MSc

Professional Accounting (With ACCA tuition) (Fast Track)

Upskill to a Master’s degree using your ACCA Qualification.

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Key Course Details

  • Start Date

    September

  • Location

    Newport

  • Campus Code

    C

Fees

  • Home students

    £11,060*

  • International students

    £17,900*

  • Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.
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This course allows students who have already completed all ACCA Strategic Professional Level exams and have a minimum of one year’s post-qualification experience to join a fast-track Master’s route. Students will gain a Master’s in Professional Accounting (with ACCA tuition) (fast track) through the completion of a detailed research project.

Designed for

Qualified ACCA accountants who wish to add academic Masters attributes to enhance their skillset.

Career paths

  • Financial Controller
  • Head of Finance
  • Audit or Tax Director
  • Management

Skills taught

  • Critical thinking
  • Advanced analytical, synthesis, and evaluation skills
  • Key research skills
  • Academic and practical writing skills
  • Argument and case development

Course Highlights

Learn Key Research Skills

Develop skills that will broaden your professional outlook and enhance your career prospects.

Undertake Practical Research

Work on a research project based around your area of work or expertise, that could offer significant value-add to current or future employers.

Module Overview

Exempt from the technical accounting modules on the full variant of the Masters by virtue of their professional ACCA Qualification, students instead undertake our 60-credit ‘Dissertation: Accounting and Finance’ module.

The Dissertation module allows students to produce a substantial piece of research output on a topic of their choice and includes training in the key concepts of Research Methods.

Dissertation: Accounting and Finance
The Dissertation module incorporates Research Methods training, including an introduction to research output, selecting a topic, and conducting a literature review. Students will choose and implement a suitable methodology using primary or secondary data and undertake qualitative or quantitative analysis, before writing up and defending their research. This content is delivered at the start of the dissertation process, enabling students to apply theory in practice. Students then develop their research proposal and complete their project with guidance from a supervisor in group and one-to-one sessions.

Course Highlights

How you’ll learn

A hands-on, student-led approach puts you at the centre of your learning, combining problem-based, active, and collaborative methods. Teaching is informed by the team’s contemporary research and practical industry experience, giving you insight into real-world challenges.

We provide a supportive environment where you can build your confidence and develop strong research abilities, bringing concepts to life through real-world experience and research.

Placements

Whilst placements are not part of this fast-track course, all USW students are able to make use of our Careers service, which continually liaises with local and national employers and regularly advertises available placement opportunities to students.

Facilities

Our campuses have modern teaching facilities, postgraduate study spaces, subject-specific library resources, specialist study and student support services. They are set in locations conducive for study and with plenty of catering facilities to fuel your studies.

Careers and Employability

Graduate Careers

By adding a Master’s-level skillset to the professional accounting expertise you have already developed, this course enhances your career prospects and offers clear value to employers, particularly if your research is aligned with your chosen industry.

A wide range of accounting and finance roles may be open to fast-track graduates, including Financial Controller and Head of Finance positions, as well as senior roles in audit, taxation, and general management.

Careers support

The USW Careers service is on hand to support students throughout their studies, with guidance on placements, CV writing, job applications, navigating the recruitment process and mastering aptitude testing and interviews. We also regularly host networking events and run careers fairs to connect students with future employers and equip them with the tools and skills to progress.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Students must have already completed all ACCA Strategic Professional Level exams and have a minimum of one years’ post-qualification experience.

International applications welcomed:

We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence, please view our dedicated country pages.

English language requirements

International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.

Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.

If you have previously studied through the medium of English, IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.

If you do not meet the English entry criteria, please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.

Contextual offers

We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended, for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer, and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.

USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.

 

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Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch, and we'd love to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.

 

Fees and Funding

UK Full-time Fee

£11,060

per year*
International Full-time Fee

£17,900

per year*

Further Information

Studying at university is one of the most significant investments you'll ever make. Whilst you’re studying, you’ll have two main financial obligations – tuition fees and living costs. There’s lots of financial help available from the University of South Wales and external funding sources, that may provide loans (which have to be paid back) and grants, scholarships and bursaries (that don't).

*Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits. Once enrolled, the fee is anticipated to remain at the same rate throughout the duration of your study on this course except as described below.

Please be aware that we may increase the maximum fee for home students on full-time undergraduate courses only where the Welsh Government increases the permitted level of inflation of fees. Fees for all students (including part-time, postgraduate and international students) may be amended in accordance with our applicable Fees and Debt Management Policy.  We will ensure that students are given clear, intelligible, unambiguous and timely information about our courses and costs in good time, ahead of the next academic year.

 

Fees and Funding Scholarships and Busaries Alumni Discount

Additional Costs

As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.

The University has computers available on campus and laptops for loan. However, it is highly recommended that you have your own personal laptop, which will be capable of running Microsoft Office 365. As a student you will be able to download a free copy of any software relevant to the course.

Cost: £250+

University Quality Assurance

At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.

If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.

Studying at USW

Our courses are designed with industry leaders and provide the practical skills and experiences industry demands. Our flexible courses reflect the need for life-long learning. If you value education in practice, not just in theory, then USW is for you.

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How to apply

There is an online application process for this course. Please choose the application form for your preferred start date and mode of study (i.e. full-time or part-time).

International admissions

Please see our international admissions advice for further information about how to apply as a prospective international student.

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