The Master of Science in Accounting and Financial Management is a degree program that prepares students for qualified work within the fields of accounting and financial management, both in the private and public sectors. With faculty active in research, practice, and policy-setting, students will acquire both quantitative skills and an understanding of the importance of organizational context. Upon graduation, students will be well prepared for competing in an international job market.

The program offers 60 credits core courses, within managerial and financial accounting, financial management, and risk management. Furthermore, the program contains a slot of 30 credits elective courses, either for further specialization within the field of accounting and financial management or for broadening of skills through taking courses from other Master's programs at Graduate School. The program ends with a 30 credits Master Degree project.... [-]

Listed corporations are governed by, among others, accounting, auditing, regulation and pressure from the capital market. In this programme, you study how.

This one-year master programme offers advanced studies of the mechanisms, institutions, and processes by which listed corporations are governed, often referred to as corporate governance. In the programme, you will study how various parts of the corporate governance system operates, as well as the composition and regulation of the system as a whole.

Entry Requirements

General entry requirements for studies on an advanced level as well as specific entry requirements:

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or Economics with at least 90 credits in the main field of study, Business Administration or equivalent. Within the main field of study, a thesis/independent work consisting of 15 credits should be included. At least 15 credits in Statistics or equivalent At least 15 credits in financial accounting, or alternatively at least 15 credits in financial economics, or the equivalent. English B/6 or equivalent. Selections ... [-]

The programme is about controlling and managing in supply chains. The main subject is business administration, with a focus on logistics and controlling.

This programme combines logistics and management accounting, which is unique. There is a great need for graduates who understand value creation with the end consumer in focus through cooperation and integration within the organization as well as with other companies. One theme in the programme is supply chains, which creates efficiency with good supplier cooperation. Another is the use of management accounting to develop processes within and between companies. The first semester contains thus of a specialization in either supply chain management or control. This follows by studies on the integration of supply chains and inter-organizational control, research methodology and e-business management and the programme ends with a master thesis. After graduating you can find work as Supply Planner, Business Controller, Management Consultant, Business Development Planner, After Sales Logistics Planner or pursue a research career. Language is English and with students from all over the world.... [-]

Programme overview

The MSc in Accounting and Finance is apt for students interested in careers across a wide range of organisations and sectors in the fields of business, consulting and finance.

A career in corporate finance, financial accounting, financial analysis, internal auditing and control, management control, treasury management and related professions requires an advanced level of understanding of the theories and practices of accounting and finance. The programme meets this need and is founded on the idea that learning is fruitful when applied in practical decision contexts. Strong emphasis is put on training participants’ abilities to discerningly and critically apply their knowledge in decision situations, and the programme makes intensive use of applications-oriented pedagogics, as well as challenging, team-based projects, cases and experiments.... [-]