Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Accounting and Finance

Program Description

Embark on the route to become a professional accountant, which offers a rewarding career with international mobility and high earning potential

Become a highly sought-after graduate possessing the technical accounting, finance and transferable skills required of future business leaders

Engage with expert faculty, who foster an engaging, friendly, supportive and dynamic learning environment

Why choose this degree?

To become a professional accountant, you need to successfully complete three levels of professional exams as well as on-the-job training. If you successfully complete the BA Accounting and Finance, you will be exempt from the first level of these professional examinations (CAP1 examinations Chartered Accountants Ireland and equivalent examinations from ACCA, CIMA and CPA professional accounting bodies).

You will learn how to compile, analyse, interpret and communicate essential information about the operations of a business – whether that business be a small firm, a publicly traded corporation or an NGO (non-governmental organisation).

You will have the opportunity to pursue a four-year degree with a work placement in a leading accounting firm or study year abroad, thus combining what you learn in Maynooth University with insights into industry or another culture.