Business and Accounting Maynooth University

Overview

This  Business and Accounting programme from Maynooth University provides a foundation for entering the accounting profession and other areas of business. To become a professional accountant, students successfully complete three levels of professional exams as well as on-the-job training. Graduates of the BBS Business and Accounting degree are exempt from the first level of these professional examinations (CAP 1 examinations from Chartered Accountants Ireland and equivalent examination papers from ACCA and CIMA professional accounting bodies).

Key Features

• Accounting is an important component that supports the implementation of a business strategy that creates and captures value for, and from, customers. The business element of the degree gives students an appreciation of the core functions of value creation.

• Students have the option of taking a four year degree with a work placement or study year abroad, thus combining what they learn in university with insights into industry or another culture.

• Students who complete the Master's in Accounting at Maynooth are exempt from the second level of professional examinations. Following this, only one level of professional exams and completion of on-the-job training results in a full accountancy qualification.

Career Options

• The BA Accounting and Finance, BBS Business and Accounting and BCL Law and Accounting have full CAP 1 exemptions. While graduates are likely to be primarily focused on a professional accountancy qualification, this programme prepares students for a variety of careers in both the private and public sectors, and in many industries.

• Graduates have successful and rewarding careers in the accounting, banking and financial services sectors as well as financial research and teaching.

• Many of the students continue to further postgraduate study in a very wide range of Business subjects at Maynooth University.