The MSc Finance and Investment (Professional Accounting) Programme at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) aims to equip students with advanced accounting skills, technical proficiency, and leadership traits sought by leading public accounting firms.

Additionally, students are required to spend a minimum of 9 weeks of internship (placement) each year with a large international accounting firm as an integral part of the programme.

With this programme, students can learn the experience of solving complex problems in unique settings and better prepare themselves in making an immediate impact in public accounting.

The MSc Finance and Investment (Professional Accounting) is a full-time, postgraduate degree studied over two years, including the opportunity to undertake a block of paid and assessed internship (placement) with a large international accounting firm.

The structure of the programme is modular, with individual modules each having a weighting of 20 credits. One credit represents 10 hours of student work, meaning that a 20 credit module represents 200 hours of study including formal teaching, independent study, revision, and the preparation of assessments. For teaching purposes the academic year is divided into two semesters (Autumn and Spring) that consists of 12 weeks of teaching, respectively, followed by periods of revision and examination assessment. A degree requires the successful completion of 240 credits, 60 of which are taken at each semester.

Students spend a minimum of 9 weeks of internship (placement) each year with a large international accounting firm as an integral part of the programme (subject to assessment for Fitness to Practice). Students must attend and pass the assessments for both the Accounting Internship and Accounting Project modules to be awarded the MSc Finance and Investment (Professional Accounting).