Accounting HND

What is special about this course?

The HND Accounting is designed to prepare you for a career in accounting or financial administration.

The course covers a wide range of accounting concepts and provides you with an excellent grounding in the principles of financial and management accounting using manual and computerised approaches.

Special features

• Delivered face to face or online, this course can be studied full-time or part-time on campus, or part-time from home, to suit your circumstances

Entry requirements

• 2 Scottish Highers at grade C or above OR
• 2 A Levels at grade D or above
• For both of the above, at least one should be in a numeracy-based subject
• Direct entry to year two may be possible with an HNC Accounting
• Prospective students without the standard entry requirements are encouraged to apply and will be considered on an individual basis

Access routes

• HNC Accounting

Year 1 - HNC

Year 1 of this course is the HNC Accounting.

Year 2 - HND

Mandatory units are:

• Accounting for specialised transactions
• Business taxation
• Financial reporting and analysis
• Graded unit 2: accounting
• Graded unit 3: accounting 
• Management accounting for decision-making
• Management accounting for planning and control

Optional units may include:

• Behavioural skills for business
• Corporate information systems
• Economics 1: micro and macro theory and application
• Economics 2: the world economy
• Income tax
• IT in Business: advanced spreadsheets
• Office management
• Statistics for business
• Workplace experience (you are responsible for finding your own work placement)

Option units available may vary depending on study location, for more information contact your chosen campus.

Fees

For students normally domiciled in Scotland, with a term-time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

This includes

• EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status in the UK,
• EEA/Swiss nationals with settled status in the UK
• EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.

Rest of UK students

For students normally domiciled in the rest of the UK (England, Wales and N. Ireland, including Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and with a term time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

Fees are payable in advance each academic year unless otherwise agreed.

There are a number of funding options available to UK students to help you pay for your studies and your cost of living while studying.

International students

For students who do not normally reside in the UK, including EU/EEA and Swiss nationals without settled or pre-settled status in the UK, with a term-time address in Scotland, the following fees apply:

This includes EEA/Swiss nationals with pre-settled status who are not self-employed or migrant workers in the UK.

Part-time study is not open to international student requiring Student Route visa sponsorship to study in the UK.

Funding

UHI has a number of scholarships, bursaries, awards, and discretionary fund opportunities available to new and current students. Please use the A-Z of funds or use the filter to see which ones may be relevant to you. All students are welcome to apply.

Further information on funding your studies is also available, please see the attached link or contact the relevant UHI partner.