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Liverpool MSc Accounting and Finance

University of Liverpool · University of Liverpool Management School · Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Full-time
  • Liverpool campus
  • Taught master's
16 min read · Published on September 18, 2026 · Updated on September 18, 2026
Planning totalINR 62.93 lakh

Tuition, living, visa and health charge for 12 months

TuitionGBP 34,000

2026/27 international fee

Duration12 months

full-time in Liverpool

ApplicationDates pending

September 2027 cycle

Academic2:2 equivalent

course subject rule applies

EnglishIELTS 6.5

component minimum applies

DepositGBP 2,000

deducted from tuition

What is the University of Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc?

Liverpool’s Accounting and Finance MSc is a 12-month full-time path covering financial reporting, valuation, management accounting, audit, sustainability and a 40-credit research project. International tuition for 2026/27 is GBP 34,000. Adding Liverpool’s living midpoint, the Student visa and a typical health surcharge gives about INR 62.93 lakh.

Across 180 UK credits, Accounting and Finance is planned here for September 2027 planning. Its admission hinge is the background or experience rule explained in the eligibility section. September 2027 fees and final dates remain unpublished, so an October 2026 recheck belongs in this evaluation rather than rolling old figures forward.

How much does Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc cost?

The 12-month midpoint plan is GBP 49,222, about INR 62.93 lakh. Tuition accounts for GBP 34,000 tuition; the rest combines Liverpool’s published living range with current government visa charges. The lower and upper living estimates move the plan by GBP 2,700 in either direction.

Full-programme midpoint plan

ItemINRLocal currencyWhen it is due
Programme tuitionINR 43.47 lakhGBP 34,00060% at registration, 40% later
Living-cost midpointINR 17.26 lakhGBP 13,500GBP 1,125 for 12 months
Student health surchargeINR 1.49 lakhGBP 1,164Planning basis for 18 months
Student visaINR 71,338GBP 558Outside-UK application
Full-programme midpoint planINR 62.93 lakhGBP 49,222Before flights and exchange spreads

The GBP 2,000 deposit is part of tuition, not an extra cost. UKVI separately asks for unpaid course fees plus GBP 10,539 in outside-London maintenance evidence. Converted at GBP 1 = INR 127.8452, derived from ECB reference rates published on 4 September 2026. Bank rates and remittance charges differ.

Liverpool estimates international student living costs at GBP 900 to GBP 1,350 a month. Twelve months therefore means GBP 10,800 to GBP 16,200. The midpoint is a planning choice, not a University invoice, and accommodation choices create most of the movement inside that range.

Offer-holders usually pay a GBP 2,000 deposit before Liverpool issues CAS. That money reduces the tuition balance. Self-funded taught postgraduates may pay 60% at the start of term and 40% later, which helps cash flow but does not reduce the total liability.

The 2026 Student visa fee is GBP 558. The student IHS rate is GBP 776 per year and the Home Office charges part-years in six-month blocks. A typical 12-month master’s permission extends beyond teaching, so GBP 1,164 is a transparent planning amount rather than a promise about the exact visa dates on an individual CAS.

Indian applicants may qualify for Liverpool discounts of GBP 2,000 or GBP 5,000, while a First-class-equivalent applicant may meet the GBP 7,000 Excellence award conditions. No scholarship is subtracted above because the published award conditions and stacking position must be confirmed for the individual offer.

Can an Indian candidate enter Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc?

Liverpool's India guide starts at 55% or 5.5/10, while Accounting and Finance MSc asks for a 2:2 equivalent degree containing at least eight Accounting or Finance modules passed at 2:1 level, or an accepted professional qualification. The path rule controls background, modules, experience and marks, so the degree record needs a path-level check before applying.

