Accounting and Financial Management (with placement year)

Fast-track your accountancy or financial manager career with this accredited degree combining expert guidance with industry experience.

You’ll discover how public, private and third-sector organisations are funded as well as how they manage their finances. Our experts in global accounting will guide you through live business projects, and you’ll get the chance to enhance your CV with optional placements and internships during this course.

On our four-year course with a placement year, you’ll get the chance to gain a whole 12 months of real-life, hands-on experience in industry before you graduate.

You’ll also practice trading in real time in our Bloomberg Financial Markets Laboratory, and network with industry professionals, fellow entrepreneurs and corporate partners in our Business Lounge.

Why study at Hull?

Qualify faster: Fast-track your career with exemption from essential professional qualification exams on this degree, which is accredited by AACSB and endorsed by all the main accountancy bodies.

Gain real-world experience: On top of your placement year, you’ll get the chance to broaden your experience with internship, networking, mentoring, and international summer school opportunities.

Network with employers: Meet and connect with industry professionals, like-minded entrepreneurs and corporate partners in our Business Lounge.

Where could this take you?

You could go on to become an accountant with one of the Big Four accountancy firms: Ernst and Young, Deloitte, PwC and KPMG. But there are a wide range of employment possibilities with this qualification.

Graduate roles include finance manager, chartered management accountant, financial analyst, external auditor, and bank manager. Past students have gone on to work with companies like Asda, World Bank, the Civil Service, IMF, and Deutsche Bank.

Starting your own business is also within reach with an Accounting and Financial Management degree.