Forensic Accounting (Distance Learning) (2 Year)

University of Portsmouth
Postgraduate MSc Distance learning (part-time) 2 Years Accounting and financeEconomicsFinance

About this course

Through the application of professional forensic accounting tools, models, techniques and knowledge, you will gain a comprehensive range of skills covering the three core areas of forensic accounting – litigation support, expert witnessing and fraud examination. You’ll learn to apply your specialised accounting skills in a range of areas including business valuation, assessment of economic damages, proceeds of crime, fraud and money laundering.

Depending on how much time you are able to commit to your study, we offer a two year or a 30 month duration, and our recommended study time per week would be around 12 and 18 hours respectively. We would strongly recommend that those students with full-time jobs or other commitments opt for the longer 30 month programme of study.

Accredited by: We are a member of the Anti-Fraud Education Partnership with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

3533 Financial and accounting technicians
3534 Financial accounts managers
1131 Financial managers and directors
3531 Brokers
2421 Chartered and certified accountants
4124 Finance officers

Course Details

Qualification
MSc
Study Mode
Distance learning (part-time)
Duration
2 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Portsmouth
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Accounting and finance, Economics, Finance