Accounting (Graduate Apprenticeship) MA (Integrated)

What is special about this course?

Take charge of your future with our MA (Integrated) Accounting (Graduate Apprenticeship), a powerful blend of academic achievement and real-world experience designed with you in mind.

This innovative five-year programme is tailored for motivated individuals already working in accounting or finance who are ready to accelerate their career. As you work in a professional role, you’ll simultaneously study towards a Master’s in Accounting and gain full ACCA qualification, all while earning and applying your knowledge in real time.

What sets this programme apart is its practical, student-focused approach. You won’t just learn about accounting: you’ll live it. Each concept you study can be immediately applied to your work, deepening your understanding and adding real value to your organisation.

Along the way, you’ll build the technical expertise, commercial awareness, and professional confidence needed to thrive as a Chartered Accountant. This is more than a degree: it’s a career-defining journey that centres your development, your goals, and your success.

With university tuition fees funded by SAAS and a salary throughout your studies, this is a smart, practical, and rewarding path to becoming a fully qualified accountant.

For further information please refer to the SAAS graduate apprenticeship guide.

Special features

• Gain valuable industry experience while you study
• Achieve a Masters degree and full ACCA membership in just five years
• Earn a salary throughout your studies with no student debt
• Course fees funded by SAAS
• Develop highly sought-after skills and graduate career-ready
• Recorded weekly online classes, watch later if you can't make class that day
• Access to and full support from academic tutors

Entry requirements

• 3 Scottish Highers at grade C or above OR
• 2 A levels at grades C or above

Alternatively:

• Modern Apprenticeship in Business Administration or Accounting 
• Foundation Apprenticeship in Business Skills or Accounting plus 1 Higher at C

You must also be:

• at least 16 years of age 
• employed in a business setting for a minimum of 21 hours per week and have approval of your employer prior to application 
• resident in Scotland at the start of the GA and your employer’s working premises must also be located in Scotland
• Suitability for entry on to this course will be decided by your employer and your learning provider partner

Advanced entry

• Direct entry to year two may be possible with a relevant HNC
• Direct entry to year three may be possible with a relevant HND
• Applicants will be considered on an individual basis and may be required to complete an application for Recognition of Prior Learning

CertHE

You will study the following core modules:

• Business and technology
• Introduction to economics
• Introduction to management accounting
• Introduction to UK taxation
• Personal effectiveness
• Principles of financial accounting

As well as the modules listed, you must also complete the ACCA module 'Ethics and Professional Skills' before starting the DipHE modules. Please see the 'Additional costs' section of the Fees/funding tab for further information.

DipHE

You will study the following core modules:

• Business analytics and AI
• Corporate and business law
• Financial reporting
• Performance management
• Professional skills for managers
• The world economy

BA

You will study the following core modules:

• Advanced financial reporting
• Auditing
• Business performance and managing risk
• Financial management
• Interpersonal communication
• Project management

BA (Hons)

You will study the following core modules:

• Corporate financial decision making
• International financial reporting
• Social and environmental accounting
• Strategic business reporting (double credit)
• Taxation

MA (Integrated)

You will study the following core modules:

• Critical reflection for the chartered accountant
• Strategic business leader (triple credit)

You will also study 2 of the following optional modules:

• Advanced audit and assurance
• Advanced financial management
• Advanced performance management
• Advanced taxation

Fees

For information on costs of this course please contact the campus where you wish to study.

Funding

Tuition fees will be funded by SAAS, for more information please refer to this graduate apprenticeship guide.

Additional costs

As well as the modules listed, you must complete the ACCA module 'Ethics and Professional Skills'. Exemption cannot be granted for this module, so you will need to complete this directly with ACCA before commencing your studies at Level 10. There is a cost to this, please refer to ACCA guidelines for more information.

When applying to ACCA to become a fully qualified chartered accountant, fees will need to be paid for the exemptions gained throughout this qualification. This is standard practice for any application to meet Chartered status and full information on ACCA’s exemptions fees can be found on the ACCA Website.