BA (Hons) Business Accounting with Finance Bachelor's degree at Leeds Beckett University
BA (Hons) Business Accounting with Finance at Leeds Beckett University covers core theory, research and methods, applied practice, specialist options, an independent project, and professional skills.
About this course
Develop into a skilled accounting and finance professional with impressive interpersonal skills. You'll be primed for a successful career in the business world. From the provider’s course page.
BA (Hons) Business Accounting with Finance is a Bachelor's degree (BA (Hons)) at Leeds Beckett University, based in Leeds City Campus. It is studied part-time; duration varies by route.
For Business and management graduates from this provider, typical earnings around £35,000. (HESA Graduate Outcomes / LEO, via Discover Uni.)
For the typical curriculum, specialisations, career paths and graduate earnings for Accounting & Finance, see the sections below.
Course evidence score
The arithmetic mean of the official measures available for this course: NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Published threshold met Discover Uni suppresses continuation data below its publication threshold. Cohort 2021-23. Continuation 90% (2021-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Curriculum & modules
Real modules published for this course, grouped only where the source gives a year, stage or level.
Year 1 4 modules
- Business & Legal FoundationsCore20 credits
Module details
Explore the foundations and understanding of the business and legal structures and environment. As you study this module you'll relate to the work of the accounting and finance professional as you study the English Legal system, legal business structures and contract law as it affects business. You'll gain an understanding of business stakeholders and the business environment as it applies to the current climate. You'll use current business scenarios to further your understanding.
- Developing Professional & Academic SkillsCore
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Gain the professional and academic skills you'll need to succeed at university and beyond. You'll develop the confidence, resilience, and digital capabilities expected of today's finance and accounting professionals, while exploring effective learning strategies and supporting your personal development. You'll also prepare for future career opportunities by writing CVs, cover letters, and application forms, practising psychometric tests, and studying current recruitment and selection practices a
- Introduction to Accounting Part 1Core10 credits
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Build the essential accounting and bookkeeping skills that underpin modern financial practice. You'll explore key accounting concepts and terminology, learn how to record financial transactions using double-entry bookkeeping, and produce trial balances. You'll also examine the purpose of control accounts and apply a range of techniques used to maintain accurate, reliable, and effective financial records.
- Introduction to Accounting Part 2Core10 credits
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Develop the accounting knowledge and practical skills needed to prepare financial statements and support business decision-making. You'll strengthen your understanding of accounting concepts and learn how to produce income statements and statements of financial position using double-entry bookkeeping. You'll also discover how accounting information supports short- and long-term planning, helping organisations make informed financial decisions.
Year 2 7 modules
- Financial AccountingCore20 credits
Module details
Develop the use of double-entry bookkeeping and other techniques to produce company financial statements. This will include the statement of cash flows and the statement of changes in equity. This module also covers the detection and correction of errors in accounting information. You'll start to appreciate how desirable characteristics of accounting information and fundamental accounting concepts are applied in practice.
- Themes in AccountingCore20 credits
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Develop your knowledge of corporate governance and responsibility, ethics, sustainability, and risk, examining how these concepts have evolved over the last two decades. You'll explore the dynamic relationship between companies and their stakeholders, and the changing environment businesses operate in. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of practices and failures of corporate governance and responsibility, the importance of ethics, sustainability, and risk management. Your learning will be dri
- Management Accounting & Data AnalysisCore20 credits
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Build on the Introduction to Accounting module to develop an understanding of management accounting concepts and principles.
- Business EthicsOptional20 credits
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Understand the relationship between business ethics and decision-making. This module will provide a proactive, engaged environment to enhance your employability skills as you work on a business project. You'll practise decision making, time management, reporting, reflection, and presentation skills as you complete your project in a business or academic setting.
- Business Accounting ApplicationsOptional20 credits
Module details
This module will provide a proactive, engaged environment to enhance your employability skills as you work on a business project. You'll practise decision making, time management, reporting, reflection, and presentation skills as you complete your project in a business or academic setting.
