Accounting and Finance (including foundation year) BA
London Metropolitan University
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**Why study this course?** Our Accounting and Finance (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree is a four-year course with a built-in foundation year (Year 0). It’s the ideal course if you’re interested in studying accounting and finance at undergraduate level but you cant meet the entry requirements or dont have the traditional qualifications required to start a standard degree.On graduation of this four-year degree you’ll gain professional exemptions from accounting bodies including ACCA, ...Read more


Why study this course?

Our Accounting and Finance (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree is a four-year course with a built-in foundation year (Year 0). It’s the ideal course if you’re interested in studying accounting and finance at undergraduate level but you can't meet the entry requirements or don't have the traditional qualifications required to start a standard degree.On graduation of this four-year degree you’ll gain professional exemptions from accounting bodies including ACCA, ICAEW, CIPFA, AIA and IFA, facilitating your journey to becoming a qualified accountant or finding success in a finance-related career.


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Our four-year accounting and finance programme has been designed with an integrated foundation year to allow you to develop key academic skills and build your confidence at the beginning of your degree. You’ll learn core business skills and the key principles of accounting, as well as numerical and technological skills that are vital for analysing data.The foundation year of this degree is intended to prepare you for your subsequent years of studying accounting and finance, so you’ll enter Year 1 well-equipped to study at undergraduate level.Our teaching staff have academic and professional experience in public audit, taxation, financial reporting, management accounting and information systems. You will also benefit from visiting industry speakers who are invited to give presentations on contemporary accounting, finance and business-related topics throughout your degree course.You will share your foundation year with students on other foundation year courses, allowing you to share insights and get a taste of a variety of other business-related disciplines.Following your foundation year, you will study the same course content and get the same choice of modules as those who study our Accounting and Finance BA (Hons).Should you decide during your foundation year that you’d like to specialise in a different area of study, there is some flexibility to allow you to do this.You'll graduate with a full undergraduate degree with the same title and award as those who studied the traditional three-year course.

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WUSCA ranking:
WUSCA student ranking
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73/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
94th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
127th
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 - 65 = 35% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
35%
Employment rate
Employment rate
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Source: UNISTATS, 2019
85%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Accounting graduate salary at this uni
£22,000
UK Accounting graduate salary
£24,000
Finance
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 - 80 = 20% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
20%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
80%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Finance graduate salary at this uni
£20,000
UK Finance graduate salary
£25,000
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£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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£19,500 per year

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£19,500 per year

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Students from EU

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£19,500 per year

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£19500 Per year

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London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University , City of London

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London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road Islington N7 8DB United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Holloway Road  0.1 miles away Nearest train station: Highbury and Islington  0.3 miles away
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