Which universities are good for Accounting & Finance?

MSc Investments at Birmingham University, and Management & Business Finance at York University

It's personal opinion

Hi Marven

Because your Bachelor degree is Business English, many accounting & finance degrees are not suitable for you as they are for graduates who have studied the subject before.

To find the Accounting/Finance Masters degrees which you can study use the Course Search on the homepage and enter your Bachelor degree as 'Business'

How's the ranking of your present university?

Finance is difficult to study. If you are not interested in it, you'd better not choose it.

Hi Cozzie, thank you for your suggestion.
My present university does not belong to 211, but it ranks within 100 from 70 to 80.
These days I have searched the universities with my Bachelor Degree as "Language". Do you think it reasonable? I only studied several business courses in my college life, is it ok for me to search the universities with my Bachelor Degree as "Business"?
Thank you.

Hi Marven

You are right, if you only have studied a few Business courses then yes, you should search as a "Language" graduate

But there are still plenty of courses open to you.

I think you can apply for any university you like, I think most will give you an offer with your very good background.

Good Luck

Hi Cozzie,

Thank you for your reply.

Today I started to apply for the postgraduate through DIY.

I Have decided to select following universities to apply for:
durham, uea, york, Sheffield, Loughborough, St Andrews, Nottingham, Birmingham, Newcastle, Royal Holloway Aberdeen, leicester

Could you give me some suggestions about these unis, if possible, could introduce me some information of DIY.

If anyone no this aspect of information, please recommend me.

Thank you.

p.s. my current situation has been mentioned above.

Hi again Marven

Looks like a very good list of universities

What are the courses you are applying for at each university called?

Hi Cozzie ,

Followings are the courses I have decided to apply for at each uni.

Durham: MA Financial Management

UEA: MA Finance & Economy

York: MSc/MA Management & Business Finance

Sheffield: MA Money, Banking & Finance

Loughborough: MSc Finance & Management

St Andrews: MLitt Finance in Management

Nottingham: MA Finance & Investment

Birmingham: MSc Investments

Newcastle: MA International Financial Analysis

Royal Holloway: MSc International Accounting

Aberdeen: MSc Finance & Investment Managememt

Leicester: MSc Finance

What are your recommendations, do you think it possible and it reasonable for me to apply for all of the unis or just a few of them?

Thank you.

Hi Marven

That looks like a good list, there are some great courses there.

I am not sure that you have the right background for all of them (York, Nottingham, Sheffield etc.).

But I do think most universities will accept you according to your performance and IELTS score. Universities love it if they get applications at this time of year that include the required IELTS score (I know you're writing is a liitle low but this won't worry them too much!).

For all those universities that accept a 'Language' major I think your scores are good enough to be accepted. Maybe the toughest is Birmingham because they also consider how good your university in China is (usually needs to a member of the 211 project).

As for applying to so many universities, that's up to you. If you are happy to do this then its fine but it might be easier to manage a smaller group of applications.

Good luck and write back when you have some news from the universities to let us know how you get on

Hey, Cozzie,
Today, I sent all the Application material to uk by post. what should i during these days? what about the scholarship? should
i apply for it after i get an offer or just do it now?
thank u!

Which universities you have applied for? All of them in your list?

How about Finance major at Reading? Is it good?

The best university for Finance is LSE, and the second one is ICMA at Reading.

I almost applied for all the universities listed above.

could anyone give me some suggestion?

the questions i asked listed above.

thank you!

Hi marven

Sorry I did not reply sooner, I did not see your post

After you've sent your applications all you can do is wait.

If you've not taken your IELTS exam yet or plan to take it again, then of course you should prepare for this.

As for scholarships, it depends on which scholarships you are applying for. For course scholarships you need to check out each university website to find when you are supposed to apply because it varies from course to course

Hey, Cozzie:

Thank u for ur reply.

These days I got to no that I had been given five conditional offer through email, though i havent received by post.

These offers are from:

Royal Holloway, University of London
MSc International Accounting

University of York
MSc Management

University of Aberdeen
Finance & Investment Management

The University of East Anglia
MSc International Accounting & Financial Management

University of Leicester
MSc in Finance

Some unis need my IELTS 6.5 with writing 7, some didnt
mention the detailed conditions.

Other things equal, which university and major is more favorable comaparatively speeaking?

Thank u.

RH is better, and the others are not so famous for the major and university.

Thanks, Monica
Could you please give me more details? So that I can make a compare.
If anybody knows about these universities and majors, please give some advice. Thanks for all.

Hi Marven

Congratulations that's a great list!

Royal Holloway is good but the question is, do you want to become an Accountant? If not you shouldn't choose this course.

