Manchester Metropolitan University
MSc in Accounting and Finance
Manchester, United Kingdom
MSc
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2026
TUITION FEES
GBP 22,500 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU and non-EU international students full-time fee
Key Summary
Strong management of financial performance and accounts are key to the success of any organisation. At Manchester Met, we’ll help you find new ways to deal with the issues facing businesses.
Home to global businesses
Manchester is one of the largest financial centres outside London, so you’ll have businesses like Deloitte and KPMG on your doorstep and plenty of opportunities to network with employers.
We also provide training courses for HMRC, BNY Mellon and PwC staff, so our teaching is current and relevant to industry professionals. We teach them in areas of tax, auditing and financial performance management.
Building your expertise
We’ll cover a whole host of areas including international financial reporting standards (IFRS), corporate reporting, governance and risk management. You’ll also apply tools and models of finance theory to understand current challenges.
Your dissertation will put your expertise to the test. It might involve working with an employer to investigate a business issue or answering a challenging research question.
Past students have explored nuclear companies, exchange rate fluctuations, and alignment between performance measurement and strategy.
Features and benefits
- Triple accredited - our Business School holds the globally recognised trio of accreditations from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, placing us among the best business schools in the world.
- Study in the heart of a financial centre – Manchester is home to major accountancy firms and banks, including Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, EY, Santander and RBS.
- Industry experts – our teaching staff are experienced practitioners, active researchers in their fields and consultants to large accountancy firms. They will share their insights and connections throughout your course.
- A network of industry connections – we have links with the main professional organisations and we invite top practitioners from accountancy firms, banks, and accountancy bodies to give guest lectures.
- Postgraduate internship programme – an optional internship allows you to gain work experience in a business environment so you can put your learning into action.
- Flexible around you – this course has January and September start dates, so you can study when it suits you.
You’ll study several core modules, covering topics such as corporate finance, international corporate reporting and governance, risk, and forensic accounting. From there you’ll complete your extended research proposal and dissertation.
In addition to your core modules, you’ll also study behavioural biases and financial decision making, and a live client brief as option modules. Whilst studying these modules is compulsory, the credit-weighting of the modules can be substituted for credits gained on the Rise programme in your final transcript.
Please note: The order in which you complete these modules will depend on which date you select to start the course (September or January).
Core modules
- Masters Level Learning
- Corporate Finance
- Governance, Risk and Forensic Accounting
- Critical Perspectives of Ethics and Sustainability
- International Corporate Reporting
- International Business Acquisitions
- Extended Research Proposal/Dissertation
Option modules
- Behavioural Biases and Financial Decision Making
- Live Client Brief
When you graduate, you will have the knowledge and experience to work in large and small organisations in the private and public sector. It is likely that your experience could also help you progress into more senior roles.
Because our course content relates to international financial reporting standards, your degree could take you anywhere: New York, Singapore, Frankfurt and more.
Your extensive knowledge and skills could be applied to a career in:
- Investment
- Insurance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Hedge Funds
- Stocks and Shares
- Financial Planning
Graduates from this course have gone on to take up positions including Trade Administrator at BNY Mellon and Audit Assistant at PwC Malaysia.
The opportunities are limitless, you could set up your own business, carry on postgraduate research, take further professional accountancy examinations and more.
Study and assessment breakdown
Ten credits equate to 100 hours of study, lectures, seminars practical sessions, and independent study. A master's qualification typically comprises 180 credits, a PGDip 120 credits, a PGCert 60 credits, and an MFA 300 credits. The exact composition of your study time and assessments for the course will vary according to your option choices and style of learning, but it could be:
Study
Full-time 20% lectures, seminars, or similar; 0% placement; 80% independent study
Assessment
Full-time 100% coursework; 0% practical; 0% examination