If you’re planning a career in accountancy or the financial sector, studying at the University of Stirling is the perfect starting point. Stirling ranks among the top 3 places to study Accountancy and Finance in Scotland (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021), boasting 5-star teaching and multiple industry accreditation.

An accounting degree empowers you to prepare, present and interpret financial information for a wide range of organisations, and the skills you learn will enable investors, lenders, management and others to make key decisions based on financial facts.

The ideal path to a career in accountancy combines a university degree with recognised professional qualifications. Our Accountancy programme has been created with this in mind, and successful completion of the course will ensure many professional bodies give you significant exemptions from their exams.

From a basic understanding of how to prepare financial statements, through to an in-depth knowledge of auditing, taxation and reporting, our Accountancy degree covers everything you’ll need to know to join the thousands of Stirling graduates who have successfully transitioned from this course into the professional world.

Our highly-rated Accountancy course can gain you exemption from professional bodies’ exams, as well as opening up opportunities with finance-related organisations, private and public sector bodies, and a host of other employers. During your degree, you can also take advantage of a range of specialist career services.

Find out more about how we prepare you for the world of work.

• 100% of our Accountancy students are in employment or further study within six months of graduating (Unistats 2016).
• Accountancy graduates from Stirling are working in 21 different countries for companies including JP Morgan, IBM, RBS and many more.
• Your degree grants you exemption from many industry exams – getting you off to a flying start in your journey to becoming a fully qualified Accountant.

Good accountancy courses prepare you for professional life in a range of roles, such as a financial analyst for fund management institutions, a dealer on the stock exchange, an investment banker or a financial market regulator. Recent Accountancy graduates from the University of Stirling have started their careers in some of the following roles:

• Associate, PwC
• Commercial and Performance Analyst, SSE
• Audit Associate, Deloitte UK
• Graduate Finance Analyst, Aston Martin

Graduates who left Stirling up to ten years ago have forged careers in the following areas:

• Chartered Accountant, Dickson Middleton
• Auditor, Audit Scotland
• Assurance Technician, Ernst and Young
• Management Accountant, Standard Life plc