Apart from this I would suggest York or Leicester - York because it is a top 10 university and Leicester because it is good in finance and finance is a good subject in terms of future career

Sorry, I see that marverchen also choose A&F, so may I ask that anybody knows about diploma course of Accouting & Finance at LSE? What's the possiblity to be accepted by its master after taking the diploma? Do I need some extra exams? Because my undergraduate major is not A&F, so does it deserve to study? Thanks for all.

hi cozzie
seems u kno much about the courses..
m applying to york n bristol.. can u tell me how good is finance course there..?? suggest any other good university if u kno..
'm much interested in corporate finance n investment banking side.. can u help me out..
will wait for ur reply buddy

hi cozzie..
u seems to kno alot about the courses..
m interested in finance.. more on investment banking n corporate finance side.. n applying to york n bristol university.. can u suggest me some more good university in uk.. for finance..
tc

hi cozzie..
do reply buddy n also tell me howz LSBF

A&F at LSE is really good, and of course it deserves to study. It's a big advantage to apply for Master after taking the diploma.

Hey Cozzie:

How are these days?

So far I have received the news from all the universities I applied for. However, I have not yet made a decision for some emergency happened to me those days.

Now, I would like to get some suggestions from you.

Unconditional offers are from following universities:
Loughborough University
MSc Finance and Management

University of Stirling
Investment Analysis

University of Leicester
MSc in Finance

Newcastle University
International Financial Analysis MA

And conditional offers are:
Royal Holloway, University of London
MSc in International Accounting

University of Aberdeen
Finance & Investment Management

The University of East Anglia
MSc International Accounting & Financial Management

University of St. Andrews
MLitt in Finance and Management

I range these universities and majors in the following oder:
Royal Holloway, University of London
Newcastle University
University of Leicester
The University of East Anglia
And I would like not to consider others at all. What are your recommedation for my opinion?

Also, one of my teachers suggested me University of St. Andrews. What do you think of it?

Besides, I wonder that whether the accounting course in Royal Holloway is accepted by ACCA? Comparatively speaking, which is better, Newcastle or Royal?

Thank you very much.

Look forward to receiving your early reply.

Hi Marven

Congratulations, that's great!

My personal preference is for Newcastle I think but Royal Holloway is also good - i'll write again soon with some details

I've just re-read the entire post and sorry to zheyuan and pri for not answering your questions

Zheyuan: yes, LSE's diploma in Accounting & Finance is suitable, its great for anyone who has not studied the subject before but wants to enter the finance industry at a high level. It will give you a great advantage to be accepted on to the MSc course and so for anyone who can afford this 2 year option I would really recommend it.

However, it is still very difficult to be accepted you will still need to have a very good academic perormance in your bachelor degree to be accepted. If you do apply try to point out that you are good in Maths (even if the last time you studied Maths was at High School).

Pri: So of course LSE can't be beat in this field, Oxford, Cambridge as well - graduate from any of these 3 universities and you will get a great IB job in London, no problem

But the question is can you be accepted? Can you tell us your academic background?

Hi Cozzie:
Thank you for your reply. Waiting for your early reply with some details.

Hi Marven

Sorry, it seems the site has not been working properly over the past few days.

So Newcastle and Royal Holloway would both be great. I go for Newcastle for a few reasons:

- it does have a very good reputation in finance (its within the business school, which doesn't get a high rating but the finance department is considered one of the best).

- It is in general a prestigious university in Britain and quite famous overseas, so it should look good on your resume

- students who study in Newcastle seem to love the city. The university is in the middle of the city and it is quite a compact city which has lots of excitement but is also small enough to be very 'liveable'.

- the course has accreditation and exemtions from ACCA

Hi,

I have an offer from UEA and I have already accepted and paid a deposit to the university

But in recent days I have been accepted by Newcastle and i prefer to go there.

Can I change my choice of university? Can my deposit be returned to me/

Hoping for a quick reply

Hi,

I have an offer from UEA and I have already accepted and paid a deposit to the university

But in recent days I have been accepted by Newcastle and i prefer to go there.

Can I change my choice of university? Can my deposit be returned to me/

Hoping for a quick reply

Hi seven

You can still change to Newcastle but you cannot get your deposit back

You should email UEA to tell them you will not come as a courtesy (once you have confirmed your place at Newcastle)

Hi seven

You can still change to Newcastle but you cannot get your deposit back

You should email UEA to tell them you will not come as a courtesy (once you have confirmed your place at Newcastle)

I will,thank you very much Jin!

Hi Cozzie:

Long time no see. How is going?

I chose University of St. Andrews studying M.Litt. Finance and Management finanlly. The main-orientation od this course is corporate finance.

Thank you indeed for your useful information and selfless help during my application.

I also want to know if it is reasonable for to take the ACCA in UK, could you give me any of relevant information about ACCA or the career prospect in this field?

If anyone has any question i could answer, it is my pleasure.

HI.... i have got offer for banking and finance in following universities.in this following which is the best one

GREENWICH UNIVERSITY

ESSEX UNIVERSITY

Essex is better

Check this

http://www.how2uk.com/university.rati ... g-rankings-in-the-uk.html