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Business at UEA
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Find out moreBSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance (Final Year Entry)
Key details
- Attendance
- Full Time
- Award
- Degree of Bachelor of Science
- UCAS Course Code
- N40C
- Entry Requirements
- SQA Higher National Diploma (HND), with B in each graded unit
- Course Length
- 1 year
- Course Start Date
- September 2025
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Course Overview
If you're looking to enhance your business qualifications and fast-track into the final year of an honours degree at a leading UK university, our BSc Accounting and Finance programme offers the competitive edge you need.
This degree provides an excellent pathway into the financial services sector, whether you're aiming for a career in investment banking, fund management, or insurance. Equally, if you aspire to be your own boss or contribute to a family business, our course offers the ideal foundation to support your ambitions.
This final-year entry course will build on your existing knowledge of business by exploring accounting and finance across a range of different contexts. You’ll study core modules designed to enhance your understanding of key theories and concepts, as well as their real-world application within different business environments. You’ll learn how to understand, interpret and act on financial accounts. You’ll learn how to put an argument across in a way that’s relevant to the main financial and non-financial drivers in a business. You’ll also learn how to use your professional judgment to understand and influence business decisions. You’ll even have the chance to explore how accounting influences wealth distribution in society, and how power can influence accounting.
Here at UEA, you’ll study in Norwich Business School which is located in a vibrant and welcoming region with a dynamic community of business innovation and enterprise. Our teaching is driven by world-leading research and real-world business expertise, giving you insights into today’s most pressing issues.
Whether your goal is to become a financial accountant, auditor, or take on an accounting or finance role in any industry, this degree is for you. You'll gain the expertise and confidence to excel in various settings—whether in practice, working for an accounting firm to deliver auditing and accounting services, or in industry, managing the financial and accounting needs of a company.
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Careers
Career Pathways
Examples of careers that you could enter include:
- Chartered accountant
- Financial accountant
- Auditor
- Investment banker
- Tax adviser
- Entrepreneur
Discover more on our Careers webpages.
After the Course
Norwich Business School is where great business careers begin. Our degrees have a proven track record of leading to successful careers in accounting, management and financial services.
You could go to work at major international companies such as Ernst & Young, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, Sky, Next, Unilever, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and IBM, in roles such as trainee accountant, business analyst, auditor, insurance broker and more. The skills you’ll gain on this course are valued by all employers, so a wide range of sectors will be open to you including banking, commerce and retail.
Alternatively, you might choose to progress to a postgraduate degree or further study.
We work with UEA’s Careers Service to offer you support at every stage of your course, from choosing a career through to applying for graduate jobs and further study.
Entry Requirements
- English Foreign Language
Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):
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IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components)
We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies(opens in a new window) for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.
If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, INTO UEA offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:
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- Intakes
Open to International applicants
Additional Information or Requirements
Complete of the Advanced Diploma SQA/HND from the following routes:
- Business with Accounting
- Financial Services
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Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
International Students: £24,800
Scholarships and Bursaries
We are committed to ensuring that costs do not act as a barrier to those aspiring to come to a world leading university and have developed a funding package to reward those with excellent qualifications and assist those from lower income backgrounds. View our range of Scholarships(opens in a new window) for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.
Course Related Costs
Please see Additional Course Fees for details of course-related costs.
How to Apply
Apply for this course through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS), using UCAS Hub.
UCAS Hub is a secure online application system that allows you to apply for full-time undergraduate courses at universities and colleges in the United Kingdom.
Your application does not have to be completed all at once. Register or sign in to UCAS(opens in a new window) to get started.
Once you submit your completed application, UCAS will process it and send it to your chosen universities and colleges.
The Institution code for the University of East Anglia is E14.
View our guide to applying through UCAS for useful tips, key dates and further information: