Professional Accountancy

Overview

Explore conceptual and regulatory accounting frameworks involved in the preparation and interpretation of financial statements, compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards.

You will learn about techniques used by financial managers when evaluating financial decisions and about the business issues they face. You will explore accounting information and specialised techniques in costing, planning, controlling, decision-making, and performance measurement.

You'll study the administration of the tax system, tax payer’s compliance obligations, computation of tax liabilities, and tax planning techniques. You will learn how to advise people and businesses on the impact of key tax considerations.

We also organise a number of career support workshops and events with the ACCA, including a visit to their Scottish HQ in Glasgow. 

Successful completion of this degree enables you to claim exemption from all ACCA Applied Knowledge and Skills (previously referred to as F1 to F9) papers.

Career

The Professional Accountancy programme from University of Dundee is an advanced Master’s which will help take your undergraduate education in accounting/finance and advance it to a higher level. Your career will also get a kick-start with the full ACCA exemptions on offer upon graduation.

As part of our close connections with the ACCA, we also provide a wide range of careers support tools and events directly with them. You can also keep up to date with sector jobs via their website

Graduates move into all sizes of business and across all sectors. Many graduates have launched their own businesses. Investment firms/houses remain very popular as to a wide range of banking sectors.

Accreditation

Accreditation from the Association of International Accountants (AIA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), and ACCA