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Undergraduate courses/Accounting and Finance courses/Accounting with Business Management

Key facts

Typical offer

UCAS points:

112

A Level:

BBC

BTEC:

DMM

Contextual Offer:

Minimum of one to two grade reduction from our typical offer. Full details at dmu.ac.uk/contextual

Key facts

Duration:

3 yrs full-time, 4 yrs with placement

Study mode:

Full-time

UCAS code:

NN41

Institution code:

D26

See all the key facts and full entry requirements

Typical offer

UCAS points:

112

A Level:

BBC

BTEC:

DMM

Contextual Offer:

Minimum of one to two grade reduction from our typical offer. Full details at dmu.ac.uk/contextual

UCAS code

NN41

Duration

Three years full-time, four years full-time with placement.

Study mode

Full-time

See all the key facts and full entry requirements

Our Accounting with Business Management BSc is one of only 6 programmes in the UK to achieve partner status with CIMA and has been awarded an impressive 11 CIMA exemptions.

Overview

Lead the future of sustainable finance and business.

Our Accounting with Business Management BSc is designed to help you thrive in a fast-changing world. You’ll build expertise in accounting, business management, sustainability and data analytics, developing the practical and leadership skills that employers value most.

As one of only six UK universities with CIMA Partner Status, this degree offers up to 11 CIMA exemptions, as well as additional exemptions from ACCA, ICAEW, CPA Australia, CIPFA and AIA, helping you progress more quickly towards professional qualification.

  • Gain valuable, hands-on experience through placements with top employers, including Deloitte, Microsoft, Siemens, Xerox and Disney.
  • Our graduates go on to a wide range of roles across the finance industry, including Financial Analyst at HSBC, Management Accountant at Deloitte, and Finance Officer at Leicestershire County Council.
  • Get a feel for real financial markets in DMU’s Trading Floor, equipped with the same data analysis and trading simulation tools used by finance professionals around the world. You’ll graduate confident in your ability to interpret data, trade, and make informed business decisions.
  • Join the 91视频Investment Society to meet like-minded students, hear from guest speakers such as Mattioli Woods PLC, take part in case competitions, and gain hands-on experience with R Studio and the London Stock Exchange Trading Simulator. It’s a great way to build networks and confidence before you graduate.
  • Through DMUGlobal, you’ll have the chance to take part in international experiences that broaden your horizons and enhance your CV. Recent trips to Orlando and Frankfurt have given students the opportunity to see global finance in action and develop a truly international perspective.

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What you will study

Block 1: Accounting in the Business Environment

You’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of the business environment and how accounting fits within it. You’ll learn about the economic activities influencing organisational decisions and the numerical techniques to support them, while exploring ethics, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and the legal framework that underpins commercial activity.

Block 2: Accounting for Organisational Performance

This module will give you an appreciation of key accounting and business techniques, including future and present value. You’ll apply your knowledge of digital business information to enhance efficiency and improve organisational performance.

Block 3: Financial Accounting

You’ll gain an understanding of the core principles and concepts of financial accounting, including the preparation of basic financial statements.

Block 4: Management Accounting

You’ll learn fundamental management accounting techniques and understand their role within both commercial and public sector organisations, as well as their wider societal impact.

Block 1: Organisational Behaviour and Leadership

This module focuses on developing business and operating models to improve organisational performance. You’ll explore how leadership styles affect individual performance and how project management techniques can be applied to execute business strategies, with a focus on embedding sustainability.

Block 2: International Financial Reporting and Business Taxation

You’ll develop the ability to analyse financial statements, including group accounting, and gain an understanding of fiscal sustainability and the role of tax policy in supporting SDG goals.

Block 3: Digital Business and Data Analytics

This module helps you understand how digital technologies influence business and how data manipulation techniques can be applied to meet an organisation’s reporting needs in both the public and private sectors.

Block 4: Performance Management and Decision Making

You’ll apply management accounting techniques to quantitative and qualitative data for planning, decision-making, and performance evaluation, focusing on both public and private sectors and SDG-related goals.

As part of this course, you will have the option to complete a paid placement year which offers invaluable professional experience.

The optional placement year allows you to gain a minimum of 40 weeks of paid, industry-relevant work experience in the UK or abroad. You will apply theory in a professional context while developing confidence, networks and employability skills. The placement is fully supported and quality assured by the university, and will enable you to graduate with a ‘BA with placement year’ award.

Our award winning Careers Team can help you secure a placement through activities such as mock interviews and practice aptitude tests, and you will be assigned a personal tutor to support you throughout your placement.

Block 1: Strategic Management and Governance

This module introduces you to strategic management and the dynamics of the organisational ecosystem. Through a business simulation, you’ll explore how to implement strategy, achieve objectives, manage change, and utilise digital transformation strategies.

Block 2: Financial Strategy

You’ll learn how to support organisational leaders in formulating strategy, managing risks, valuing organisations, and sourcing financial resources to implement long-term strategies.

Block 3: Project Management for Sustainable Business or Accounting Simulation

Choose between project management, where you’ll apply techniques to manage business projects with a focus on sustainability, or an accounting simulation, where you’ll apply your knowledge and decision-making skills in real-world employment scenarios.

