Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement Year

Reasons to choose Kingston


• You'll have access to a network of highly regarded practitioners from prestigious institutions and participate in bespoke business visits.



• Access to Bloomberg terminals provides you with vast data and the latest technological and analytical tools, enabling you to analyse and make sense of financial and economic data effectively. You will also be able to obtain certifications through Bloomberg Education.



• The course is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and offers partial exemptions from their professional exams.



• Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.



Professional Placement Year
This course has a professional placement year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this year, you will take a placement within a business setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.

About this course
This course offers hands-on experience and in-depth knowledge of financial accounting, management accounting, and finance. It will help you develop the intellectual skills necessary to evaluate and critique both theoretical and practical aspects of accounting and finance. Your studies will reflect the digital transformation in the industry.

Our teaching team has a wealth of commercial experience, and you’ll enhance your career prospects by joining industry speakers and employer networking events. Our careers team are on hand to help you land your dream internship and graduate job.

You’ll also have the opportunity to gain Bloomberg Certification and take part in activities to boost your CV.

Future Skills
Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.

As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.

At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

Career opportunities
This course is an ideal start for a career as a financial accountant, management accountant, auditor, treasurer, financial analyst, or banking advisor.

Many of our graduates use their accounting and finance knowledge and skills in a variety of roles and organisations. For example, some work for Bloomberg, the NHS and Tesco. We've also had students gaining training contracts with the ‘Big Four', including Deloitte and KPMG.

At Kingston University – the UK’s leading university for Future Skills – they don’t just teach you a subject; they prepare you for career success in a fast-changing world. Whatever course you choose, you’ll develop the Future Skills employers are looking for.

The commitment to every student’s learning and university experience is highlighted by the success in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). One of an elite group of just 26 higher education providers across the United Kingdom awarded Gold ratings in all three TEF categories – a recognition of dedication to delivering outstanding teaching, learning and student outcomes. 

Kingston University is also in a select group of global universities to be recognised as an Adobe Creative Campus and are consistently rated one of the top higher education providers nationally for graduate start-ups. 

They are proud of their beautiful location – you can enjoy the freedom of a safe, relaxing environment across four diverse campuses with plenty to do and within easy reach of Central London and all its attractions.