- Sustainability in Accounting PracticeOptional20 credits
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Explore the nature and challenges of corporate sustainability in a globalised environment. You'll improve your understanding of the responsibility business has to society, as well as the associated complexities and tensions and how that can be managed. You'll explore the theoretical foundations and practical application as you build competencies in managerial processes.
- Financial ManagementOptional20 credits
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Understand the structure of business finance and its application to the decision-making processes in organisations.
Year 3 10 modules
- Performance Management for Decision MakingOptional20 credits
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Further develop skills acquired in the Management Accounting module. You'll continue to explore processing and analysing information for the purposes of management reporting.
- Financial ReportingOptional20 credits
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This module will enable you to practise applying international accounting standards in the production of financial statements. You'll also evaluate accounting standards in the context of accounting concepts and the qualitative characteristics.
- Operations & Supply Chain ManagementOptional20 credits
- Group Financial StatementsOptional20 credits
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Learn how to produce and interpret the financial statements for a group of companies.
- Technical Themes in AccountingOptional20 credits
- Managerial Decision MakingOptional20 credits
- Finance & Investment ManagementOptional20 credits
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Develop an understanding of the investment market. You'll study the economic environment, the range of investment types, and the management of investment portfolios.
- Strategic Planning & ControlOptional20 credits
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Develop your ability to think and act strategically in a business environment through a realistic business simulation. You'll evaluate business performance and use financial and non-financial data to develop strategic plans with clear objectives and financial forecasts. Drawing on theories of corporate strategy, accounting, and finance, you'll make informed decisions to guide organisational performance in a competitive environment. You'll also reflect on your learning throughout the module, iden
- Applied Finance for EnterpriseOptional20 credits
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Learn to select and apply appropriate financial techniques in the production of a realistic and practicable financial business plan.
- Accounting IssuesOptional20 credits
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Understand theoretical accounting issues and learn how to evaluate accounting regulation and guidance. You'll evaluate approaches to ethical issues and use a range of digital resources to explore accounting issues.
Source: provider course page. Modules can change; required/optional status, credits, descriptions and assessment are shown only when explicitly published.
Course in depth
What this course covers, who it suits and where it leads.
What you'll study
This course aims to develop your accounting and finance expertise and interpersonal skills for a career in business. A typical Accounting & Finance degree builds from foundations to specialist options. You'll usually begin with Financial Accounting (double-entry, financial statements and reporting frameworks), Introduction to Finance (time value of money, markets and risk), and Quantitative Methods for Business (statistics and spreadsheet modelling). In the second year, you'll move into Management Accounting (costing and budgeting for decision-making), Corporate Finance (capital structure and company valuation), and Financial Reporting & Analysis (interpreting accounts under IFRS and audit basics). In your final year, you'll choose specialist options such as audit and assurance, taxation, corporate finance, financial risk, or fintech, alongside Advanced Corporate Reporting (group accounts and professional-exam alignment) and a dissertation or applied project.
Who it's for
Most entrants hold another higher-education qualification, 70% of accepted students came in with prior higher-education experience. This course suits those seeking to develop accounting and finance expertise alongside existing qualifications, particularly through part-time study that allows you to balance learning with work or other commitments.
Careers & job market
Across Accounting & Finance courses nationally, 87% of graduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduating. Of those working, 65% are in highly skilled roles or pursuing further study. National earnings data shows starting salaries of £25,000–£32,500 at 15 months post-graduation, rising to £23,375–£33,000 after three years and £30,175–£42,600 after five years. These figures reflect the broader graduate population, not a guarantee for individual outcomes. First-year continuation stands at 85% across the sector.
University & format
This BA (Hons) is taught part-time at Leeds Beckett University, a university based at Leeds City Campus. The course is delivered in English. It is accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for exemptions from some professional examinations. Leeds Beckett is a recognised UK degree-awarding body whose degrees are nationally recognised; it holds Bronze for teaching quality in the Office for Students' TEF 2023.
Student satisfaction
How students on this course answered the National Student Survey, by theme.
