DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

Before selecting your option courses, please ensure you have spoken to your Student Adviser.

Students are recommended to balance the number of credits taken in each semester if possible.

Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, AIA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available on the Business School website: https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accounting-finance

Before selecting your option courses, please ensure you have spoken to your Student Adviser.

Progression to Year 3 Honours normally requires a Pass in all courses (240 credits) in the first two years.

Students can gain a number of exemptions from the Professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, AIA) but these exemptions differ according to the requirements of each respective Professional Accounting body. Please note that to gain exemptions, minimum marks of 50% or more would be required in certain courses if you are thinking of taking professional accountancy examinations. Further details are available on the Business School website: https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accounting-finance

Before selecting your option courses, please ensure you have spoken to your Student Adviser.

Students in Year 3 must take a minimum of 40 credits per semester.

The Dissertation proposal must be on a research topic in the field of Accounting or Finance.

Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, AIA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available on the Business School website: https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accounting-finance

Students who spend their third year abroad at a partner university must complete and pass a full year's diet of courses (equivalent to 120 credits), as well as equivalent courses to the year 3 compulsory courses in Accounting and Finance.

Before selecting your option courses, please ensure you have spoken to your Student Adviser.

Students in Year 4 must take a minimum of 20 credits of taught courses per semester.

The Business Honours Dissertation must be on a research topic in the field of Accounting or Finance.

Students can gain a number of exemptions from the professional Accounting bodies (ICAS, ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, AIA) but these exemptions differ according to each Accounting body. Further details are available on the Business School website: https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/undergraduate/accounting-finance