BSc Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement: Fees & Entry Requirements at University of Bristol, UK

BSc Accounting and Finance with Professional Placement

UK

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What will I learn?

This four-year course offers a fully integrated degree that combines accounting and finance subjects. This course with professional placement allows you to spend your third year gaining experience in the industry. During your placement year, you will undertake a paid placement in an accounting role within a large organisation or an accountancy firm. Previously, students have secured roles at PwC, Grant Thornton, Hazlewoods, and Milsted Langdon. Places on the course are allocated on merit depending on first-year examination results and an offer of employment for your placement from a qualifying employer. You can work towards your professional accreditation with ICAEW during your placement year. On the whole, this course enables you to pursue a career in the accounting profession with the benefit of a year in the industry. The course provides you with access to subjects accredited by professional accountancy bodies, including the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Alternatively, you may pursue a career in finance or investment banking through our finance-oriented units. You can also benefit from a range of specialist employability services from the Professional Liaison Network within the faculty. Previous graduates have gone on to work for the Bank of England, JP Morgan, UBS, PwC, KPMG, EY, Microsoft, IBM and many other blue-chip organisations.Application methodEntry by transferTransfer to this course as an internal applicant after 1 year of study on BSc Accounting and Finance (UCAS code NN43).

Which department am I in?

University of Bristol

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
£28,200.00 (30,72,565) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus

Cattle Market Road,

Bristol,

United Kingdom,

BS1 6QF, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, United Kingdom

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
£28,200.00 (30,72,565) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Clifton Campus

Beacon House Queens Road,

Bristol,

BS8 1QU, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

A-level standard offer- AAA including Mathematics, or A*AB including A in Mathematics, 

A-level contextual offer - ABB including Mathematics, 

BTEC - DDD in any Applied General BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma, AND A in Maths at A-level (or equivalent), 

International Baccalaureate Diploma - 36 points overall with 18 at Higher Level, including Mathematics with either 6 at Higher Level (either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations) or 7 at Standard Level (Analysis and Approaches)

International Baccalaureate Diploma contextual offer - 32 points overall with 16 at Higher Level, including Mathematics with either 5 at Higher Level (either Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations) or 7 at Standard Level (Analysis and Approaches)

European Baccalaureate - 85% overall with 8.5 in Mathematics

Scottish Qualifications Authority - Advanced Higher: AA including Mathematics, and Standard Higher: AAAAB

Access to HE Diploma - Access to HE Diploma in Engineering, Science, or Computing (or similar titles). The 45 graded Level 3 credits must include: at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit or above; and at least 15 credits from Mathematics units, of which at least 12 (including algebra, calculus and trigonometry) must be at Distinction. Or Access to HE Diploma in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology, Law or History (or similar titles), with the 45 graded Level 3 credits including at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit or above, plus A in A-level Mathematics.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Requirements are as for A-levels where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade.

Cambridge Pre-U - Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/ D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/ M2 is B, and M3 is C

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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