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Queen's University Belfast: Advanced Accounting with Placement

Institution Queen's University Belfast View institution profile
Department Queen's Business School
Web https://www.qub.ac.uk/
Email admissions@qub.ac.uk
Telephone 028 9097 3838
Study type Taught

Summary

The MAcc Advanced Accounting with Placement is a new integrated undergraduate programme (combining undergraduate and Masters-level study in one four year course), replacing BSc Accounting. It is unique in the UK and Ireland in offering:

  • A Master's-level qualification with undergraduate fees for all four years;

  • Exemption from Chartered Accountants Ireland CAP1 & CAP2 exams and maximum permitted exemptions from other professional bodies;

  • A paid work-based placement during Semester Two of Year Four, together with a work-related research project;

  • Alternative exit point after three years with students awarded BSc Accounting.

The MAcc programme prepares students for a career in the accountancy profession. It contains lots of practical content, engagement with local employers and a work-based placement. Content includes Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Auditing, Taxation and Finance, with increasing specialisation in Accounting Technologies, Ethics and Sustainability Reporting – matching developments in the accountancy profession. This new programme also embeds a range of skills expected of a future accounting professional, including critical thinking, digital readiness, communication, ethical decision-making, leadership and teamwork.

Professional Exemptions

  • The MAcc offers a wide range of exemptions from professional accountancy exams, which can be an important head start in becoming a fully qualified accountant. Uniquely in the UK and Ireland, the MAcc offers students exemption from Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)’s CAP1 and CAP2 examinations. Students who exit after Year Three gain full CAP1 exemptions.

  • For ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), completion of this course also gives maximum exemptions for the Applied Knowledge and Applied Skills exams.

  • Students also earn maximum exemptions from CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) at Certificate Level and Operational Level allowing candidates direct entry to Management Level objective tests.

  • Exemptions are also available from the examinations of the Association of International Accountants (AIA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW).

For all exemptions, this is subject to each student’s performance in relevant modules.

Master of Accountancy

Queens University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast, ranked in the top 200 in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026) is based in Belfast, at the heart of Northern Ireland. 

Founded in 1845 as Queen's College Belfast it became an independent university in 1908 and is the ninth oldest university in the UK. Today, Queen’s University Belfast is a member of the Russell Group, combining excellence in research and education with a student-centred ethos.

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026:

Arts and Humanities, 39 for International Outlook and 32 for Research Quality
Business and Economics, 17 for International …

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