Overview

This Accounting and Business - The Flying Start Degree Programme from the University of Reading is a four-year programme that gives you the benefit of going to university, getting paid work experience and fast-tracking your career. The programme has been developed in partnership with PwC, the UK’s leading professional services organisation, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

This is an innovative, challenging degree designed to accelerate your route into employment and your progress towards a professional accountancy qualification.

The application process for this degree includes a unique assessment day run together with PwC. This involves psychometric testing, a group exercise and an individual interview with the PwC team.

By the time you graduate you will have completed modules that exempt you from 12 of the 15 ICAEW professional examinations.

Career opportunities:

PwC has been voted employer of choice by students in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey for 11 consecutive years, and voted the UK’s Accountancy Employer of Choice for 16 years.

Join PwC and you’ll be two years ahead of its traditional graduates, becoming a fully qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant with the salary to match, just over a year after graduation.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Assurance, Governance and Ethics

Accounting

Business

Business Law

Management Information

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

More details

Please be aware that some of our courses may be full after the January UCAS deadline, so we recommend early applications where possible.

Language

English

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125

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

69

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

480 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Reading, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Business Administration Accounting Taxation View 433 other Bachelors in Accounting in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

125

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

69

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IELTS

6.5

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General requirements

Typical offer

AAB

International Baccalaureate

34 points overall including 4 in standard level Maths and English

BTEC Extended Diploma

DDD

GCSE

Maths and English at grade B (6).

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

25850 GBP / year

≈ 25850 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

9790 GBP / year

≈ 9790 GBP / year

Living costs

Reading

United Kingdom

903 - 1382 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

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Credits

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Disciplines

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General requirements

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Living costs

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