Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)

Many graduates of the B Comm (Accounting) go on to study on Master of Accounting programmes at NUI Galway and, depending on their choice of optional subjects during their degree, may also choose to study a Master of Economic Science, Master of Finance, Postgraduate Diploma in Education, an LLB or other postgraduate programmes across business disciplines.

The Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) at NUI Galway incorporates work placements in two ways.  Firstly, students can participate in summer internships at the end of 2nd year and  this counts for one of their subjects in final year.  Secondly, students have the option to apply for International Experience and extend their degree by one year to facilitate international study and work placement.

“The placement programme in NUI Galway has terrific benefits to both employers and students. From an employer’s perspective, we have an opportunity to measure the student’s suitability for future graduate positions, as well as benefiting from their contribution during the placement. The students have a unique opportunity to add valuable practical work experience to their resume. They also hone key competencies in areas such as team work, relationship, communication, problem solving and leadership skills and these attributes are highly sought after by employers.  These students, with relevant work experience, have a higher propensity to be successful when interviewing for graduate positions.”

Paul Vance, Head of Resourcing, KPMG

Students on this programme have the opportunity to add an international experience dimension to their degree at the end of second year, when they may apply on a competitive basis to transfer from the three-year B Comm (Accounting) degree to a four-year B Comm (Accounting) with international experience. Successful applicants will spend one semester of their third year at an international university studying business through English, either in Europe, North America or further afield and a second semester in a work placement. The students will then return to NUI Galway for fourth year to complete their degree.