MSc International Accounting and Finance

With a focus on the ever-changing global financial markets, this MSc in Accounting and Finance aims to equip graduates with highly employable expertise and a thorough understanding of current issues in global financial markets – both academically and professionally.

On this MSc you will take six main courses on the subject of international accounting and be offered a choice of one specialist per semester. These courses will give you an international perspective on accounting and help you understand things like national differences, harmonisation and the challenges and problems facing multinational companies.

You will have the opportunity to apply your newly acquired knowledge and expertise gained from courses in international banking, financial markets and accountancy to a subject of interest to you in your dissertation research project which is undertaken during the summer months. 

Heriot-Watt University is a named Bloomberg Experiential Learning Partner (ELP), a programme designed by Bloomberg to recognise universities that are leaders in experiential learning. 

Our partnership with Bloomberg, and the achievement of ELP status, is a mark of our innovative approach to connecting our teaching experience with real-life practical applications. Being a Bloomberg experiential learning partner allows Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Business School to better integrate industry-leading data, research, news and analytics into our curricula.

The Bloomberg facility at Heriot Watt University enables students from different disciplines of business to better understand different aspects of markets, business behaviours and economic trends. It enables:

The full-time course starts in mid-September and lasts one year. The course can also be taken part-time over two years, or as a nine month Postgraduate Diploma.

Read more about the UAE Federal Accreditation.

Successful completion of our MSc Accountancy and Finance programme grants the following exemptions which mean you will be able to qualify more quickly than other graduates who do not have them.

F1 Accountant in Business; F2 Management Accounting; F3 Financial Accounting and F4 Corporate and Business Law.  ACCA Exemptions

Professional Qualification - Foundation Level,

Professional 1 - Financial Accounting and Reporting 1 on the basis of Comparative Financial Reporting (C31CR) Plus Financial Analysis (C31FN) Plus International Accounting Standards (C31IA) Plus International Accounting Theory (C31IT)

Professional 1 - Management Accounting on the basis of Financial Analysis (C31FN) Plus Corporate Finance (C31CF) Plus International Managerial Accounting (C31M)

Professional 1 - Business Law for Accountants AIA Association of International Accountants 

This degree offers either a Certificate BA, a management or an operational exemption dependant on courses taken within the degree. CIMA accreditation

This degree is currently in the approval stages for the governing bodies ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA, and when this is obtained, we will advise.