BAcc (Hons) Accountancy
Stirling, United Kingdom
DURATION
36 up to 48 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 20,600 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international (including EU) students | students from the UK and Republic of Ireland: £9,500
Key Summary
Introduction
Overview
If you’re planning a career in accountancy or the financial sector, studying at the University of Stirling is the perfect starting point. Our course boasts 5-star teaching and multiple industry accreditation.
An accounting degree empowers you to prepare, present and interpret financial information for a wide range of organisations, and the skills you learn will enable investors, lenders, management and others to make key decisions based on financial facts.
The ideal path to a career in accountancy combines a university degree with recognised professional qualifications. Our Accountancy course has been created with this in mind, and successful completion of this degree course will ensure that many professional bodies will give you significant exemptions from their exams.
From a basic understanding of how to prepare financial statements to an in-depth knowledge of auditing, taxation and reporting, our Accountancy degree covers everything you’ll need to know to join the thousands of Stirling graduates who have successfully transitioned from this course into the professional world.
Admissions
Curriculum
Course details
You can study Accountancy as a four-year single honours degree, or combine it with one of our complementary courses to broaden your focus. In your first three semesters, your core studies in accounting and finance will be accompanied by teaching in economics, business management and business law.
Semesters 4-8 will help you to develop an analytical approach to relevant subjects through eleven advanced core modules. Among those modules will be your dissertation, which will introduce you to research methods in accounting and enhance your communication, evaluation and analytical skills.
Teaching
When you study Accountancy at the University of Stirling, you can be confident that everything you learn is in tune with the latest industry trends. You’ll learn through a combination of formal lectures, seminars and practical workshops.
Small group tutorials will also provide feedback and reinforcement of lecture topics throughout each semester. All our teaching is rooted in world-class research, with 80% of our research impact classed as world-leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).
Assessment
You’ll be assessed by a combination of coursework and exams. For Honours students, all advanced modules undertaken during the final two years count equally towards your overall degree classification. In Semester 8 you’ll complete a dissertation on an approved subject.
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Career Opportunities
Accountancy graduates from Stirling are working in many different countries for companies including JP Morgan, IBM, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and many more.
Your degree grants you exemption from many industry exams – getting you off to a flying start in your journey to becoming a fully qualified Accountant.
Our modules in Accounting Information and Employment (Year 3) place a special focus on preparing you for the workplace. And visits from professional bodies like the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) ensure your skills are always in tune with the needs of the accounting industry.