Block 4: Critical Risk Management

This technical module will teach you accounting techniques to evaluate and manage strategic risks, with a focus on governance. You’ll develop skills to identify, analyse, and report on risks critical to organisational success.

Note: All modules are indicative and based on the current academic session. Course information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to review. Exact modules may, therefore, vary for your intake in order to keep content current. If there are changes to your course we will, where reasonable, take steps to inform you as appropriate.

The Faculty of Business and Law is a signatory of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education for integrating sustainability in the curriculum.

We work with our advisory board, which is made up of industry professionals, to make sure we are designing our courses with the latest skills and knowledge valued by employers.    

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Our facilities

You will be taught in our purpose-built Hugh Aston Building equipped with lecture theatres and classrooms, break-out spaces for group work, quiet study zones for individual work, and high-spec IT labs installed with professional software.

You’ll also have access to the building’s new £5.5 million extension called The Yard, which provides more than 22,000 square metres of extra space. This is designed to facilitate your learning experience with large and airy breakout spaces, a new Student Advice Centre, and a balcony on the top floor. The Yard also features more comfortable classrooms and self-study spaces, allowing you to carry out independent study as well as group work.

The Trading Floor

DMU’s Trading Floor is a revolutionary space that has been thoughtfully designed to empower the next generation of finance professionals. These impressive facilities provide our students across Leicester Castle Business School’s undergraduate and postgraduate Accounting, Economics and Finance courses with an authentic simulation of financial trading and investing, equipping them with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in the world of work. Find out more about the Trading Floor.

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Accreditations, awards or memberships

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The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

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Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

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The Certified Practicing Accountants Australia (CPA)

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The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)

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The Association of International Accountants (AIA)

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Where we could take you

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Graduate careers

A degree in Accounting with Business Management opens a wide range of career opportunities as you develop a broad base of skills that are in great demand with employers.

You may choose to specialise in a discipline that you enjoyed studying on the programme such as management, business or accounting.

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How to apply

Save these details for your application.
Programme title:
Accounting with Business Management BSc (Hons)
Programme code:
NN41

UCAS applications

  1. Register on UCAS Hub (create an account)
  2. Fill in your UCAS application form:
  3. Personal details (name, contact, residency)
    • More about you (any mental health conditions or long-term illnesses, parenting responsibilities, whether you’ve served in the armed forces)
    • Education history (qualifications taken or pending)
    • Employment history (if applicable)
    • Course choice
  4. Write your personal statement (why you want to study the course, skills, achievements, future goals)
  5. Get your reference (usually from a teacher/tutor/employer)
  6. Pay the UCAS fee (single choice or multiple choices)
  7. Submit the UCAS application before the deadline.
Save these details for your application.
Programme title:
Accounting with Business Management BSc (Hons)
Programme code:
NN41

Apply directly as an international student

Find out more and apply
  1. Visit DMU’s international section and select the course you wish to apply for as an undergraduate or postgraduate student.
  2. Prepare your documents - gather the essentials:
    • Academic transcripts and certificates
    • Personal statement
    • English language proficiency evidence (e.g., IELTS)
    • Portfolio (if required by the course)
    • Copy of your passport
  3. Complete the application - submit via the 91视频Online Portal
  4. Submit the application and supporting documents - you can still receive a conditional offer even if some documents will follow later
  5. Application review and offer - DMU’s Admissions team will assess your application and issue:
    • A conditional offer (pending remaining docs, test results, etc.)
    • Or an unconditional offer, if all requirements are fulfilled

Key facts

Course title

Accounting with Business Management

Award

BSc (Hons)

UCAS code

NN41

Institution code

D26

Study level

Undergraduate

Study mode

Full-time

Start date

September

Duration

Three years full-time, four years full-time with placement.

Fees

2026/27 UK tuition fees:
£9,535

2026/27 international tuition:
£16,800

*subject to a compounded annual inflationary increase announced by the government in October 2025, the amount of which is yet to be confirmed for the 2026/27 academic year

Additional costs

Entry requirements

Typical offer

UCAS points:

112

A Level:

BBC

BTEC Extended Diploma:

DMM

Contextual Offer:

91视频operates a generous contextual offer for students from underrepresented backgrounds in Higher Education.

This is a minimum of one to two grade reduction from our typical offer and full details including eligibility criteria can be found at dmu.ac.uk/contextual

T Levels:

Merit

Access to HE:

Pass with 30 Level 3 credits at Merit

International Baccalaureate (IB):

28

GCSEs:

5 x GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including English and Maths

English language requirements

If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

Mature students

We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.

Additional costs

The core textbooks for all modules are available in the Kimberlin Library, and journal articles in your reading lists are also mostly available electronically from your my91视频login.

Some students like to purchase their own text books or print course documents and we suggest allowing approximately £200 per year for this.

All students are required to pay for their DBS check if required for your programme or placement.

In addition students will be required to pay for their travel costs to placements or project locations.

All students are provided the opportunity to participate in 91视频Global trips. These trips are subsidised by the university, and the cost and subsidy varies by location.

Learn more about fees and funding information.