Cardiff University
Accounting with a Professional Placement Year
BSc (Hons), 4 years
Typical offer rate
86–96%
high entry
Typical entry
ABB
AAB
Grad employment
95%
15 months after
In professional roles
55%
Median grad salary
£25,000
15 months after
Cardiff's Accounting with a Professional Placement Year BSc runs over four years with a year in the workplace; the placement is what the extra year adds to the standard accounting degree. The academic core covers financial and management accounting, corporate finance and business law. Most applicants who meet the grades receive an offer; offers are made around ABB at A-level.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to Accounting with a Professional Placement Year at Cardiff University has a 86–96% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. Most offers are made around ABB at A-level. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Estimate my chancesEntry requirements
- Typical A-level grades: ABB
- AAB
- BBB
About Cardiff University
Cardiff is the Russell Group university in the Welsh capital, one of the larger and longer-established in Wales, with a strong research record across the sciences and humanities.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Cardiff University · Accounting with a Professional Placement Year
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.