Programme accreditation changes

Page last updated 20 July

 

A list of currently accredited programmes by a professional, statutory or regulatory body, can be found below:

Undergraduate

• BA in Anthropology and Law – Accredited by the Law Society.
• BSc in Accounting and Finance – Individual exemptions by the individual professional accountancy bodies: ICAEW, CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA.
• BSc in Actuarial Science – Accredited by the Institute of Actuaries: up to seven exemptions can be gained from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries; Royal Statistical Society: conditional on students taking a certain combination of courses during their second and third years of study.
• BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics – Royal Statistical Society: conditional on students taking a certain combination of courses during their second and third years of study; Institute of Actuaries individual exemption: certain courses lead to an exemption; the weights of the different combinations and the level required to obtain the corresponding exemptions are fixed by the external examiner and the Institute of Actuaries each year.
• LLB – Law Society, Solicitors Regulation Authority, The General Council of the Bar.
• BSc in Statistics with Finance - Royal Statistical Society: conditional on students taking a certain combination of courses during their second and third years of study; Institute of Actuaries individual exemption: certain courses lead to an exemption; the weights of the different combinations and the level required to obtain the corresponding exemptions are fixed by the external examiner and the Institute of Actuaries each year.

 

Diploma

• Diploma in Accounting and Finance – Recognised for individual exemptions by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

 

Taught Master's

• MSc in Accounting and Finance –  Individual exemptions by the professional accountancy body CIMA.
• MSc in Accounting, Organisations and Institutions – Individual exemptions by the professional accountancy body CIMA.
• MSc in Economic History (Research) – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in Gender (Research) – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research) – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in International Relations (Research) – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• LLM – Law Society and Bar Council (its constituent lectures and courses qualify as Continuing Professional Development).
• Executive LLM – Contact hours on the modules will count as continuing professional education hours for the Bar Council and the Law Society. The Law Department is an accredited provider in this.
• MSc in Management and Human Resources – The programme has been designed so as to allow students to satisfy the educational requirements of the CIPD’s new professional levels of membership.
• MSc in Real Estate Economics and Finance - Royal Institute Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Investment Property Forum (IPF).
• MSc in Regional and Urban Planning Studies – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
• MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award (2016 final year).
• MSc in Social Policy (Research) – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in Social and Public Communication – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in Social Research Methods – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in Sociology (Research) – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in Statistics – Royal Statistical Society accreditation leads to graduate statistician status.
• MSc in Statistics (Research) – ESRC accredited as part of 1+3 award.
• MSc in Statistics (Financial Statistics) – Application made for Royal Statistical Society accreditation leading to graduate statistician status.

 

Research

• MPhil/PhD in Accounting – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Demography/Population Studies – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Economic History – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Economic Geography – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Environmental Economics – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Environmental Policy and Development – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in European Studies – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Gender – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Information Systems – Discipline is eligible for EPSRC funding.
• MPhil/PhD in International Relations – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Management – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Mathematics – EPSRC.
• MPhil/PhD in Media and Communications – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Social Policy – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Social Psychology – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award (2016 final start year).
• MPhil/PhD in Social Research Methods – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Sociology – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Law (Socio-Legal Theory) – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• MPhil/PhD in Statistics – ESRC accredited for FT +3 award.
• ·         MRes/PhD in Economics – ESRC accredited for FT 2+2 award.
• MRes/PhD in International Development – ESRC accredited for FT 1+3 award.
• MRes/PhD in Political Science – ESRC accredited for FT 1+3 award.
• MRes/PhD in Anthropology – ESRC accredited for FT 1+3 award.