BSc Accounting with a Year in Industry

At Leicester, our Accounting and Finance courses benefit from a distinct combination of research-informed and professionally accredited knowledge, techniques and skills. Our BSc in Accounting will provide you with a solid, practical foundation and relevant, technical and intellectual competence in accounting and related forms of financial expertise. You will learn the skills, expertise and analytical competence necessary for working as an accountant in the accountancy profession, in industry or in the public sector.You will develop quantitative, communications and information technology skills and the ability to apply these in an accounting context. You will learn how accountants work with managers, shareholders and a wide range of other stakeholders in a variety of different organisations and help them make informed decisions.Our accounting degrees offer you the opportunity to gain exemptions from the accounting and management accounting professional bodies, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW and ICAS, dependent on satisfactory completion of certain modules.

• A/AS-levels: ABB. All subjects accepted. Two AS-levels may be considered in place of one A-level.
• EPQ with A-levels: BBB + EPQ at grade B.
• GCSE: Maths at grade 5/B plus English Language at grade 4/C.
• Access to HE Diploma: Pass relevant diploma with 45 credits at Level 3, including 30 credits at Distinction.
• International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points overall including a minimum of grade 4 in SL/3 in HL Maths Analysis and Approach, or grade 5 in SL Maths/4 in HL Application and Interpretation if not held at GCSE grade 5/B. Must include minimum of grade 4 in English A or 5 in English B if grade 4/C not held in English Language GCSE.

BTEC National Extended Diploma: DDD in Business (plus GCSE Maths grade 5/B and English language at grade 4/C).

• T Levels: Distinction in either: Accounting or Finance (plus GCSE Maths grade 5 and English language at grade 4).