Accounting and Finance with Placement Year (Hons) University of Derby

Overview

With this Accounting and Finance with Placement Year (Hons) degree at University of Derby, you’ll have the opportunity to take a placement year to put the skills you’ve learned into practice in a real-world environment. You'll be supported to find your placement and throughout your year in industry. Placements allow you to gain valuable experience to add to your CV, make industry contacts and help you to narrow down what kind of role you may be interested in after graduation. 

Career

Former students have gone on to excel in local accountancy practices, multinational accounting firms such as the Big 4 and other mid-tier firms, merchant banks and within finance departments of other major businesses. Graduates of the university's programmes have gone onto careers with companies such as  Bates Weston, Deloitte, Forvis Mazars, Dains, PKF Cooper Parry, Rolls Royce and many more. 

On graduation – and depending on the module pathway you have selected – you can apply for exemptions from ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, CPA Australia and AIA professional qualifications. This will shorten the time you need to become a fully qualified member of your chose n professional body. Representatives from the various professional bodies visit the University to explain more about their institutions, the exemptions available and the potential career paths you can consider.