Accounting and Financial Management (Fast track route for qualified professionals)

Entry requirements

You must be a professionally qualified accountant, for example a member of one the following professional bodies:

• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)

We will also accept other accountancy professional qualifications including national professional accountancy qualifications such as International Capital Market Association (ICMA).

Months of entry

September

Course content

*this course is subject to final UWE Bristol approval

As a professionally-qualified practitioner and specialist in accounting and finance, you are likely to be seeking to continue your professional development, possibly with a view to taking on increased managerial responsibilities. The MSc in Accounting and Financial Management (fast-track route) will enhance your ability to contextualise, critically evaluate and communicate financial information, adding significant value to your organisation at a senior management level.

Students on the course come from a variety of backgrounds, and possess a wide range of practical experience, making student interaction and networking an enjoyable and beneficial aspect of the course.

The flexible way to move to the next level

The course is an ideal way to meet your professional body's expectations for CPD, and take your career on to the next stage. The fast track route is well suited to qualified accountants wishing to study for a Masters while continuing in their professional roles with the course delivered as an online distance learning programme. This mode of delivery will enable you to interact and network with other practitioners on the course who are located in different countries.

Academically-rigorous, practically relevant

This specialist Masters is designed to enhance the depth, value and contemporary relevance of your professional accountancy qualification. It will develop your knowledge and critical understanding of financial issues, and enhance your research and analytical skills, combining academic rigour with practical relevance.

Fees and funding

Please see our postgraduate funding pages for more information.