Share of students responding positively.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Applicant information
The next application dates for this course, followed by facts the provider publishes.
Part-time application dates vary by provider. UCAS dates
Paid work placement. Availability, selection and pay can vary.
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Opened 2 July 2026; last choice 19 October 2026. Check vacancies now. A cached page never claims a place is still available.
Entry & how to get in
Who gets in
What recently admitted students actually held, official admissions data, not a stated requirement.
Qualifications held on entry
| Qualification | Share |
|---|---|
| another higher-education qualification | 70% |
| A-levels or equivalent | 30% |
Entry & your chances
An honest read from the official entry data, plus your personal match.
Entry is set by the university and based on your offer. Use your predicted grades to see how you compare, then check the university's stated requirements.
How to apply
Undergraduate applications go through UCAS. Here’s what matters for this course, the right deadline, the grades to aim for, and the steps in order.
- 1Register on UCAS Hub
Create your UCAS application and add this course (code NN41). One application covers up to five choices.
- 2Write your personal statement
A single statement covers all your choices, so keep it broad enough for similar courses while showing genuine interest in this subject.
- 3Submit by Apply directly to the provider
Part-time application dates vary by provider. Source: UCAS 2027 dates.
- 4Reply to your offers
When decisions are in, pick a firm (first) choice and an insurance (back-up) choice with slightly lower grades.
- 5Results day & confirmation
On results day (mid-August) your place is confirmed if you meet the offer. Just missed? Talk to the university, or find a place through Clearing.
Fees & funding
What this course costs and how UK student finance covers it.
Tuition per year
Provider fee page (England 2026/27 cap where not stated).
Check fees at Leeds Beckett University →For students who normally live in England
2026/27 Student Finance England figures. Maintenance support is means-tested and this two-point view is not an entitlement calculator. The course total uses its published length and home fee where both are available; a missing full-time fee uses the clearly labelled England-cap scenario, while part-time fees and unknown lengths are never guessed. Use the official calculator. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use separate systems: SAAS, Student Finance Wales, and Student Finance NI.
Starting on or after 1 January 2027?
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement is a separate system. A new learner’s tuition entitlement is currently stated as £39,160 (about 480 credits at 2026/27 fee levels), subject to prior study and eligibility. Check the official LLE guide.
Paying for it
- Tuition Fee Loan: can cover eligible tuition up to the applicable limit and is paid straight to the provider.
- Maintenance Loan: up to £10,830/yr away from home outside London (England, 2026/27), means-tested on household income.
- Repayment: 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below it; written off after 40 years.
- Earn alongside: most students work part-time in term, part-time roles on the StudySmarter job board.
England figures shown; Scotland, Wales & NI run their own schemes, check gov.uk.
Scholarships & bursaries you could qualify for
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Careers & earnings
What Accounting & Finance graduates actually earn, from real outcome data, 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.
Graduate earnings: this course
| When | Median | Typical range | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 months after | £35,000 | £26,000 – £49,000 | 1675 |
| 3 years after | £25,000 | £19,500 – £34,500 | 70 |
| 5 years after | £31,000 | £25,000 – £44,500 | 70 |
Nominal earnings for graduates of this course/subject at this provider. Stronger evidence. Published sample: 1,675. Cohort 2021-22.
Graduate outcomes, 15 months on: this course
- 1Graduate roleFirst role after the degree · 0–2 yrs
- 2Specialist / PractitionerWorking in accounting & finance · 2–5 yrs
- 3Senior / LeadLeading work and people · 5–10 yrs
- 4Head of / ExpertSenior leadership or deep expertise · 10+ yrs
How pay grows: this course vs Accounting & Finance nationally
National figures for Accounting & Finance graduates, HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.
Work out your pay
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What happened to 100 students?
Choose an outcome to translate the published percentage into a simple 100-person view. Each dot represents one percentage point, not an individual tracked student.
continued or completed
continued into the next year or completed their qualification
Source: Discover Uni, using Graduate Outcomes and continuation data. Cohorts: 2021-23. Stronger evidence. Published sample: 1,675. Cohort 2021-22. Each tab is a separate published measure; categories can overlap and should not be added together.
