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speciality: Accounting & Finance

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What is an Accounting & Finance degree?

An Accounting & Finance degree focuses on the management of monetary resources available to an organization. Such a degree is aimed at students who want to pursue careers in investment analysis, management, banking, auditing, consulting and financial management. It teaches students how to assess the assets and liabilities of an organization financially and manage the financial risk of their activity.

Accounting & Finance covers the core areas of financial accounting, management accounting and finance but also includes other aspects of the business activity, such as financial management and control, corporate finance, company accounts, investment and business law. Optional module options provided by different universities around the world often allow students to specialize in a particular area such as auditing, taxation, etc.

Benefits of an Accounting & Finance degree

The completion of an Accounting & Finance degree comes along with numerous benefits. Students develop strong analytical, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which are highly demanded by employers in both the private and the public sector and result in graduates often finding employment in large multinational organizations that offer professional services such as PwC, KPMG and Deloitte. On top of that, established companies around the world offer excellent and well-structured graduate schemes, which help Accounting & Finance graduates to kick-start their careers.

Accounting & Finance degrees are mostly practically oriented. They allow students to put the knowledge and skills they acquire on a daily basis to practice through simulated and real-life business accounts management and work placement opportunities.

Most Accounting & Finance degrees are professionally accredited by professional bodies, such as ACCA, AIA, CIMA, ICAEW and CIPFA, which provides students with the opportunity to become chartered accountants. Students gain professional qualifications in accountancy, which eliminates the need for additional certifications after graduation.

Due to the nature of the Accounting & Finance Degree, which complements business-related subjects, students often have the opportunity to complete a joint honours degree.

Accounting & Finance Degree Structure

An Accounting & Finance degree’s duration varies depending on the country and degree level. In some countries, such as the United Kingdom, Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting & Finance can be completed in three years. However, universities also offer students the option to take a sandwich course, which allows them to undertake a year-long placement between their second and third year, which extends the course to four years. Four years is the regular time of completion of this degree in other countries, such as the United States.

The first year of a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Finance introduces the core principles of accounting and finance, including financial accounting, management accounting and finance as well as economics and business law. The second year’s focus is usually on managerial and business economics, financial control, corporate finance and company accounts, but optional modules might enable students to pursue their interests in other aspects of Accounting & Finance such as auditing or strategic business analysis. At this point, students studying at Higher Education Institutions in the UK could choose to take an industry placement in order to apply the theoretical concepts and the acquired knowledge to practice in the professional environment. The next stage of this degree is dedicated to further-developing students’ knowledge of financial and management accounting. Optional modules might enable students to specialize in a particular area of their choice such as auditing or taxation in some countries like the UK.

Masters’ degrees in Accounting & Finance usually take between 12 and 18 months to complete depending on the country that students choose for their studies. 

Research-based degrees, such as MPhil and PhD, can take anywhere between 1 and 7 years depending on the country and type of degree. MPhil degrees in Accounting & Finance in the UK usually take 12 months if it is studied full-time and 24 months for part-time studies. PhD degrees in the UK, on the other hand, take about 36 months to complete if studying full-time and 72 months for a part-time program. In the US, students may be required to dedicate between 4 and 7 years on their degree.

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    Student life in Campus

    -I like The university’s way of engaging students on matters affecting their lives, Continuously trying to improve the coursework and equipping students with skills and competencies required to acquire jobs in the the competitive outside environment
    -I dislike the university’s attitudes towards poor students who at times failed to clear school fees on times to sit for semester exams.

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    Programme: Accounting and Finance
    Degree: Bachelor's
    Graduation: 2015
    Delivery Type: On Campus
    Campus: eldoret
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    Affordable Accomodation and Food

    One of the things I will always remember about my time at Moi University is the low cost of living( especially food). The University is located in Eldoret Town, Uasin Gishu County where farming is the main economic activity for the locals. Here food is being sold at a favourable price for the comrades living outside the school facilities. For instance, comrades could spend the US $0.5 to the US $1 on food. Additionally, rents are also favourable for comrades at an average cost of US $30 per month. So this is the best University for comrades having financial problems. Meals are also being served at the institution’s cafeterias at a subsidized price; one is located amid the famous Soweto Hostel, the other is located at the student centre and the other one is located at the school of engineering.

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    Programme: Actuarial Science
    Degree: Bachelor's
    Graduation: 2025
    Delivery Type: On Campus
    Campus: eldoret
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    Student Assessment and Evaluation

    Moi University Eldoret is one of a kind when it comes to evaluating how students perform and respond to feedback. This is done by their class lecturers who collect every information from the students. In those evaluations, lecturers tend to understand our needs and work on our weaknesses. Teachers always do thorough assessments and give constructive feedback to our students.

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    Programme: Accounting and Finance
    Degree: Bachelor's
    Graduation: 2024
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    my review

    Moi university, being one of the oldest universities in Kenya, offers quality education. There is a long list of programs you can choose from and once you have fulfilled the criteria for selecting your life will be transformed. You can always check the university’s website for the intake periods and programs you can do. It’s quite easy to navigate the website and register everything through there. Despite it being located in the western region of Kenya it’s in quite a nice area. There is a very nice modern town known as Eldoret a few kilometres’ from the main campus. You can alternatively choose from a variety of campuses across the country where you can choose to study from but this is limited to the Programs offered in that campus

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    Programme: Actuarial Science
    Degree: Bachelor's
    Graduation: 2024
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  • Accounting and ...
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    Academics

    Moi University is internationally recognized for its involvement in world affairs such as in the needs of students and their communities, businesses, industries, and the governments. I love the university for the way it is at the forefront to equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge to counter rising poverty levels in the country. This is a nice university to take your studies from as it incorporates both blended and on-campus modes of studying.

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    Programme: Accounting and Business Finance
    Degree: Bachelor's
    Graduation: 2024
    Delivery Type: On Campus
    Campus: eldoret
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    The experience

    Moi University is one of the oldest universities in Kenya. I love Moi University – I’m getting taught by amazing professors doing leading research in their fields, and get to live in a serene environment as it is located in quite a tropical region with a very active student life. It is really easy to interact and make friends with fellow students. The negatives involve its location its quite a distance from the nearest City Eldoret hence may be difficult for international students to consider it.

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    Programme: Accounting and Finance
    Degree: Bachelor's
    Graduation: 2024
    Delivery Type: Online
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