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Master of Science in International Accounting and Finance

Heriot-Watt University - Edinburgh Campus

UK,Scotland

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12 Months

Duration

CAD 21,192/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Sep 2025

Apply Date

UK, Scotland

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1966

Total Students: 31,000 +

Int. Students: 6,200 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Campus The Avenue, Edinburgh EH14 4AS

Overview
Key Facts
Fees & Funding
Admission Requirements
Additional Info
Scholarships
Student Visa
Work Permit

Master of Science in International Accounting and Finance

Program Overview

Our MSc International Accountancy and Finance degree will equip you with highly employable expertise, and a thorough understanding of global financial issues. You’ll learn the academic theory and professional application necessary to set you up for life after graduation. By gaining widespread knowledge across the discipline, the programme will allow you to pursue professional and managerial careers in international accounting and finance, both in the private and public sectors.

You’ll develop a systematic understanding of international accounting and finance and acquire a critical awareness of contemporary issues in professional practice, and the academic discipline. You’ll understand the way the environment affects accounting and causes international differences, and how financial decisions or questions are analysed or modelled in theory. You’ll analyse and understand a wide range of real-life contexts, including the way financial markets and institutions operate, how much a company decides to borrow, and how investors select portfolios of assets.

You’ll learn about, and evaluate, a comprehensive range of research techniques used in international accounting and finance and understand how such techniques create and interpret knowledge. This will allow you to critically evaluate academic research, professional research and pronouncements, and financial media articles. These research and critical analysis skills will enable you to carry out an original research project on your chosen topic.

The career-focused master’s programme will develop your transferrable skills, including teamwork, communication, and presentation to make you highly sought after upon graduation. You’ll gain the skills and knowledge to help you thrive in the accountancy and financial services sector, in academic research, or in your chosen employment sector. The strong international relevance of this programme will make your skillset highly transferable across the globe. The MSc is accredited and approved by several accountancy bodies, providing you with the necessary accreditation for those looking to gain professional qualifications from the key accounting associations.

Detailed Program Facts

Program Level

Master's Degree

Application Processing Days

7 Days

Program Intensity

Full-Time

Duration of Program

12 Months

Program Intakes

Intake Month/Year		Intake Status
jan 2025		Closed
sep 2024		Closed
sep 2025		Open

Application Fee

Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE

Tuition Fee

CAD 21,192 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

Living Cost in Heriot-Watt University - Edinburgh Campus

CAD 9,207 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Check program website for more information about funding options.

English Test Requirements

IELTS
- Minimum Overall Score - 6.0 Minimum Listening - 5.5 Minimum Reading - 5.5 Minimum Writing - 6.0 Minimum Speaking - 5.5
TOEFL
- Minimum Overall Score - 79.0 Minimum Listening - 17.0 Minimum Reading - 18.0 Minimum Writing - 21.0 Minimum Speaking - 20.0
PTE
- Minimum Overall Score - 65.0 Minimum Listening - 59.0 Minimum Reading - 59.0 Minimum Writing - 63.0 Minimum Speaking - 59.0

Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Bachelor's Degree.

Minimum CGPA Required: 55.00 %

Additional Information

Our partnership with Bloomberg
Heriot-Watt University is a named Bloomberg Experiential Learning Partner (ELP), a programme designed by Bloomberg to recognise universities that are leaders in experiential learning.

Our partnership with Bloomberg, and the achievement of ELP status, is a mark of our innovative approach to connecting our teaching experience with real-life practical applications. Being a Bloomberg experiential learning partner allows Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Business School to better integrate industry-leading data, research, news and analytics into our curricula.

The Bloomberg facility at Heriot Watt University is unique in Scotland and enables students from different disciplines of business to better understand different aspects of markets, business behaviours and economic trends. It enables:

Performance comparison between different companies or industries using: financial reports, company valuations, company news, company portfolios, key changes/trends.
Supply chain analysis through company’s supply chain relationships that includes suppliers, customers and competitors. This enables managers to refine their supply chain configuration and strategy.
Market share analysis by providing key industry data, interactive charting and commentary by Bloomberg industry experts. It also provides industry fundamental statistics, market share and other key industry specific metrics (i.e. retailers, airlines, global auto manufacturing, etc.)
Strategic portfolio analysis through creating portfolios against markets and market positions, allocation of asset and performance attribution analysis.
Accounting and Financial analysis by providing financial history of companies and indices including current and historical income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, ratio analysis and more.

Scholarships

We are pleased to announce that we are offering scholarships on a first-come, first-served basis. Second Round of Scholarship Deadline - 31 March 2025 - Heriot Watt University, UK Campus

Flexible Payment Option: Students can opt for partial deposit of £1000 before the deadline and reserve their seat and scholarship for the intake, pay balance deposit of £3000 to obtain the CAS

English Language Test Results: Students with ELT conditions are encouraged to share their test details for us to update their records

Please note, these scholarships are strictly on first come first serve basis

Scholarships

We currently have limited scholarships available for September 2025 intake strictly on first come first serve basis:

UG Scholarship Value (2)	PG Scholarship Value (3)
£3000	£2000
£4000	£4000
NA	£6000

This program offers a 2000 scholarship for the September 2025 intake.

Work Permit

PGWP

There are various options through which a student can get a post study work visa in the UK.
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for the graduates with a genuine and credible business idea.
Tier 2 (General) is the leading immigration visa to work in the UK.
Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme is for students who have completed their Ph.D. and is valid for 12 months for them to work, look for work or set up a business.
Tier 5 Youth Mobility is for individuals of certain countries like Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand aged between 18 -30 who wish to move to the UK.
Tier 5 GAE is for individuals who want to come to the UK for work experience, training, research or a fellowship.
UK Ancestry is for individuals who are a citizen of a commonwealth and plan to work in the UK and have a grandparent who was born in the UK.