Accounting and Business Management (with Foundation year) BA (Hons)
Bristol, University of the West of England
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Frenchay Campus

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Start date

16-SEP-24

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4 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Frenchay Campus

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Start date

16-SEP-24

Duration

4 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Frenchay Campus

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The BA(Hons) Accounting and Business Management will prepare you to take on key management roles where your financial acumen will give you a valuable additional perspective.Teaching balances technical accounting with management theory and practice, so youll learn to manage effectively and make sound strategic and business and financial decisions.Through regular guest speakers and employer partnerships, your learning is led by industry best practice and current innovations, so youre all set to ...Read more

The BA(Hons) Accounting and Business Management will prepare you to take on key management roles where your financial acumen will give you a valuable additional perspective.Teaching balances technical accounting with management theory and practice, so you'll learn to manage effectively and make sound strategic and business and financial decisions.Through regular guest speakers and employer partnerships, your learning is led by industry best practice and current innovations, so you're all set to enter practice in the real world.In our Bristol Business School, you'll benefit from purpose-facilities which include interactive learning rooms and spaces for individual and group study.You'll explore and apply real-time financial data in our Bloomberg Trading Suite, and attain the industry-recognized Bloomberg Certificate. At every stage of the course you'll be able to access academic skills support from the Academic Success Centre.Develop your entrepreneurial skills though the University enterprise competitions and Grand Challenge projects. Join a Business Clinic team and gain experience of providing pro bono advice to small businesses and voluntary organisations.This course shares a first year with our BSc(Hons) Accounting and BA(Hons) Accounting and Finance, with full transferability between courses at the end of the first year.

WUSCA ranking
WUSCA student ranking
These are the 2023 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
75/81
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2024
52nd
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2024
67th
Accounting
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 92 = 8% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
8%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
92%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Accounting graduate salary at this uni
£20,000
UK Accounting graduate salary
£21,000
Management Studies
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 90 = 10% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
10%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
90%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Management Studies graduate salary at this uni
£23,000
UK Management Studies graduate salary
£21,000
What students say
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08 Feb 24

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Thomas
14 Dec 23

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UCAS Tariff:

48 Grades / Points required

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GCSE/National 4/National 5:

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

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T Level:

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No specific subjects required. Points from General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) can be included towards the overall tariff. You must have a minimum of one A-Level.

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Grade C/4 in English and Mathematics, or equivalent.

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Popular A-level subjects

Management Studies

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Business Studies
34%
Psychology
21%
Geography
16%
Religious Studies & Theology
12%
History
12%
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Accounting

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Mathematics
48%
Business Studies
42%
Economics
27%
Geography
15%
Psychology
12%
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Tuition fees

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England

9,250 per year

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Students from England

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15,850 per year

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Students from EU

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15,850 per year

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14 Dec 23
Accounting and Business Management BA (Hons)
There is such a diversity of study spaces available on Frenchay Campus for differing student needs including bookable rooms, public library spaces for different types of work...
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