Value compared with similar courses
How this course’s 5-year median earnings compare with Accounting & Finance courses at the same study level.
Compared with 957 courses with compatible official earnings data. This is a course-value comparison, not a quality ranking.
Job market & outlook
How Accounting & Finance graduates fare in the labour market, and how AI is reshaping the work.
How AI is changing the work
AI doesn't replace the profession, it shifts it: routine tasks get automated, while judgement, working with people and using AI well become more valuable.
What AI takes off your plate
- Routine information gathering
- First-draft writing and summaries
- Standard analysis and admin
- Repetitive processing tasks
More human than ever
- Judgement and original thinking
- Working with and leading people
- Owning and sense-checking AI output
- Ethics and accountability
The strongest graduates pair subject depth with the ability to use AI tools critically.
Roles & employers
Where Accounting & Finance graduates typically go, indicative destinations from graduate career data. Each role links to live openings on the StudySmarter job board.
Roles graduates go into
Where they work
- The Big Four (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG)
- Banks & insurers
- Corporate finance teams
- HMRC & public sector
Jobs after this course
Current roles from the StudySmarter job board that suit Accounting & Finance graduates.
Accounting & FinanceLecturerGEDU Global EducationAccounting Engineer - Pre-Sales & Post SalesStacksAccounting Advisory Manager | Lead Client Projects HybridCFGIAccounting, Insight and Advisory ManagerRSM UKAccounting & FinanceLecturerGEDU ServicesAccounting Associate Apprentice Business Services (September 2026)Best ApprenticeshipsIs this course right for you?
The essentials UK applicants ask about: finance, outcomes, entry and quality.
Student finance
For comparison, the standard full-time England tuition cap is up to £9,790 per year in 2026/27; the actual fee varies by course and provider. If you normally live in England, eligible students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan, plus a Maintenance Loan for living costs. Under Plan 5 you repay 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below that, and the balance is written off after 40 years.
Where graduates go
Most graduates were in work or further study, with a median salary of £35,000. See the full breakdown in Careers & earnings above.
Official-data snapshot
Averaging the official measures published for it, this course scores 8.7 out of 10: NSS 82.9% · continued 90%.
Who studies here and in this subject?
Provider- and UK subject-level context.
Leeds Beckett University
Business and management across the UK
HESA student record 2024/25. Counts are rounded.
Local crime-data context
A neutral snapshot around the published teaching location.
Around Leeds City Campus
4,716 street-level reports returned within roughly one mile across 2026-04 to 2026-06.
Police.uk street-level API. Approximate locations, not confined to campus. England, Wales and Northern Ireland; not Scotland.
Is Accounting & Finance right for you?
Tick what applies to you and see how good a fit it is.
International students
What applying to Leeds Beckett University from outside the UK involves: fees, English, visa, funding and living costs.
Tuition fees
International tuition is £16,840 / year for this course (from the provider’s fee page). You’re not eligible for UK Tuition Fee or Maintenance Loans, so plan for fees plus living costs upfront.
English language
Most UK undergraduate courses ask for around IELTS 6.0–6.5 (no band below 5.5–6.0), or an accepted equivalent. If you’re just short, most universities run a pre-sessional English course that counts towards the requirement.
Student visa
You’ll usually need a Student visa (Student Route). After you accept an offer the university issues a CAS; you then show funds for fees plus about £1,023–£1,334/month living costs and pay the Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS access.
Scholarships & funding
Many universities offer international/global scholarships (often £2,000–£6,000/yr), check Leeds Beckett University’s funding pages.
Living costs
Budget roughly £1,100–£1,400/month outside London and £1,400–£1,800/month in London for rent, food and travel; the figure also matters for your visa.
Working while you study
A Student visa usually allows up to 20 hours/week in term time and full-time in holidays, useful alongside study, though not something to rely on for fees.
Visa rules and fees change. Always confirm the current requirements with Leeds Beckett University and gov.uk before you apply.
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