University master's degrees

University Master's Degree in Higher Accounting and Auditing

This Master's Degree has been deprogrammed.

Follow this link to access information about the new Official Master's Degree in Account Auditing and Accounting, in one academic year and 60 ECTS credits.

The Master's Degree in Higher Accounting and Auditing is a response to the growing demand for professionals with specific training in the field of accounting, in the links between accounting and corporate taxation, and in accounts auditing.

This programme provides the knowledge of accounting and auditing that students need to practise the profession of auditor. It trains up specialists in accounting and auditing who can carry out audits of any type or scope and meet the requirements to take the examination for inclusion on the Official Register of Accounts Auditors (ROAC), as specified by the Spanish Institute of Accounting and Accounts Auditing (ICAC).

The Master's Degree includes a required placement of 4 or 5 months, with support from the Association of Economists of Catalonia, to which the auditing firms where most students undertake these placements belong.

Career options

  • Head of the accounting department of a company or group
  • Tax and accounting adviser
  • Accounting consultant
  • Finance and accounting analyst
  • Accounts auditor
  • Adviser and consultant on accounting and auditing

In the second year there is a compulsory external placement in an auditing firm, lasting 300 hours (3 to 4 months), to enable students to put into practice the knowledge of accounting, taxation and auditing they have acquired in the first year, and start to build a career in accounting and auditing. The first part of this placement includes the following tasks.
  • Planning an audit of financial statements.
  • Preparing the documents needed for auditing financial statements.
  • Initial analysis of financial statements and of the annual accounts for the current year and preceding years.
 
Each student will have a tutor at the company and an academic tutor (a lecturer on the master's degree) to monitor their progress during the placement.
 
The placements will take place mainly in auditing firms in Barcelona that are members of the Association of Economists of Catalonia. The following are some of the firms on the placement programme (2014/15):
  • Faura Casas Auditors Consultors
  • PKF Auditores
  • BNFIX auditores
  • Crowe Horwath internacional
  • KPMG
  • Activa Auditores
  • Zenit
  • Mazars
 
The master's degree includes an optional second placement module to enable students to complete the whole auditing process.

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