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Learn what makes businesses tick

Smart finances ensure that companies remain sustainable, and can adapt and invest.

On our Accounting and Finance courses, you'll learn practical skills in specialist facilities, led by experienced experts. And you'll interact with leading companies from Leeds, including Mazars and Haines Watts.

The Accounting and Finance Group brings together a team of academics with substantial industry and research expertise to create learning experiences that prepare you to meet the challenges of the changing corporate landscape and beyond. Through our practice-relevant education, cutting-edge research, excellent ties with employers and professional bodies, we will prepare and inspire you to make a positive difference in the world of business and society."

Professor Agyenim Boateng Head of Subject

Your student experience

We'll give you the knowledge to excel in an Accounting and Finance career, as well as the confidence to apply it.

You'll learn from experienced teaching staff, and receive careers guidance and academic support. You'll be working on practical projects, as well as hands-on assignments using industry standard technology.

You'll also learn from - and network with - the best the industry has to offer. Previous guest speakers include the Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association, and the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange. And our students have secured placements at companies from Disney to the NHS.

"We are currently seeing a significant emphasis on sustainability and ethical practices, and I want to explore how businesses have responded to this. By understanding the impact of these practices on businesses, we would be able to contribute more effectively towards a more sustainable future."

Dr Anup Chowdhury Senior Lecturer

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91% of students were positive about teaching on BA (Hons) Business Accounting with Finance

National Student Survey 2025

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"The option to select some of my modules meant I was able to tailor my course specifically to what I really wanted to study."

Jennifer Ardene BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance

Investing in your future

Careers and opportunities

"The lecturers have supported us and motivated us throughout the competition. We were regularly being asked if we needed any support and, thankfully, as a team, we managed to do well on everything by productive communication.

Sohaib Ahmed, BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance Leader of the team that reached the final of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants’ (CIMA) UK Business Game

Guest lecture events

Gain insight and network at our guest lecture events

Leeds Business School hosts guest lectures open to students, businesses, professionals, alumni and staff. Gain insight from industry experts, leading business figures and entrepreneurs who are invited to speak across a range of subjects including business and management, leadership, marketing, PR, economics, finance, accounting, and HR.

Find out about any future events by visiting our events pages.

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Courses

At Leeds Beckett University, you don't just learn a subject. You prepare for a career.

No matter which course you choose, you'll get the chance to immerse yourself in the latest thinking, and apply what you've learned through placements and practical projects.

BA (Hons)

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BA (Hons)

Business Accounting with Finance

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MSc

Accounting and Finance

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Make every moment matter - BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance Discover the kind of moments you could look forward to on BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance. From connecting with employers in a major business and financial centre to growing through practical learning.

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BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance - Jennifer Ardene

Both my business and my professional life all come from this course I did.

Accounting and Finance was something that I had from a young age. I've been able to run my own business and understand the tax aspect and everything that goes behind, so that's what attracted me to the course.

Right now, I'm running my own business, Jenny's Jerk Chickens. It's in Leeds, and the course did help me. It did have an entrepreneurial start-up, so they were the first people to put any grant on my business.

Alongside that, I'm also an accountant in the army, which is the course that I studied here, and I met the army when the recruitment team came to Leeds Beckett and I did sign up at the time.

I enjoy everything about my course. Sometimes it's a bit demanding, but once you get organised and know what you're doing, it should be okay, and being a student rep, I was a lot involved with student activities, so I really enjoyed that.

For me, the biggest lesson was to always help people out, because the same help that I had when I came here on the open day was also the same help that I wanted to give to others. Student and teacher was always there for me and the biggest lesson is always to listen and follow what your instructors are telling you, because they are there to help you. Unless you listen to them, you won't be able to pass your course as you would like to do.

Everything for running your business requires you to have some level of confidence, and being a student rep like I mentioned already did help my confidence a lot so that was one of the biggest points for me.

Leeds is such a cultural city. It's very diverse and it's becoming one of the biggest places to run your business, so if you're running your business in Leeds, there's so many people and so many places where you can get help from, and one of them is Leeds Beckett University. There's always tips and tricks and people that you can meet and talk to to be able to improve your business.

MSc Accounting and Finance | student view Student Omkar Ingale talks about his experience at Leeds Beckett University.

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ACCREDITATIONS AND AWARDS

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

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your teaching community

Our staff have a whole range of insights to share, and a passion for teaching. They're also working every day on research that will advance the industry, and collaborating with businesses and organisations to make them more sustainable, ethical, efficient and imaginative.

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