RequirementPublished ruleWhat you do
Accounting and Finance degree match (India)a 2:2 equivalent degree containing at least eight Accounting or Finance modules passed at 2:1 level, or an accepted professional qualificationMap every relevant degree record background to Accounting and Finance
Indian result context for Accounting and Finance (India)55%, 5.5/10, 4.5/8, 3.0/5 or 2.5/4, unless the path asks for moreApply the awarding institution's scale to the Accounting and Finance rule
Accounting and Finance English threshold (India)IELTS 6.5 overall with no component below 6.0Clear every displayed Accounting and Finance language component
School English alternative for Accounting and Finance (India)CBSE or ISC 75%; accepted state boards 80%Recheck the named board for the Accounting and Finance intake

A degree record-based preparation check can use the displayed subjects themselves. Accounting and Finance MSc opens choices around Quantitative Techniques For Accounting And Finance, Advanced Financial Accounting And Reporting, Corporate Finance And Valuation, Advanced Management Accounting, Financial Markets, Financial Regulations And Ethics. The candidate should point to previous quantitative, technical or organisational work that supports those areas, then identify what is genuinely new. That comparison is more diagnostic than matching only the name printed on the bachelor’s certificate.

A coherent Accounting and Finance strategy can begin with Quantitative Techniques For Accounting And Finance, test that preparation through Security Analysis And Investment, and finish against Research Project ‑ Independent Learning. That sequence links prior preparation to an assessable result and then to a plausible function. If the candidate cannot explain the connection in plain words, the Accounting and Finance shortlist still lacks an academic and career argument.

For Accounting and Finance MSc, a concrete supporting work file could place Research Skills beside the candidate’s previous work, use Advanced Financial Accounting And Reporting to expose a missing method, and reserve Research Project ‑ Independent Learning for an independent answer. This three-part check is specific to the displayed Accounting and Finance menu and gives the personal statement a testable reason for choosing Liverpool.

Compare Accounting and Finance with another offer by putting Corporate Finance And Valuation and Measuring And Disclosing Sustainability in the first column, the assessed output in the second, and the proposed function in the third. Liverpool earns its place only when that comparison supports the proposed function more directly than the alternative curriculum.

The application can then cite Quantitative Techniques For Accounting And Finance as the starting problem, Security Analysis And Investment as the method gap, and Research Project ‑ Independent Learning as the likely proof point. For Accounting and Finance, those named Liverpool units make the academic strategy concrete. They also let a reviewer challenge the strategy before the candidate commits INR 62.93 lakh to a route aimed at the stated career families.

Three Accounting and Finance checks that can stop an application

  1. Accounting and Finance entry outranks the country minimum

    Liverpool’s India guide supplies context for Accounting and Finance, while the path page supplies the deciding condition. A 2:2 equivalent degree containing at least eight accounting or finance modules passed at 2:1 level, or an accepted professional qualification. Clearing 55% therefore cannot cure a missing Accounting and Finance background, paper or experience requirement.

    “We require a Bachelor’s degree from a recognised institution at a grade of 55% or CGPA of 5.5/10, 4.5/8.0, 3.0/5.0, or 2.5/4.0.”University of Liverpool, India entry requirements
  2. Accounting and Finance English supporting work includes component floors

    For Accounting and Finance, Liverpool publishes IELTS 6.5 overall with no component below 6.0. A stronger overall result cannot compensate for a component beneath that floor. Any Standard XII alternative depends on the candidate’s individual board and the rule still applying to the chosen Accounting and Finance cycle.

  3. The Accounting and Finance limitation belongs in the entry evaluation

    The limitation identified in the verdict can decide whether Accounting and Finance is usable for this candidate. Seek written clarification from the path team wherever the available page leaves an accreditation, pathway or admission ambiguity.

How should an Indian student apply for Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc?

The route has three owners. The applicant submits through Liverpool's portal, the University decides admission and CAS, and UKVI decides the Student visa. The September 2027 deadline is not published yet. The plan works backwards from the first controlling date.

Programme fit, Liverpool portal, offer conditions, deposit, CAS and Student visa

StepTaskAllowanceWhy it matters
01Resolve Accounting and Finance fit14 daysMap the degree, subjects, marks and English evidence.
02Prepare official records28 daysCollect transcripts, degree certificate, passport and statement.
03Submit to Liverpool21 daysUse the University portal and track requests for missing evidence.
04Clear offer and deposit28 daysMeet conditions, accept the offer and pay the usual GBP 2,000 deposit.
05File the Student visa42 daysCheck CAS, finance evidence, TB certificate and immigration charges.

