The Master of Accounting is an advanced, specialised degree for accountants. It provides a broad understanding of the key contemporary issues in accounting and develops a set of specific competencies representing advanced professional skills. The Master of Accounting builds capabilities in leading edge accounting and business systems practices and develops skills in business analysis, critical and strategic thinking, problem solving, and oral and written communication. The course is designed to stimulate awareness of existing and emerging issues, and advance skills in identifying and solving accounting and business problems of an applied nature. It is also a pathway to the PhD program.

Students may choose to undertake an optional research semester as their final semester. These students will develop skills in conducting research, including identifying and formulating relevant research questions, accessing accounting data from a range of sources and applying this data in the pursuit of those research questions. Entry to the research semester will be dependent upon students attaining a GPA of 80 in their prior Master of Accounting subjects and/or subject to the Program Director’s approval.

The The Master of Accounting is offered in two streams depending on your level of work experience. The 12 subject program is open to accouting graduates with at least one year of work experience, and will normally be completed in 18 months of full-time study or three years part time. If you do not have work experience, please refer to the 16 subject program.

Who should apply?

The Master of Accounting program is ideally suited to recent accounting graduates and junior executives with an accounting degree who wish to extend their skills and knowledge in the core areas of the discipline. Students with a Bachelor degree in accounting, especially from overseas, should seek accreditation of their degree from Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia. For further information about the CPA program visit the CPA Australia website.

Students who have successfully completed the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia PY/CA Program or the CPA Australia CPA Program may receive credit for up to four elective Master of Accounting subjects. If you have a degree in a non-accounting discipline and wish to obtain an accounting qualification, please refer to the Master of Management (Accounting) or the Master of Professional Accounting.

Program Director

Associate Professor Brad Potter