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Department of Accounting

Leaving Pakistan to study overseas for the first time meant my first few months at LSE were quite a challenge. I struggled at first, but benefited immensely from the support available in the Department. The teachers are friendly, helpful and encourage me to work hard. I go to them with 100 problems and they give me 1,000 solutions.

Faraz Ahmad Piracha, BSc Accounting and Finance

Welcome to the Department of Accounting. Here you can virtually meet our students and staff, find out more about the Department and our BSc Accounting and Finance programme. Take your time to browse through the information and follow the links to our webpages to really get to know us.

Information for prospective BSc Accounting and Finance students

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An introduction to studying accounting at LSE

Watch our BSc Accounting and Finance course videos to find out more about the programme, teaching and assessment methods and life in the Department.

Top three reasons why you should study accounting

  1. Taught by academics at the frontiers of research who are helpful and approachable
  2. World-renowned programme, with strong ties with alumni and industry
  3. Helps develop critical thinking and analytical mindset, skills which are sought after by employers

Welcome from the Head of Department Professor Ane Tamayo

The excellence of research and teaching in the Department of Accounting at LSE is globally acknowledged. The Department, known for its tradition of intellectual diversity, has long been at the forefront of research and teaching on the role of accounting in the economy and society. We are committed to creating and disseminating knowledge related to accounting through research, teaching, and various professional and policy contributions. The Department also hosts the inter-disciplinary Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR), which exemplifies this commitment.

Graduates of the Department’s programmes grasp the potential of accounting in a wide range of settings. Our graduates learn to analyse how accounting is implicated in a multifaceted range of institutional and organisational processes of calculation, reporting and evaluation. They appreciate the interdependencies between accounting and accountability, agency, transparency, sustainability, governance, organisational control, risk, performance management, policy making and change. Our academics explore an equally diverse range of issues in their research drawing on a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

Each year we admit over 400 students on our undergraduate and several graduate programmes. Each year, we also welcome various departmental speakers, academics and practitioners, in a variety of forums, in addition to the numerous and unparalleled public events and lectures hosted by the School. I welcome you, and invite you to share in the experience.

Our programme: BSc Accounting and Finance

For detailed information regarding entry requirements, programme content, preliminary reading and accreditation please visit our BSc Accounting and Finance programme page.

Listen to our taster lecture to learn more about studying Accounting & Finance at LSE. Listen to our taster lecture to learn more about studying Accounting & Finance at LSE.
Listen to our taster lecture to learn more about studying Accounting & Finance at LSE.

 

Our research and events

As a Department we are always busy. Explore our research, the events we put on and take a read of our monthly LSE Accounting magazine.

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