Accountants are required by every business in every industry, providing expert business advice as well as managing the businesses economic activities and financial information. This three-year, Level 8 programme offers a direct pathway into a full-time career in accounting, and it also offers graduates opportunities in a range of business careers including, financial services and management consulting.

This degree offers one of the fastest routes to achieving a professional accounting qualification. Our final-year students are experiencing high demand for their skill set and receiving numerous offers of employment both locally and nationally, often prior to completion of the course. The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, case studies, problem-based learning and computer laboratory work. Students develop a detailed comprehension of core concepts and principles in accounting and will have the ability to apply this knowledge in problem-solving.

A BA in Accounting and Finance gives you a world of opportunities. It is considered Ireland’s premier degree for those wishing to pursue careers as accountants and financial services professionals. The course offers great prospects for career progression, and the chance to work in a wide range of different industries.

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This degree was first of its kind in Ireland, and this continues to be an extremely popular course. Graduates are highly regarded by the accounting and financial services professions, as can be seen in the consistently employment rates for those who take the BA in Accounting and Finance.

The BA (Hons) in Accounting & Finance degree programme is designed to prepare students for a career in the accounting and finance function in business. It features a blend of specialised accounting and finance subjects together with general business subjects. It aims to develop an awareness of the international relationships between finance and other business disciplines, to develop a critical and methodical approach to problem solving and decision making in a financial context and to develop the ability to interpret and communicate financial and other information.

The course provides a comprehensive introduction to accounting, progressing to cover more complex theoretical and practical accounting studies. The course explores a variety of other topics, including business, law, taxation, auditing, professional management, economics, corporate finance, microeconomics and macroeconomics, marketing, human resources management, and communications.

This four-year course prepares you for a career in professional accountancy and finance and can lead to a contact with an accounting practice. You don’t need to have studied any Leaving Certificate Accounting, Business or Economics subjects. We start at an introductory level, which will prepare you for the more complex concepts that you meet at a later stage in the course. All modules gradually develop students' knowledge with each module building on the knowledge acquired in previous semesters. 

This three year course aims to provide a level of knowledge and skills in Accounting and Finance that prepares students for middle level responsibility in an Accounting environment. Students who gain the Bachelor Degree Award may exit into the world of employment with this solid qualification.

Our two-year Higher Certificate (Level 6) programme in Accounting & Finance will equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to pursue a successful career at Accounting Technician level. This programme is both a qualification in its own right and a stepping stone to the Level 8 (Honours) Degree programme in Accounting & Finance.

This programme is structured to address many of the competence requirements of professional Accountancy bodies and to give students a range of learning experiences tailored to careers in Accounting and Finance. Its practical focus ensures that on completion you will be a work-ready graduate with employment opportunities in professional accounting practice, commerce, industry, government, the not-for-profit sector and secondary school teaching. Along with the development of your accountancy and finance knowledge, there is a strong focus on developing your management skills to ensure that when you graduate you have the high-level transferable skills that employers are seeking. 

You will learn how to compile, analyse, interpret and communicate essential information about the operations of a business – whether that business be a small firm, a publicly traded corporation or an NGO (non-governmental organisation). Study technical accounting skills, financial analysis and the measurement of performance in business.

NCI’s BA (Honours) in Accounting and Finance features a blend of specialised accounting and finance subjects together with general business subjects, giving you an excellent foundation in leadership and management as well as a critical and methodical approach to problem-solving and decision-making in a financial context.

Throughout the BA (Hons) Degree in Accounting and Finance, you will develop the analytical techniques, economic expertise and strategic insight needed for a successful career within financial and business sectors. You will also learn how to practically apply your accounting knowledge and skills to inform strategic business decisions and create added value for stakeholders. 

This four-year course prepares you for a career in professional accountancy and finance and can lead to a contact with an accounting practice. You don’t need to have studied any Leaving Certificate Accounting, Business or Economics subjects. We start at an introductory level, which will prepare you for the more complex concepts that you meet at a later stage in the course.

This three year course aims to provide a level of knowledge and skills in Accounting and Finance that prepares students for middle level responsibility in an Accounting environment. Students who gain the Bachelor Degree Award may exit into the world of employment with this solid qualification.

This degree programme provides an in-depth knowledge of the area of accounting and finance as well as the practical skills, both of which are essential in the rapidly changing and highly competitive world of business. Exemptions from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) may apply.

This is not a CAO entry course - course fees required - apply directly to the college.

Throughout the BA (Hons) Degree in Accounting and Finance, you will develop the analytical techniques, economic expertise and strategic insight needed for a successful career within financial and business sectors. You will also learn how to practically apply your accounting knowledge and skills to inform strategic business decisions and create added value for stakeholders. 

This course is designed for students seeking a high level career in finance, accountancy or business management. Graduates are employed in a variety of managerial careers. The course focuses on giving practical and theoretical skills of real use to financial managers.

This course will enable you to distinguish yourself from other Accounting graduates as you will also acquire a specialism in either: taxation, management or analytics.

This course is accredited by the major accounting bodies including Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI), the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). Upon graduation, you have the opportunity to gain the maximum amount of exemptions available for an undergraduate degree from these professional bodies.

This Accounting and Finance degree reflects the multiple requirements of today’s business and finance world, preparing you for a career in accounting, banking, stockbroking, currency trading, management, insurance, or positions in the financial sector.

Whether you want to change career, improve job prospects or are a school leaver, the BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance is an excellent choice to develop your analytical techniques, economic expertise and strategic insight needed for a successful career within financial and business sectors.

The BSc Hons Accounting and Law is a four-year programme with an equal weighting of accounting and law based modules covered each year. It also has an option of an intercalary/placement year after Year 3.

The overall aim of the degree is to:

• develop students’ core knowledge and understanding of the principles, issues and applications of accounting and law and of the broader financial and economic environment;
• enable the development of intellectual skills including critical, analytical and problem-solving skills relevant to law, business finance and investment decision-making;
• highlight the relevance of legal knowledge to the needs of the community whether at a local, regional, national, European or international level;
• support the development of a range of subject-specific and generic transferable skills;
• develop students' ability to analyse, interpret and communicate legal and financial information;
• develop students' interpersonal, research, computing and communication skills.

Studying business at the Magee campus provides students with extensive choice. In this case Accounting may be taken as an equal main subject, with Marketing as the other equal main subject.

The flexible structure of this programme affords students the opportunity of choosing a pathway to suit their own personal interests and career aspirations. Graduates will have generic skills in particular management functions and specific skills in accounting and marketing. The accounting/marketing main/main combination is particularly suited for graduates wishing to go on to develop a career in business where these named disciplines are desirable.

The programme equips graduates for a management career in industry, commerce or the public sector. It also provides the entrepreneurial and innovation skills necessary for the creation of new business ventures and to stimulate the competitive impetus for managing and developing existing businesses. The accounting/marketing main/main subjects help develop supporting expertise of particular interest to the student.