Accounting and Statistics BSc (Hons) - Clearing

Accounting is the process of collecting, measuring, analysing and communicating information to aid decision making within business and other organisations. Statistics is concerned with the drawing of objective conclusions from investigations where outcomes are subject to uncertainty or variability.

This degree offers exemptions for some professional accountancy exams.

WHY STUDY ACCOUNTING & STATISTICS?

• The MacLaurin Society (or MacSoc) is The University of Glasgow's Mathematics and Statistics Society. Named after the Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin, it has been running since the 1950s and continues to provide a friendly and supportive atmosphere for students in the School
• Once you graduate, this degree offers exemption from some professional accountancy exams

CAREER PROSPECTS

The financial sector, locally and throughout the UK, actively recruits graduates skilled in all aspects of statistics, and a significant number of our Honours graduates find employment in the commercial sector, in insurance, accounting, finance or banking.

Our recent graduates have been employed by:

• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Grant Thornton
• Alexander Sloan
• Cigna
• Deloitte
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Credit Suisse