The allowances are preparation estimates, not deadlines or processing times published by University of Liverpool. Start dates remain unconfirmed.

Start with the Accounting and Finance entry wording rather than the document list. This prevents a clean but ineligible file from reaching the deposit stage. Liverpool asks international applicants for transcripts, certified translations where needed, degree certificates, English evidence and a personal statement.

The portal then passes ownership to Liverpool. An offer can carry academic or English conditions. The GBP 2,000 deposit is normally due only after an offer, and the University issues CAS after the deposit, offer acceptance and academic conditions are cleared.

UKVI owns the last decision. A Student visa application from outside the UK usually takes three weeks after identity and documents are completed, but that service aim does not include time for TB testing, finance-evidence preparation, CAS corrections or a late document request.

What jobs follow Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc?

The employment supporting work for Accounting and Finance MSc needs careful reading. Liverpool publishes function directions but no available individual-path placement percentage. Named organisations or roles show direction, while any cohort percentage needs its population, date and method before it can support an candidate's return-on-cost evaluation.

MeasureFigureBasis
Accounting and Finance career directionsaccounting, audit, consulting, banking, fund management and financial analysis rolesAvailable Accounting and Finance curriculum
Supporting work displayed for Accounting and FinanceSee the programme-specific supporting work stated aboveLiverpool's Accounting and Finance page
Post-study period after Accounting and Finance18 months for applications from 1 January 2027Immigration rule applying to the Accounting and Finance cohort
Hiring promise from Accounting and FinanceNo individual guarantee is displayedA Accounting and Finance admission and a work visa are separate decisions

The Accounting and Finance MSc curriculum can help a candidate assemble assessed work. It proves neither hiring in the listed function families nor a salary, professional membership or Skilled Worker sponsor for an individual graduate.

A Accounting and Finance graduate in this cycle faces the shorter post-study period that applies from 1 January 2027. It permits job search and work, but cannot extend itself or compel sponsorship. Eligibility still depends on completing the Liverpool award under Student permission and applying from inside the UK.

The middle of Liverpool’s available paper menu includes Financial Statement Analysis And Valuation, Security Analysis And Investment, Audit And Assurance, Corporate Governance And Sustainability, Measuring And Disclosing Sustainability. A useful portfolio strategy would choose one assessable problem from those subjects, preserve the brief and method, and explain the result to a non-specialist reader. This gives an employer supporting work of decisions made during the degree instead of asking the path title to carry the application.

How is Liverpool ranked for Accounting and Finance?

Rankings give context for business and economics, not an admission or employment result. The tables below rank the subject area or institution, while the exact Accounting and Finance MSc curriculum and entry match still decide whether the programme belongs on an applicant's shortlist.

PublisherPositionTable and year
Times Higher Education101 to 125Business and Economics 2026
QS139World University Rankings 2027

Who is Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc for, and who should look elsewhere?

A strong Accounting and Finance compatibility already holds the academic base named by Liverpool and can name the missing capability this degree should add. A borderline file clears the result yet cannot supporting work its background or experience condition. The poor compatibility is the person for whom the programme-specific limitation defeats the proposed outcome.

VerdictYour backgroundWhy
Strong fitDegree record already aligned with Accounting and FinanceThe prior record satisfies the background and experience test shown above.
Strong fitCandidate ready to build a Accounting and Finance capstoneIndependent assessment around Research Project ‑ Independent Learning can become visible work.
Needs evidenceAccounting and Finance candidate relying on the 55% country lineLiverpool can still apply the narrower Accounting and Finance background, paper or experience condition.
Do not shortlistCandidate exposed to the main Accounting and Finance drawbackThe limitation described in the verdict defeats the proposed use of this degree.

