Accounting and Finance

Accounting and finance is the language and infrastructure of economic life. Accounting provides the systems through which organisations record, report, and interpret their financial activities, while finance examines how money is raised, invested, and managed to create and preserve value. Together they form a discipline that is simultaneously a technical practice and a strategic one, underpinning every decision made by businesses, governments, and investors.

At Bangor University you will study across four years on a full-time programme, with a sandwich year that places you in a professional environment, a year abroad for international study experience, and work placement activity integrated throughout. This combination of features means you graduate with both strong academic credentials and substantial practical experience, which is particularly valuable in a field where employers look for demonstrable professional readiness. The curriculum covers financial accounting, management accounting, corporate finance, investment and portfolio management, taxation, auditing, and financial reporting, with relevant professional accounting content woven throughout.

Bangor's Business School has a strong reputation in banking and financial services, reflecting the region's historical depth in those sectors, and the teaching brings both academic rigour and professional context.

Many professional accounting qualifications, including those offered by the major UK chartered bodies, provide exemptions to graduates who have studied relevant degree content, making a degree in accounting and finance an efficient route into professional practice. Graduates work as accountants, financial analysts, auditors, tax specialists, and management consultants across public practice, industry, and the public sector. Banking, investment management, and corporate finance are further common directions.

The skills developed on this degree, including financial analysis, quantitative reasoning, and commercial awareness, also translate well into roles in business strategy and general management. Postgraduate study, including the MBA, is a natural progression for those with ambitions in senior leadership.