Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year BSc (Hons)
Cardiff University
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

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Cathays Park Campus

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Cathays Park Campus

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Why study this courseMultiple financial crises, technological developments, globalisation and regulatory changes have revolutionised the international financial sector. As organisations find ways to respond to these unprecedented changes, employees with cross-cutting accounting and finance expertise are in high demand.Our BSc Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year programme is accredited by the Accounting Professional Bodies and is designed to equip you with practical skills ...Read more

Why study this course

Multiple financial crises, technological developments, globalisation and regulatory changes have revolutionised the international financial sector. As organisations find ways to respond to these unprecedented changes, employees with cross-cutting accounting and finance expertise are in high demand.

Our BSc Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year programme is accredited by the Accounting Professional Bodies and is designed to equip you with practical skills and professional confidence for a successful career in accounting and finance-related roles, or in preparation for postgraduate study and research.

On a universal first year, shared with our BSc Accounting programme youll develop business and finance expertise from our team of international researchers and qualified accounting professionals. Theyll introduce you to corporate finance and strategy, markets, institutions and taxation while encouraging you to consider the social, economic and ethical implications of your decisions.

Your Professional Placement Year is an opportunity to put your university knowhow into practice as you take up a paid accounting or finance role and complement your academic study with exposure to real-world business scenarios.

Learning and assessment

Our teaching is heavily informed by research and combines academic rigour with practical relevance. While our internationally recognised faculty consists of academics who are at the forefront of knowledge within their field. They bring the lessons learned from their most recent research into the classroom, giving you access to critical business thinking and contemporary real life examples and scenarios.

We will provide your teaching and learning resources, and will be responsive to your needs and views. For your part, you will need to put in the necessary amount of work both during and outside formal teaching sessions, and make good use of the facilities provided.

Most modules involve a mixture of lectures and small group teaching (called classes, seminars, workshops or tutorials).

Lectures provide an overview of the key concepts and frameworks for a topic, equipping you to carry out independent research for the seminars and to develop your own ideas. Seminars provide an opportunity for you to explore the ideas outlined in the lectures. Seminars may take various formats, including plenary group discussion, small-group work and student-led presentations.

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WUSCA ranking:
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22/101
CUG Subject Ranking
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19th
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27th
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Francine
28 Jan 25

I like the location a lot, close to the city centre and accommodations. However, majority of the societies mainly do events late which isn’t nice. I don’t feel very safe walking..Read more

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Shakavi
28 Jan 25

Clean up colom road..Read more

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£9,535 per year

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Year three (sandwich year) - £1,905

£9,535 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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Year three (sandwich year) - £1,905

£23,700 per year

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Students from EU

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Year three (sandwich year) - £4,740

£23,700 per year

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Year three (sandwich year) - £4,740

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Francine
28 Jan 25
Accounting and Finance with a Professional Placement Year BSc (Hons)
I like the location a lot, close to the city centre and accommodations. However, majority of the societies mainly do events late which isn’t nice. I don’t feel very safe walking...
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Shakavi
28 Jan 25
Accounting BSc (Hons)
Clean up colom road...
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