Liverpool’s displayed Accounting and Finance choices should be read as a evaluation set, not a promise that every combination will compatibility one timetable. Before accepting an offer, the candidate should ask which options are expected for September 2027 planning and whether the proposed final work can use the preferred route.

The hidden admission test is degree record depth. Liverpool asks for at least eight Accounting or Finance modules passed at 2:1 level, unless an accepted professional qualification supplies the route. A general commerce degree can therefore miss the path even with an adequate overall mark. Financial reporting, valuation, audit and sustainability lead into a 40-credit research project rather than the 60-credit finish used by several Liverpool MSc courses. CIMA accreditation should be read for its individual exemptions and cohort dates. The path page gives job directions but no available individual-programme placement percentage.

The candidate can build an eight-row degree record ledger before applying. Each row should name the Accounting or Finance paper, its credit weight, mark, syllabus and the institution’s grading scale. The ledger should not count economics, generic business or quantitative methods unless Liverpool confirms them in writing. This makes the unusual paper-level 2:1 test auditable. A professional-route candidate should also ask which stage of ACA, CPA, ACCA or CIMA is sufficient. The reply should address the individual’s qualification rather than merely restating the list of accepted bodies.

A direct comparison between Advanced Management Accounting and Corporate Governance And Sustainability can reveal whether the candidate needs conceptual depth, an applied method or both. For Accounting and Finance, that distinction changes the useful alternative set and the kind of final assessment worth showing after graduation.

Three different outputs make the Accounting and Finance choice testable. Financial Markets, Financial Regulations And Ethics can produce a concise explanation for a non-specialist reader. Audit And Assurance can reveal how the candidate handles incomplete information. Corporate Finance And Valuation can show whether the underlying method is understood well enough to defend. The strongest comparison asks which of those outputs is absent from the candidate’s present body of work.

Accounting and Finance isn’t a substitute for missing academic foundations. Its admission doesn’t prove readiness for the chosen assessments. A university rank can’t show the quality of work an individual will produce. A Liverpool offer won’t change the budget, timetable or hiring supporting work that the student still has to test.

What will you study in Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc?

Liverpool publishes 12 named modules or route choices for this programme. The full award is 180 UK credits and the table retains every named item found on the current course page. Options and alternative capstones are choices inside one course, not extra qualifications a student completes together.

Complete published module list

CodeComponentUK creditsWhere it sits
ACFI815Quantitative Techniques For Accounting And Finance10
ACFI821Advanced Financial Accounting And Reporting20
ACFI906Corporate Finance And Valuation20
ACFI816Advanced Management Accounting10
ACFI824Financial Markets, Financial Regulations And Ethics10
ACFI810Financial Statement Analysis And Valuation20
ACFI825Security Analysis And Investment20
ACFI817Audit And Assurance20
ACFI818Corporate Governance And Sustainability20
ULMS625Measuring And Disclosing Sustainability20
ACFI708Research Skills20
ACFI709Research Project ‑ Independent Learning40
Total180

The note “Published option or required module” applies to 12 components in this table.

  • Complete 180 UK credits for the master's award.
  • Treat optional modules and alternative capstones as choices, not a combined workload.
  • Use the registered timetable because Liverpool labels the published list illustrative and subject to change.

Read every title in the module table against the existing transcript before assuming that Accounting and Finance creates new depth. The comparison should identify the exact area an employer or doctoral supervisor will examine after graduation.

The final project or dissertation carries a large share of the award. It rewards a feasible question, access to evidence and disciplined independent work. It does not become an employer placement merely because it uses a practical problem.

Liverpool states that module details are illustrative and may change. The current course page and registration timetable decide the live set. This table therefore preserves the complete published names without inventing a semester, credit split or guaranteed option where the University has not promised one.

Should an Indian student shortlist Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc?

Shortlist Accounting and Finance MSc after checking four things together. The degree record must compatibility, the proposed intake must be usable, the full budget must be funded, and the assessed work must support a realistic first function. Confirm the path-level match before paying a deposit because Liverpool’s name cannot repair a mismatch.

