This Accounting and Finance course at Robert Gordon University is suitable if you have a first degree in another field of study and now wish to develop a career in accounting and finance. It aims to produce independent thinkers who can deal with the complexity of the accounting and finance challenges facing organisations, domestically or internationally.
The course will provide you with the knowledge, skills and independent thinking abilities which are essential for developing a career in the accounting sector, within banking and financial institutions, or in the field of corporate finance.
You will develop key transferable skills in relation to the sourcing, recording, interpretation and application of accounting and finance information for use in decision making.
This course offers the opportunity to extend your study by a year to complete a 48 week work placement. Evidence suggests that graduates who can demonstrate relevant work experience have a better chance of securing a graduate level job.
At Aberdeen Business School, we are in the business of changing your tomorrow.
Robert Gordon University is based in Aberdeen, and has consistently had one of the best graduate employment rates and a reputation for high quality teaching (it was rated gold in the national Teaching Excellence Framework in 2017) in Scotland. RGU has implemented work placements on the vast majority of its undergraduate courses, and this is a valuable asset to graduates as they progress into full-time careers. The University also actively forges partnerships with business and industry on an ongoing basis in order to ensure students graduate with the most up to date and desirable skills and knowledge. Many of its courses are the result of a close collaboration with industry.