If you hold qualified accountant status from prior study with the ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, or an equivalent professional body, you will receive six module exemptions (totalling 120 credits) from our standard MSc Accounting and Finance course. This entails completing just one module, the final Financial Management Project module (60 credits), to earn a full Master of Science award. This presents a unique opportunity to attain a comprehensive postgraduate qualification at significantly reduced tuition fees and within a shorter timeframe compared to undertaking the full 180-credit MSc course.
The Financial Management Project module offers you the chance to conduct an in-depth analysis of cutting-edge technologies in accounting and finance, such as blockchain, fintech, cloud computing, and distributed ledgers. This equips you with up-to-date skills and knowledge applicable immediately in contemporary business settings, bolstering your career progression across various accounting and finance roles.
The MSc Accounting and Finance (Top-Up) program offered by Arden University is a fast-track master’s course tailored to fully qualified CCAB accountants, facilitating their continued professional and academic advancement. You will focus solely on the Financial Management Project module, enabling you to delve deeply into innovative technologies in accounting and finance. By concentrating on these emerging trends, you will acquire essential skills and knowledge crucial for advancing your career in the accounting and finance sector.
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The MSc Accounting and Finance (Top-Up) program will assist you in applying a strategic focus to an area of innovation in accounting and finance that interests you the most. During your study period with us, you will be encouraged to think creatively and engage in contemporary debates surrounding current trends in accounting and finance.
To be eligible for the MSc Accounting and Finance (Top-Up), we need to see that you have: .
Fully qualified as a member of a professional accounting body (such as the ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, or equivalent professional body) within the past ten years. .
Arden University have partnered with Bloomberg to provide our students access to the Bloomberg Financial Markets Platform, an industry leading and cutting-edge financial tool. Through this, you will be able to interact with financial markets in real-time, giving you insight into what it’s really like to work in finance and allowing you to gain valuable employability skills in a safe environment.
You will also have access to Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) – an industry leading course. BMC is a self-paced e-learning course that provides an interactive introduction to the financial markets. The course is available to you for free for the duration of your degree, and a year after graduation.
Once you’ve enrolled with Arden, our careers centre is easily accessible directly from inside our online platform, ilearn. The careers centre is here to help you discover the areas of your academic and professional life that you find most meaningful and rewarding, and then apply this to your career pathway.
Just a few of the career tools you’ll find in the careers centre include:
Arden University is a member of the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). AACSB International is a global association of leaders in education and business dedicated to supporting and advancing quality business education worldwide.
This membership reflects the fact that Arden University has successfully matched the high standards required by the AACSB, and enables the sharing of ideas and the exchange best practises between global business schools. Membership also gives our faculty members access to in-depth data and research to support the development of our courses and teaching methods, ensuring that we are able to provide you with the best possible university experience.
The BGA is a membership and quality assurance body. As a member, Arden University have signed up to the BGA Charter, committing their institution to responsible management practices and lifelong learning, positively impacting their students, communities, and the economy. This shows our students that we are demonstrating responsible management ourselves, as well as it being a central theme that runs through our own courses.
As Arden University is a member of the Business Graduates Association (BGA), students will receive complementary BGA student and graduate membership. Through this membership, current students will have access to the BGA Career Development Centre, packed with interactive tools, e-learning content, partner discounts and the latest job opportunities. This is a lifetime access, which means students will continue to have access to these services even after they graduate.