Are you the Accountancy and Economics Undergraduate of the Year Are you the Accountancy and Economics Undergraduate of the Year

Open to undergraduates of ANY year studying accountancy,
economics or joint degrees.

 

 

We're searching the best universities in the UK to find the outstanding Accountancy and Economics undergraduate. We're looking for a winning mix of personal skills, career motivation and an excellent academic record. The rewards are great: the winner will receive a guaranteed six-week placement which will include time spent in one or more of KPMG's European offices to experience how Europe's largest professional services firm works in practice. He/she will collect the award at a gala event in Canary Wharf, London on 15 April, 2011.

Even if you don’t win, you still stand a chance of making the final shortlist of ten, all of whom will be royally looked after by the sponsor KPMG and invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards as their guests.

So if you are an undergraduate of ANY year (including final year) studying accountancy, economics or joint degrees including those subjects...

And you have an A grade at GCSE Maths and English, a minimum of 320 UCAS points and are expecting at least a 2.1...

And you think you're the best accountancy and economics undergraduate in the UK, click the big button below.

Closing date for entries
is 31 January 2011.

Enter now

How do I win it then?

It’s not easy to win the Undergraduate of the Year Award and competition will be fierce. The process is demanding and only the truly outstanding and committed will make it to the last 10. There are three stages that you’ll have to get through.

Stage One:
Submit your personal data and answer three special questions posed by the sponsor of the Award.

Stage Two:
Complete three online tests designed exclusively by our partners SHL, Europe’s leading test provider. The online assessment will take you around an hour to complete and somewhere between 30 and 50 will pass through to the next stage. The closing date for entry is January 2011.

Stage Three:
The sponsor will seek to find a shortlist of ten from the undergraduates who pass the first stage. This will be done in a variety of ways including telephone interviews, assessment centres and further tests (depending on the sponsor). The final shortlist of ten is invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards in Canary Wharf London on 15 April where the winner will be announced.

Please note: if you want (and are eligible) to apply for more than one award, you must register using a different email address each time.

Last year's winner:

Stuart Dalgleish

I am 21, from the West of Scotland and currently in my final year at Glasgow University reading Accounting. My ambition is to gain a professional qualification within the professional services industry. Throughout university I have taken on positions of responsibility within the Rugby and Cycling clubs. My aspiration is to cycle from John O’Groats to Lands End this summer, raising money for CLIC Sargent.

Tell me about KPMG

At KPMG, the people make the place and our people have voted us The Sunday Times ‘Best Big Company to Work For’ two years in a row. What’s more, the firm is growing. We are now the largest fully-integrated accountancy firm in Europe, offering audit, tax and advisory services to everyone from oil companies to music gurus. But it’s not just what we do, it’s the way that we do it. Our values are a way of life, underpinning the way we work with clients and with each other.

Find out more about KPMG at: www.kpmg.co.uk/careers