BSc Accounting and Finance

This BSc Accounting and Finance programme is ideal for students whose ambition is to pursue a career in accounting, finance, investments, auditing, taxation, and other finance-related strategic roles in business.

You will learn how to analyse financial statements, how to critically evaluate investment opportunities, how to design financial plans, and how to make strategic decisions in the areas of accounting, banking, finance and investments. Our teaching offers you exceptional insights into financial institutions and markets in London and other major cities in the world.

In addition, we offer specialist knowledge of financial and management systems in the emerging markets of Africa, Asia and the Middle East – something that will set you apart from graduates of other universities that normally focus on the analysis of Europe and the Americas.

The School of Finance and Management is excited to continue its collaboration with Practera, building on the success of the previous SFM Virtual Industry Projects. These bespoke work-based learning projects are designed to grow your professional skills and network through working with a team of SOAS students to tackle a real-world business challenge.

Why study BSc Accounting and Finance at SOAS?

• We are ranked 38th in the UK for Accounting and Finance (Complete University Guide 2023)
• We are ranked 6th in UK for graduate employability (QS World University Rankings 2023)

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Finance and Business Network Seminar 2023/24

• This Seminar Series is open to all our UG and PG students. It offers you the opportunity to engage with experts from the worlds of business, finance, banking, and the public sector.
• Listen to leaders within their fields and network with them, fellow students and Faculty over refreshments.
• Most events will be held on campus, but some will be held at industry headquarters such as in 2022/23 when an event was held at Citigroup’s Canary Wharf Offices.
• The networking part of the seminars will also provide opportunities to engage with practitioners to help foster students’ career visions.

Graduates from the School of Finance and Management leave SOAS with a coherent and solid knowledge of management and finance, with skills in statistics and computing, critical reasoning and analytical thinking.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

• Christian Aid
• Dagong Global
• Deloitte
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Elbus Group
• Financial Times
• FM Capital Partners
• HM Treasury
• Houlihan Lokey
• Huaxia Bank, China
• IDB (Islamic Development Bank)
• Investec
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• KPMG
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Santander
• UBS
• University of Oxford
• White & Case LLP
• World Food Programme

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