Within the 12-month Accounting and Finance structure, 180 credits avoid a second tuition year. The same compressed Accounting and Finance calendar leaves little recovery time when prior preparation is weak or a preferred alternative does not run. Its final work can support the proposed function, but the assessment is neither a placement nor professional status. The most revealing Accounting and Finance test asks for a defined gap in the candidate's present record and a credible piece of work that will close it. If the answer depends mainly on rank, city or the word master's, the case for this offer is weak. A named project and realistic first function give the one-year format a defensible purpose.

The hard academic issue in Accounting and Finance is this. A general commerce degree is not enough by itself. The eight-paper rule and 2:1 performance condition can reject an otherwise adequate overall degree. The financial constraint is about INR 62.93 lakh before flights and exchange spreads. A viable Accounting and Finance evaluation funds that amount without treating uncertain part-time earnings as the main source.

Decision checksAccounting and Finance cost · Accounting and Finance entry · Accounting and Finance timing · Accounting and Finance careers

Key takeaways
  • Liverpool Accounting and Finance MSc is a 12-month, full-time, 180-credit taught master's.
  • The 2026/27 international tuition is GBP 34,000, before living and immigration costs.
  • A midpoint 12-month plan reaches GBP 49,222, approximately INR 62.93 lakh, before flights and exchange spreads.
  • The usual international master's deposit is GBP 2,000 and counts toward tuition.
  • The course-level entry rule is a 2:2 equivalent degree containing at least eight Accounting or Finance modules passed at 2:1 level, or an accepted professional qualification.
  • Most master's graduates applying to the UK Graduate route from 1 January 2027 receive 18 months.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Accounting and Finance MSc cost for an Indian student?

The 2026/27 international tuition is GBP 34,000. A 12-month plan using the midpoint of Liverpool's published living range, the Student visa fee and a typical 18-month student health surcharge reaches about GBP 49,222, or INR 62.93 lakh. The GBP 2,000 deposit forms part of tuition rather than an extra charge.

What Indian marks are needed for Accounting and Finance MSc?

The course asks for a 2:2 equivalent degree containing at least eight Accounting or Finance modules passed at 2:1 level, or an accepted professional qualification. Liverpool's general Indian postgraduate baseline is 55% or 5.5/10, but it does not replace that subject-level rule. Check the full transcript against the course wording before applying.

What IELTS score does Accounting and Finance MSc require?

The published English rule is IELTS 6.5 overall with no component below 6.0. Liverpool also lists Standard XII English alternatives for accepted Indian boards, including 75% for CBSE or ISC and 80% for accepted state boards. Check that the exact evidence remains accepted for the intake before relying on an exemption instead of a test.

When should an Indian student apply for Accounting and Finance MSc?

The usable published deadline is not yet published for September 2027. September 2026 international applications are closed, even where the general course display still shows a later UK date. Start with academic fit, then leave time for transcripts, an offer, the GBP 2,000 deposit, CAS checks and a Student visa application.

Does Accounting and Finance MSc require GRE or GMAT?

Liverpool publishes no GRE requirement for Accounting and Finance MSc. It also publishes no GMAT requirement for this course. Do not spend on either examination unless the programme team asks for it in writing after reviewing the transcript and supporting evidence.

What jobs follow Accounting and Finance MSc?

Liverpool connects the course with accounting, audit, consulting, banking, fund management and financial analysis roles. Liverpool publishes role directions but no current exact-course placement percentage. These are directions rather than promises, and the employer decides hiring and sponsorship. The UK Graduate route is 18 months for applications made from 1 January 2027.

What is the main drawback of Accounting and Finance MSc?

A general commerce degree is not enough by itself. The eight-module rule and 2:1 performance condition can reject an otherwise adequate overall degree. Resolve that point before paying the deposit. Rankings or a broad university reputation cannot repair a mismatch in entry route, curriculum or professional outcome.

Sources

These sources support the programme, admission, cost, experience and immigration information used on this page.

Sources checked on September 8, 2026. This page uses September 2027 only as a planning cycle. The university has not published dates for that cycle.

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