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International Accountancy (Top-up) BA(Hons)

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Start Dates

20 September 2027

Duration

Up to 10 months full-time

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Overview

Why choose Huddersfield for this course?

  • This one-year top-up degree places accountancy in an international context, preparing you for roles with UK and global organisations.
  • You’ll choose optional modules to tailor your degree to your career goals.
  • You’ll learn through lectures, workshops and group work, with opportunities to engage with leading accounting firms.

International Accountancy (Top Up) is a one-year degree designed to help you take your accounting knowledge further and onto the global stage.

Building on your previous studies, this course places traditional accountancy within an international business context, giving you insight into how organisations operate, compete and grow across global markets. You’ll explore real-world financial challenges, develop a strong understanding of performance management, and examine key international business issues shaping the profession today.

You’ll also have the flexibility to tailor your studies through a choice of optional modules, allowing you to align the course with your career ambitions in accounting, finance or international business. Learning is practical and applied, supported by lectures, workshops and group work, and strengthened through industry engagement via our Partners in Accountancy scheme.

Graduating with an internationally focused accountancy degree can open doors to a wide range of career opportunities in the UK and overseas, and provide a strong platform for professional progression.

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Account Assistants

Finance Assistants

Assistant Accountants

Accounts Payable Assistants

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Who can apply?

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements for this course are normally one of the following:

  • A Foundation degree or 120 ECTS in the accountancy/finance area.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our International Entry Requirements page.

Entry qualification from outside the UK should meet the equivalent of 240 credits (120 ECTS) and The National Academic Recognition Information Centre can provide information on the comparability of these.

Applicants holding professional accountancy examination passes (or exemptions) may apply. Equivalence to 240 credits (120 ECTS) being obtained would need to be demonstrated.

What will you learn?

Course Details

You will examine advanced issues in management accounting, focusing on its role in providing information for decision-making, planning and control and performance management. The module builds on existing knowledge of Management Accounting and seeks to enhance your understanding of how to manage the performance of a business.

This module considers the fundamental issue of competitiveness and helps you consider strategic business responses to globalisation. You’ll explore the different types of international business operations (international trade and foreign direct investment activities) and the factors that shape these operations (organisational resources and cultural and institutional environments in different national markets). You’ll also learn to make practical strategic decisions as international managers.

You will also choose 4 optional modules in this year. The current optional modules are:

In this module you’ll gain an understanding of how organisations develop their strategies in relation to different aspects of their environment. You’ll study how both the internal context (e.g. organisational structure, routines and resources) and external context (e.g. institutional systems, industry structures and competition) shape organisational activities and the strategic decisions that individual managers make.

This module examines contemporary and policy issues in Monetary Theory, Monetary Policy and International Finance. You’ll have the opportunity to analyse the impact of different types of risk and uncertainty in money and finance and use appropriate theory to help decide the financial methods to avoid or reduce risk.

This module introduces you to the subject of taxation, covering the underlying principles and technical computations required for the main taxes that affect the activities of individuals and businesses within the UK. The module also introduces the economic aspects of tax with a view to providing you with a broad understanding of fiscal policy in the UK.

This module examines the audit process enabling you to gain an understanding of the nature and purpose of auditing and assurance which is essential to the function and sustainability of financial markets and fundamental for accountable organisations. You’ll gain analytical skills and have the opportunity to apply these through the use of case studies.

This module covers the quantitative aspects of managerial decision making that are of particular value to accountants. You’ll be introduced to methods for problem structuring, model building and problem solving. Widely used quantitative techniques are practised, to assess the robustness, validity, applicability and limitation of solutions using up-to-date computer software.

This module looks at investment analysis and portfolio management using an innovative experiential learning environment – “The Portfolio Game.” You’ll have the opportunity to learn about financial markets, recognise the measure and value of the risk and return and be aware of the relationships between them and be aware of the opportunities and dangers offered by international diversification, alongside learning about the available hedging techniques of managing a successful investment portfolio.

This module seeks to introduce and develop your ability to critically evaluate a wide of range of concepts, principles, theories, mechanisms, reforms, regulations and to research. The module will use case studies and in-depth analysis of ‘real’ companies to develop your understanding of governance practices and the various ways in which accounting regulation can be manifest through reporting. The module looks at the the inter-relationship between accounting regulation, its impact on reporting and governance and how these are being influenced by current world events, including sustainability and environmental factors.

For more information on when and how we update our modules please see the ‘Legal Information’ section below.

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How much will it cost?

Fees and Finance

£10,050 per year

This information is for Home students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2027/28.

Modules credits can range from 15 to 60, dependent on the content of the module. Read more about total credits required for a range of degrees, to allow you to calculate the potential total cost.

Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. 

From January 2027 the UK government is launching a new student funding system for people starting university education. Read more about the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE).

For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/study/fees/

£17,600 per year

This is the tuition fee for 2026/27 entry. Tuition fees for 2027/28 will be published once the information becomes available.

This information is for international students applying to study at the University of Huddersfield in the academic year 2026/27.

Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X) and/or Government policy. 

For detailed information please visit https://www.hud.ac.uk/international/fees-and-funding/

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