Professional Accounting (with ACCA Tuition)
Our innovative MSc Professional Accounting (with ACCA tuition) combines advanced academic study with a professional accounting qualification.
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Key Course Details
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Start Date
September
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Location
Newport
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Campus Code
C
Fees
Home students
£10,800*
International students
£16,900*
- Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.
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Start Date
September
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Location
Newport
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Campus Code
C
Fees
Home students
£1,200*
- Full-time fees are per year. Part-time fees are per 20 credits.
Taught by award-winning tutors from our Platinum-accredited ACCA programme, modules are aligned with the final Strategic Professional Level of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Qualification.
DESIGNED FOR
This accounting masters is aimed at students who have completed the Fundamentals Level papers of the ACCA Professional Qualification (applied knowledge and skills papers), or those who are exempted from these ACCA papers by virtue.
Career Paths
- Chartered Accountant
Course Highlights
Module Overview
The MSc Professional Accounting (with ACCA tuition) course provides the 'best of both worlds' - a rigorous Masters level education from both academic and professional perspectives. It provides the advanced work-based skills of a professional course and the advanced critical evaluation of subject areas and research literature of an academic Masters course.
The modules you will study are as follows (note that their names mirror the names of the ACCA external papers)
Strategic Business Reporting
This module aims to develop knowledge, understanding and application of contemporary corporate reporting principles, standards, practices and toolkits in a range of business contexts and situations, which will require advanced evaluation and synthesis skills.
Advanced Financial Management
This module aims to develop students’ knowledge, understanding, application and critical evaluation of contemporary financial management and corporate finance principles in a range of business contexts.
Advanced Performance Management
This module aims to develop students’ knowledge, understanding, application and critical evaluation of contemporary performance management principles in a range of business contexts. Further, it aims to develop students’ abilities to critically evaluate existing practice and current developments.
Strategic Business Leader
This module aims to prepare students to critically evaluate the theory and practice of business strategy, corporate governance, risk and ethics, evaluate and synthesize information in realistic case study scenarios and make and present professionally effective leadership decisions by applying the appropriate blend of technical, ethical and professional skills.
Business Research Project
The module aims to prepare students to undertake an individual Business Research Project that can be of real practical relevance to organisations. It includes tuition sessions on Research Methodology.
In addition to the modules studied in Year One, students are required to complete the Ethics and Professional Skills module and the PER (Practical Experience Requirement) before they can become a full ACCA member. Please note: It is the responsibility of students to enter external ACCA exams (see the ACCA website for further details).
Ethics and Professional Skills module
The module introduces students to advanced ethical and professional skills and they are exposed to realistic business situations via an interactive environment. The module supplements a student’s technical knowledge by helping them develop the ethical and professional behaviours that they will need to successfully complete the Strategic Professional exams.
Please note the module is charged at a one-off fee which is payable to ACCA. See more information on the ACCA website
Practical Experience Requirements
The PER is where students demonstrate relevant skills and experience within a real work environment.
Completion of PER involves:
- achieving 36 months of supervised experience in a relevant accounting or finance role(s)
- completing nine performance objectives
- recording progress online in MyExperience
- having the experience signed off by a practical experience supervisor
Students are responsible for arranging their own PER usually via their normal place of work.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
An undergraduate finance, accounting or audit degree from a UK university, class 2:2 Honours or higher;
OR an undergraduate business degree from a UK university with an appropriate level of financial content, class 2:2 Honours or higher;
OR equivalent accredited international or professional qualifications (such as direct passes in ACCA Fundamentals Level papers applied knowledge and skills).
Note that as a minimum students joining this course must (a) either be exempt from ACCA Fundamentals Level papers applied knowledge and skills by virtue of their undergraduate degrees or (b) must have passed these papers directly, and hence be ready to commence ACCA study at Strategic Professional Level.
Students wishing to join the course must have applied for student membership with ACCA before the start date and obtained confirmation of their exemptions. Details are available on the ACCA website.
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.
We're here to help
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
£10,800
per year*£16,900
per year*£1,200
per 20 credits*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.
Students will be required to pay separately for ACCA student membership, exemption and external examination fees. For the latest information, visit: www.accaglobal.com.
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.
Course Highlights
How you’ll learn
Teaching methods ensure that students are prepared for both the ACCA Strategic Professional Level externally set exams and for internal Masters assessments (assignments and examinations) in an integrated fashion.
ACCA exams require students to focus on the complex practical scenarios that a professional accountant will face and the advanced technical competencies they will require to tackle these. Internal MSc exam-based assessments replicate the structure and style of the external ACCA exams.
It is the responsibility of students to enter external ACCA exams (see the ACCA website for further details).
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Teaching staff
- Rhian Gosling, Course Leader
- Dr Jared Davies
- Geraint Evans
- Nicola Gilbert
- Claudia Scicluna
- Rosemary Eaton
- Teresa Marsh
- Joanna Howell
- Tamira Rolls
- Chibuzo Amadi
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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.
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).
- January 2026 Part-time
- September 2026 Full-time
- September 2026 Part-time
- September 2025 Part-time
- September 2025 Full-time
International admissions
Please see our international admissions advice for further information about how to apply as a prospective international student.
