School of Accountancy


Gain a University of London master's degree and your ACCA professional qualification at the same time. This is the only master's degree with ACCA recognition. Available anywhere in the world, it prepares you for senior roles and helps you to stand out from the crowd.
If you are a current ACCA student, you can gain a master's degree alongside your professional qualification. If you've already completed your professional exams, boost your qualification cost-effectively with our prestigious master's degree.
This programme covers strategic financial issues that are important for financial officers, managers, managers and analysts involved with finance-related activities. Gain an understanding of key issues and applied methodologies relating to strategic management accounting and evaluating risk.
There are two pathways to achieve the master’s degree, depending on which entrance requirements you meet.

July intake

Application deadline: 14 June
Registration deadline: 24 June

January intake

Application deadline: 03 December
Registration deadline: 10 December

Our MSc Professional Accountancy enables you to combine your professional qualifications with a world-class academic degree that will prepare you for the next step in your career.
Providing global access to a prestigious master’s qualification as part of ACCA’s professional qualification will offer our students and members the opportunity to enhance their employability even further.
Alan Hatfield, Executive Director – Strategy and Development, ACCA

Continuing Professional Development

One hour of learning equates to one CPD unit. Your studies could easily provide your full 40 units for one year. You can even carry forward 21 units to the next year.

Assessments and academic direction are provided by the School of Management at University College London (UCL). UCL is ranked seventh in the world by QS World University Rankings 2018.
We provide the learning content for the modules you study, drawing upon our knowledge, expertise and experience. It looks at practical challenges, identifying and applying ideas and models as responses and solutions.
Alan Parkinson, Deputy Director (Education), UCL School of Management.

ACCA is the world’s leading body for professional accountants, with over 170,000 members and 436,000 students in 180 countries. It holds joint membership of other international accountancy bodies and its qualifications are recognised by key regulatory and education authorities around the world.

Lynsie Chew is Senior Teaching Fellow in Accounting in the UCL School of Management. She specialises in Accounting, Financial Management and International Financial Systems, and is co-editor/co-author of three Pearson Custom textbooks. She engages in international scholarly activity in numerous fields within accounting and education.