Business and Accounting with Professional Placement Year BSc (Hons)

**Reasons to choose Kingston**<br/>- Youll have opportunities to gain extra certifications in addition to your degree and take part in activities to boost your CV. You can also work or study in another country - widening your horizons while making new friends and experiencing new cultures.<br/><br/><br/>- Our courses embed the development of employability and future skills.<br/><br/><br/>- Kingston Business School has received a Business Accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This award is earned by just five percent of the world’s business schools and recognizes the high quality and standards of our teaching. <br/><br/><br/>- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the frameworks two new student experience and student outcomes categories. <br/><br/><br/>**About this course**<br/>This is a practical business degree with an emphasis on accounting for those who are interested in management but also appreciate the pivotal role that money plays in running a business.<br/><br/>This course is ideal if you’re thinking about a career in business or management, in a role that includes financial resource allocation, such as a department head or practice manager.<br/><br/>This course has a strong emphasis on developing the skills and knowledge sought after by employers, including in-depth knowledge of contemporary business issues, team working, and IT skills.<br/><br/>**Professional Placement Year**<br/>This course has a professional placement year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this year, you will take a placement within a business setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.<br/><br/>**Future Skills**<br/>Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.<br/><br/>As you progress through your degree, youll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.<br/><br/>At Kingston University, were not just keeping up with change, were creating it.<br/><br/>**Career opportunities**<br/>This degree is ideal for students who want a career in business or management, particularly in a role which includes financial resource allocation, for example department heads or practice managers.<br/><br/>Typically, graduates will enter junior management roles within a range of organisations, alternatively, they may join an accounting department within an organisation.

Located just outside of London, you'll benefit from excellent transport links to central London and beyond. You'll have access to great employer connections, with Kingston being on the doorstep of hundreds of prestigious businesses.<br/><br/>Kingston's commitment to high-quality teaching has been recognised with a TEF Gold rating (TEF 2023). The University has also secured a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and outcomes categories.<br/><br/>Kingston has invested heavily in dedicated study spaces, cutting-edge sports facilities and specialist equipment. You can hone your trading skills at the Bloomberg Trading Room or create your masterpiece in the modern art facilities. Whatever your chosen course, you'll be supported with modern facilities and passionate lecturers.<br/><br/>You can also get involved in over 100 sports clubs and societies and even start their own society. You can also learn a new language through the Kingston Language Scheme - there are ten languages on offer!