close links with employers and professional accounting bodies will give you opportunities to enhance your career prospects. You could gain up to the maximum of nine exemptions from ACCA exams if you choose the appropriate modules and be exempt from up to the first eight exams with CIMA - a great start towards gaining your professional qualification and developing a wealth of industry knowledge to kick-start your career.