Accounting - Advanced

The MAcc Advanced Accounting is an innovative programme that offers you the opportunity to progress your studies as well as maximising your professional accountancy exemptions.



The programme offers high quality teaching in subject areas such as corporate reporting, contemportary accounting challenges and data analytics. The team involved have well established links with the accounting professional bodies, key graduate employers, public sector bodies and local industry.



In addition to their academic qualifications, many of the staff delivering the programme are also professionally qualified accountants with a wide range of professional and commercial experience.



Work placement / study abroad

After successful completion of your second year on the programme, you will have the option of a paid placement year in a range of local and international locations. This will provide a link between the subjects you have studied and their application in a 'real world' setting.



Satisfactory completion of the placement year will lead to the award of the Diploma in Professional Practice. You also have the option to study abroad for a year; satisfactory completion of a study abroad year will lead to the award of the Diploma in International Academic Studies.



Through our excellent links with businesses and accounting employers, there are also opportunities for you to avail of short-term placements over the summer months.



Subject to approval

The University has robust approval processes to ensure the quality and standards of its new programmes.



Initially the University gives provisional approval of a proposed programme on the basis of an outline description and that is what is presented in this prospectus entry.



The programme proposal is subsequently developed in detail and is then considered at a formal event, we call evaluation or validation, for final approval and through that process some significant changes may be made to the programme to enhance the final version.



You should therefore expect that some changes will be made to the programme as described in this prospectus.

Year One

• Introductory Accounting

• Academic & Professional Skills

• Business and the Economy

• Digital Skills for Accounting and Data Analytics

• Principles of Financial Accounting

• Principles of Management Accounting



Year Two

• Skills for Career Success

• Financial Accounting

• Management Accounting

• Contemporary Business Finance

• Law for Accountants

• Risk Management, Analysis & Assurance



Year Three

• Placement (optional)

• International Academic Studies (optional)



Year Four

• Corporate Financial Reporting

• Audit and Assurance

• Taxation

• International Financial Management

• Governance, Risk and Ethics

• Advanced Management Accounting



Year Five

• International Corporate Reporting

• Advanced Taxation

• Research Skills for Accounting

• Contemporary Accounting Challenges

• Data Management and Analytics

• Dissertation

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BBC including one of Mathematics, Economics, Physics or Accounting



English Language Requirements

English language requirements for international applicants

The minimum requirement for this course is Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band score less than 5.5. Trinity ISE: Pass at level III also meets this requirement for Tier 4 visa purposes.



Ulster recognises a number of other English language tests and comparable IELTS equivalent scores.

4 years full-time – MAcc

5 years full-time – MAcc with DPP / DIAS



Full-time attendance is up to four days per week with 12-16 teaching hours per week, depending on level. On top of this you would be expected to spend approximately 10 additional hours of independent study time per module per week.



Taking all modules into account this would equate to 40 hours per week over a semester.

Start Date: September 2025.

Career options

There is a considerable demand for those with accounting knowledge in business, industry and the public service. This suite of pathways provides you with an excellent basis for pursuing a professional qualification with one of the accountancy bodies and/or if you want to expand your knowledge in other allied areas of business.



As a graduate, you may take up a position as an Accounting Practitioner providing audit, accountancy, forensic services and taxation services to a variety of businesses and individuals. You can avail of many accounting and finance roles in any type of business e.g. Financial or Management Accountant in a large commercial enterprise or within central or local Government; a Taxation Specialist; a Management Consultant or an Educationalist.