Accounting and Finance

About this course

Accounting and finance are the quantitative backbone of commercial life, providing the tools through which organisations measure their performance, plan their activities, manage their resources, and report their results to the outside world. Accounting develops the skills to record and interpret financial transactions and to prepare statements that give stakeholders an accurate picture of organisational health. Finance addresses how capital is raised, how investments are valued, and how risk is understood and managed in markets and organisations. Together, they provide one of the most direct and vocational combinations of knowledge available to undergraduate students. At the University of Sussex, this three-year full-time programme includes a foundation year and is accredited by five industry accounting bodies, which means that graduates can gain significant exemptions from professional

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 85% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 25% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 40% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 38 / 100Quality and Regulatory Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →

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