Accounting and Finance

The Department of Accounting and Finance has strong affiliations with business and the community. We are proud to be able to offer some students the opportunity to train as financial counsellors and use their new skills to help others. In particular, each year a number of students train as Citizens Advice Bureau counsellors in order to specialise in offering debt advice to the community of Portsmouth. Other students train with the University’s own Student Finance team, the 'Money Doctors', in order to offer support to their fellow students.

Undergraduate students obtaining a degree in accounting are offered an accelerated route to qualifying with one of the professional accounting bodies such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) or the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

We seek to develop in our graduates the knowledge, skills and values that will equip them for a range of career options. We constantly work to build and maintain our links with accounting and finance professionals, which brings practical benefits to our students. Our professional mentoring scheme pairs student with a practising accountant in the area to enable them to get real-world advice and feedback and enhance their graduate employment opportunities.