Should I go for a better uni without accreditations or a worse uni with accreditation
I am considering Economics and Finance bsc at UEA. I think UEA is a better uni than unis like University of Kent, Brunel and Royal Holloway. However, I don't believe UEA has accreditations for finance courses whereas the universities that I mentioned after do. What should I go for based off this information?
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Which accreditations do the other courses have? I don't think I've heard of any for econ/ finance.
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Accreditation is irrelevant for any Economics degree, and I can't find anything about this on the UEA course page.
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by McGingerAccreditation is irrelevant for any Economics degree, and I can't find anything about this on the UEA course page.
I told people about my interest in financial investments, investment banking, financial analyst/advisor and most people recommended the degree Economics and Finance. Do you think I should look at other degrees? Also, CIMA is a professional accreditation of an Economics and Finance degree at University of Surrey.
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From the Surrey website :
"All our economics degrees are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), fast-tracking your career by giving you exemption from some professional examinations."
So, helpful if you want to be an Accountant but not if you want to do anything else. And if you want to be an Accountant then a degree in Accountancy is obviously going be more relevant/useful. It sounds like a bit of clumsy marketing by Surrey - implying you get something extra from this degree when actually its nothing relevant to Economics careers at all.
"All our economics degrees are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), fast-tracking your career by giving you exemption from some professional examinations."
So, helpful if you want to be an Accountant but not if you want to do anything else. And if you want to be an Accountant then a degree in Accountancy is obviously going be more relevant/useful. It sounds like a bit of clumsy marketing by Surrey - implying you get something extra from this degree when actually its nothing relevant to Economics careers at all.
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