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University degree

Accounting and Finance

The University of Leicester
Qualification
Degree
Length
4 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
Full-time
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About this course

If you would love to study accounting and finance here at Leicester, but don’t quite have the entry requirements, this Foundation Year degree is your path to making it happen. The browser you are using is no longer supported and for that reason you will not get the best experience when using our website. If you would love to study accounting and finance here at Leicester, but don’t quite have the entry requirements, this Foundation Year degree is your path to making it happen.

Our BSc in Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year will provide you with a solid foundation and technical skills in accounting and finance. We will help you to develop quantitative, communications and information technology skills and the ability to apply these skills in an accounting and finance context. You will learn how managers, shareholders and other stakeholders make decisions in organisations.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
80-95 pts3%
96-111 pts41%
112-127 pts28%
128-143 pts15%
144-159 pts9%
160-175 pts2%
176-191 pts1%
How they qualified
95% got in with alevel. The rest came in a mix of ways:
alevel95%
other2%
access1%
baccalaureate1%
otherHE1%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
95%
In work or further study after
45%
In professional / skilled jobs
88%
Continue past first year
86%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£28,000
After 15 months
£27,500
3 years on
£39,500
5 years on
What students say National Student Survey
86%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching88%
Assessment & feedback87%
Academic support85%
Well organised89%
Learning resources88%
Student community88%
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Where this degree can lead
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When you're ready, the full entry requirements and application are on The University of Leicester's own site.
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