Our global economy is increasingly complex. Businesses need accounting and finance professionals who understand risk, market behaviour and analytics. You'll meet this need by learning to make informed decisions and driving innovation.
This course will prepare you to build a career across dynamic business environments. You’ll learn to put accounting and financial theory into practice and analyse investments. You’ll also have the opportunity to use programming techniques for financial modelling.
Join a Business School of leading academics who are shaping policy and practice. You'll benefit from our culture of research excellence in areas such as climate finance, crypto assets, and social and environmental accounting and reporting.
You’ll also have access to our established industry connections, state-of-the-art facilities and enhanced careers support.
By studying at Sussex, you will:
advance your knowledge in both traditional and new accounting and finance techniques
explore complex issues across areas such as international finance, corporate scandals and regulatory compliance
consider the development of accounting and its role in society, along with theoretical perspectives of accounting choice
learn how to demonstrate critical skills and evaluate competing approaches by investigating methods of generating and analysing data
become skilled at proposing solutions.
You can choose options to expand your knowledge and tailor the course to your interests. Explore areas such as ethics, programming, entrepreneurial finance, international corporate reporting, money and banking.
When you graduate, you’ll have the essential skills and knowledge for a broad range of careers. You might pursue roles in financial institutions, management consultancies or government bodies. Alternatively, you’ll have the academic grounding to pursue PhD-level study.
