Program Overview

MSc Global Accounting (Top up) Online

Boost your professional qualifications and take the next step in your accounting career with our Global Accounting (Top up) Master’s course.

Available to study as 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time, this course is designed for those who have already successfully completed two ACCA papers (Strategic Business Reporting (SBR) and Strategic Business Leader (SBL). By completing this course, you can leverage your essential papers to obtain a Master’s degree in Global Accounting. Delivered in an interactive way with learning taking place both inside and outside the classroom, this course focuses on teaching real world business scenarios. You will develop your advanced intellectual and professional skills at Master’s level and study the key issues faced by business leaders today particularly around innovation, data and ethics. Fast-track your accounting career to the next level.

Why Online?

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Key Facts

Entry requirements

• All students must have successfully completed the two ACCA essential Strategic Professional examinations:
  • Strategic Business Reporting (SBR)
  • Strategic Business Leader (SBL)

Duration options

• Full-Time (1 year) or Part-Time (2 years)

Study mode options

• Full-time or Part-time

Next start date

• September 2025

Apply Direct

You can apply to study this course directly with The University of Law Business School today.

Employability

• Practical courses designed with your career in mind, delivered by specialists with industry expertise, backed by an award winning Employability team.
• 94% Employed in 15 months
  • 94% of postgraduates were in employment or further study 15 months after graduating (2021/22 Graduate Outcomes data). Contains HESA Data: Copyright Jisc 2024.
• Study Flexibility
  • For added flexibility, this course can be studied over 12 months or on a part-time basis over 2 years while still receiving the same quality teaching.

Course Details

MSc Global Accounting (Top Up) Online

Our Msc Global Accounting (Top Up) Online degree enables students who have already successfully completed the Strategic Business Reporting (SBR) and Strategic Business Leader (SBL) ACCA papers to complete the remaining 90 credits and achieve a Master’s degree in Global Accounting.

This course is designed and taught by experienced business professionals with an emphasis on practical based learning and relevant real-life application. As a student you will control your own learning pace throughout your studies, working towards fixed assignment submission dates. You will also benefit from two timetabled lessons in real-time (online) as direct live communication sessions.

Upon completion of this distance-learning course, you will have the skills to critically analyse contextual data and information surrounding real life business challenges and design comprehensive solutions using accounting and financial tools. You will be able to use the skills you have gained on the programme through study, assessments, and interactions with academics, practitioner lecturers and guest speakers to become a confident and effective finance and business professional.

Enjoy Flexibility

• Studying at our online campus gives you the opportunity to work at your own pace and around your other commitments, within given deadlines, and at your preferred time of day, with the benefit of our expertise, experience and employability focus.
• Our programmes will save you the time and money on commuting to and from campus and allow you to study anywhere, across devices, however you can be reassured that the course won’t be compromised on quality or be less demanding than our on campus courses.

Why study a Business Master’s degree with us?

• A professional Careers and Employability Service: from day one to beyond graduation, we'll help you become more employable with support from our expert employability service and careers advisers.
• Quality of teaching: you'll work on real-life case studies, taught by business specialists with industry expertise in accounting and business.
• Help to support your tuition fees: we have business scholarships and bursaries and can guide you on postgraduate fees and funding.
• Amount of support: Our range of student advisors and academic coaches, support apps and student support services help our domestic and international students.
• Flexible course format: Study 100% online with a learning model that encourages independent and deep learning, shared modules for greater networking and clear time demands.

Course Structure

Course Modules

• International Business Ethics (15 credits)
• Innovation Management in a Digital Age (15 credits)
• Data and Decision Making (15 credits)
• Business Project (45 credits)

Course Start Dates

September 2025

• MSc Global Accounting (Top Up)
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online

February 2026

• MSc Global Accounting (Top Up)
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online

June 2026

• MSc Global Accounting (Top Up)
  • Full-time: Online
  • Part-time: Online

Fees and Applying

How to Apply

You can apply for this course directly with the University.

Fees and Funding

• 2024/25 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2024)
  • Online: £5,650
• 2025/26 Course Fee (for courses starting on or after 1 July 2025)
  • Online: £5,900

International

We have students from over 120 different countries throughout our campuses, with a dedicated team to help international students.