University of Exeter, MSc, Accounting and Finance

This programme is suited to anyone wishing to deepen their knowledge of accounting and finance, and who wants to enter a career in financial markets; either as an analyst, as a professional accountant, or as a preparation for further research at PhD level. You will develop your ability to apply and evaluate the various models and methods that practitioners use to solve practical accounting and financial problems.

MSc Accounting and Finance is designed to deliver financial expertise with an emphasis on understanding the accounting process. You will gain insight into the accounting process both within the firm (management accounting) and for external reporting and its relevance to company valuation (financial accounting). The programme gives you a solid grounding in the fundamentals of financial management and financial accounting, and it will sharpen your quantitative skills in finance.

You can specialise your knowledge further by selecting options in subjects such as derivatives, investment analysis, international portfolio management, corporate finance, banking, international financial management and many others.

Exeter offers a programme of visiting speakers and a series of study weekends in which practising fund managers and finance experts from the City share their expertise through a combination of seminars, discussions and practical project-work. In addition, non-assessed intensive computer training, covering Thomson Reuters Datastream and other financial databases and software systems, is incorporated into relevant modules.