Accounting & Statistics
Accounting is the process of collecting, measuring, analysing and communicating information to aid decision making within business and other organisations. Statistics is a scientific discipline that is concerned with the drawing of objective conclusions from investigations where outcomes are subject to uncertainty or variability.
- We have close links with professional bodies and employers, many of whom offer placement opportunities to students.
- Accounting and finance research at Glasgow is rated in the top five in the UK, according to the most recent independent survey of research quality (RAE 2008).
Study abroad
There are study abroad opportunities available in year three.
Programme structure
Years 1 and 2
In first and second years you will take courses in:
- Management accounting
- Financial accounting
- Finance
- Economics
- Statistics
- Mathematics.
Years 3 and 4
If you progress to Honours (years three and four) you will take a range of core and optional courses, including courses in accounting and statistics.
In fourth year you will also undertake a dissertation supervised within the Business School.
Special feature
The University has close links with professional bodies and employers, many of whom offer placement opportunities to students. Some professional firms run presentations and drop-in sessions for prospective graduates and also run separate events to give students a chance to interact with their staff.
Our international links
You will have the opportunity to apply to study abroad. There are currently two options available: the Erasmus Exchange Scheme and the International Exchange Programme.
Under the Erasmus scheme you will study at a major European university, for three to ten months. As this exchange programme is partly funded by the European Union you will receive additional financial support from the EU, to cover additional travel and living costs.
The International Exchange Programme allows you to spend a year or semester in one of our partner institutions in the following countries: Australia, Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, USA.
Career prospects
The financial sector, locally and throughout the UK, actively recruits graduates skilled in all aspects of statistics, and a significant number of our Honours graduates find employment in the commercial sector, in insurance, accounting, finance or banking.
Note
You will not be a qualified accountant when you graduate from this programme.
Highers: AAABB/AAAA (from fifth year) including Mathematics at B and a humanities subject, preferably English, at B.
AAAAA/AAAABB (from sixth year) including Mathematics at B and a humanities subject, preferably English, at B.
A-levels: AAA/A*AB including Mathematics, and GCSE English at B.
IB: 36 points. Must have Mathematics and English or any humanities subject at subsidiary level 5 or better.
For a full list of alternative qualifications please see: Entry requirements.
Tuition fees
How and when you pay tuition fees depends on where you’re from: see Tuition fees for details. If you’re from outside the EU, please see International students for more information.
Scholarships
We offer a wide range of scholarships to our undergraduates, including both home/EU and international students. The University is committed to supporting students and rewarding academic excellence. That’s why we’ve invested more than £1m in additional scholarship funding over the last year.
For a full list of scholarships including eligibility criteria and how to apply, please see: