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 youll need to launch your career.

As you discover how organisations operate, you will explore themes such as marketing, human resource management, leadership and strategy. In accounting youll 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 youre well prepared for todays dynamic business world.

Practical, career-focused teaching and learning ensures that you can apply the theory youre learning to real-world scenarios that will build your expertise and confidence. We will also get you thinking about sustainability and business ethics so when you begin work or start your own business you can be a force for good in the world.

Our built-in Professional and Academic Development Programme spans your entire degree. Designed to fully prepare you for securing a great job or starting a business, you will develop your professional skills, creativity, confidence, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Our aim? To ensure you graduate with clear goals and impressive experiences to show future employers or investors. Youll benefit from Keele Business Schools strong industry connections, placement or entrepreneurship opportunities, hands-on practical experiences, and invaluable real-world insights such as through our Global Challenge Pathways.

Duration of study:

3 years / 4 years with international, placement or entrepreneurship year

Foundation year:

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.

Keele University is consistently ranked among the top universities for student satisfaction, and we have over 70 years' experience of teaching a foundation year to students. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.