This MSc in Accounting & Financial Management is designed to equip future accounting and finance professionals with the knowledge and skills to succeed. This programme develops your ability to contribute to business and society by using best practice methods in reporting, performance management, finance, sustainability, artificial intelligence and analytics.
This Master's programme is delivered at our dedicated Graduate Business School campus, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, located in Blackrock, 4km from the main UCD Belfield Campus.
This programme is designed to equip future accounting and finance professionals with the knowledge and skills to succeed. Accounting and finance are changing rapidly, with innovations and practice evolving to deal with the major challenges the world is facing. To excel in these industries, graduates should have strong technical knowledge, creativity and integrity. This programme develops your ability to contribute to business and society by using best practice methods in reporting, performance management, finance, sustainability, artificial intelligence and analytics.
The design of the programme features a strong core of modules on financial and ESG reporting, performance management and control, and finance.
Students can also develop their expertise in the following areas
- Accounting practice: Modules on taxation and auditing are available for those students who wish to pursue a career in professional accountancy.
- Sustainable business and reporting: The core modules will develop student skills in sustainable reporting and business. In addition to that, students can build on that knowledge with a more advanced module on sustainable reporting and analysis.
- Finance: A module on financial data technology is available in the summer trimester to develop student’s advanced finance skills.
- Analytics and AI: The core modules will develop your business analytics skills. In addition to that, students can build on that knowledge with modules on AI and machine learning and financial data technology. This will enable students to contribute cutting-edge skills to their future employers.
What will I learn?
The programme stands out for its variety of optional modules, offering a tailored educational journey that aligns with individual interests and career aspirations. As well as covering the required introductory accounting and finance modules, you will gain the knowledge needed for a career as a responsible practitioner at the forefront of emerging trends in accounting and finance.
Graduates of this programme can apply for full CAP1 exemptions* from Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI) subject to module choice and a C- grade in all relevant modules. Extensive exemptions are also available from CIMA, again subject to module choice. Graduates can also apply for ACCA Applied Knowledge and Applied Skills exemptions where they can receive a maximum of 9 subjects. This is subject to conditions and module choice see the ACCA website for details
The programme strikes a forward-focussed relevant balance between technical skills and essential theoretical grounding. This is reflected in our holistic teaching approach combining the School’s inspiring academic faculty with contributions from distinguished visiting business leaders.
How will I benefit?
Students will be taught at the beautiful UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School located in a bespoke campus in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. Students will join a dynamic international environment with more than 60 nationalities represented at the School.
Successful completion of the course corresponds to an extensive knowledge base in the areas of accounting and finance management, backed by a vital set of technical, analytical and personal skills.
Graduates will demonstrate a firm grasp of the tools and techniques for measuring and managing business performance, financial reporting and analysis, and financial management.
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