Accounting (Hons)

Overview

Why choose this course? 

• You’ll be supported in your studies and preparing for your future
• Access exemptions from professional accountancy bodies
• Language option (Japanese, Mandarin, French, German or Spanish)
• Curious about financial matters within companies? Want to kick-start your career with professional accreditations before you’ve even left university? Then this is the course for you.  
• Blend of theory and practical skills, making you stand out to employers with a strong CV.  
• Strong connections with professional bodies and leading companies, meaning you’ll benefit from a good professional network to start your career. We also organise several networking events throughout the year, where you can meet industry professionals.  
• By takking the Accounting (Hons) programme at University of Hertfordshire , you’ll be taught by a skilled and supportive group of academics and professionals who have had professional experience in senior accounting positions, meaning that they will prepare you for what to expect in an accounting career. 
• You can take additional accounting certifications and business diplomas while studying. For example, you can join the ACCA’s accelerate scheme and the CIMA university scheme, giving you associated membership of those bodies when you graduate.

Careers and employability  

86.3% of UH Accounting graduates are in employment or further study 15 months after graduating from their 1st degree (Source: Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018-19). The average salary of our Business and Management students 3 years after graduation is £26,300 (LEO data 2018 - 2019). 

Many of our graduates have found work in the public sector and private sector, in roles such as Accounts Assistant, Auditor, Estate Accountant, Trainee Accountant, Accounts Officer and Financial Analyst. 

Our graduates have gone on to work for reputable employers, such as Citibank, Amazon, PricewaterhouseCoopers, John Lewis, TUI and The Walt Disney Company.  

Our aim is not only to teach you the principles of accounting theory but how to use those theories in practical business environments. This is the reason why so many of our students thrive in industry after graduation.