Porto Accounting and Business School - ISCAP
speciality:
Accounting & Finance
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.
2 Student Reviews
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Accounting and ...2 months ago
StudentPTToo complexThe university campus was good, and the professors were experts in their areas, but overall, the course was too extensive. I felt a lack of practical disciplines that would prepare us better for real-life work. Some of the disciplines were too complex and not completely relevant to the course itself, and the evaluation system was a bit too rough sometimes. It was not my case, but a great percentage of people who enroll in my specific course, Accountancy and Management, most of the time can’t finish the course within three years. That must mean something. But overall, it’s a great place with very nice people, professors and staff; the food is good, and the building conditions are okay.
View moreProgramme: Accounting and ManagementDegree: Bachelor'sGraduation: 2019Delivery Type: On CampusCampus: Porto -
Accounting and ...6 months ago StudentPTGood professors
The professors make a big effort to teach us the right things while making it interesting. They’re also friendly and respectful of us and are free to give us tips and help us outside of school. On the other hand, there are a lot of things that we’re taught that aren’t really used anymore and I think we would benefit from a more recent programme. The accounting degree is a bit disappointing for anyone that is into business as it’s 80% accounting and 20% business and the classes that are related to business don’t have a lot of information and professors aren’t that interested in teaching either because they think we’re all there to be accountants. The buildings and classrooms have good conditions but visually it’s very dated.
View moreProgramme: Accounting and Business FinanceDegree: Bachelor'sGraduation: 2026Delivery Type: On CampusCampus: Porto
