Business Management and Accounting with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

**Foundation Year**<br/>Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that youd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.<br/><br/>**International Students**<br/>For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/<br/><br/>**Business Management and Accounting**<br/>Do you want to gain professional skills highly valued by employers? Learn to think critically about different aspects of management, develop your accounting know-how and attain transferable skills that you can take forward into diverse accountancy or management careers.<br/><br/>**Why choose this course?**<br/>- This programme is accredited by ACCA, CIMA and CIPFA<br/><br/><br/>- Learn from highly respected academics and knowledgeable practitioners<br/><br/><br/>- Study alongside innovative companies based in Keele Business School<br/><br/><br/>- Opportunities to spend a year working in industry, undertake an entrepreneurship year and to study abroad<br/><br/><br/>- Gain a competitive edge with our Professional and Academic Development Programme<br/><br/><br/>Are you intrigued by how accounting can drive strategic business decision-making? Our Business Management and Accounting BA blends core elements of business with a focus on accounting to support the development of the essential academic and professional skills you’ll need to launch your career.<br/><br/>As you discover how organisations operate, you will explore themes such as marketing, human resource management, leadership and strategy. In accounting you’ll acquire sought-after skills in both financial and management accounting and progress to utilise these in the essential field of auditing and assurance. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to embrace cutting-edge technologies such as automation and artificial intelligence, so you’re well prepared for today’s dynamic business world.<br/><br/>**About Keele**<br/>Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university. <br/><br/>We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level. <br/><br/>Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.