Master's Programme (One year) in Accounting and Finance

Education facts

Code: EAGAF

<p>Are you interested in working in private equity or as a financial analyst? Do you see your future as a corporate controller or an auditor with a top-tier international public service firm? This programme with two specialisations prepares you for either career path. </p><p>In this intensive one-year programme you will be a part of a diverse and international group of students. You will gain the knowledge needed to bridge the practical, core skills you learned in your Bachelor’s programme to more extensive skills and theoretical knowledge useful in tackling contemporary challenges. </p><p>You choose to specialise in Corporate Finance or Accounting and Management Control. These disciplines sit at the crossroads of business strategy, operational processes, and information management, all of which are vital for ensuring that decisions align with corporate and strategic goals. The Corporate Finance specialisation provides you the opportunity to improve your abilities to value and assess the creditworthiness of companies, analyse mergers and acquisitions and other corporate restructurings, and design financial strategies. The Accounting and Management Control specialisation gives you the knowledge needed to evaluate business, financial, and sustainability performance, understand business models, and assess strategic opportunities and risks. Both specialisations offer you the opportunity to integrate sustainability considerations, enhance your understanding of the role of co-intelligence in contemporary decision-making, and develop your teamwork skills - capabilities crucial for leading successfully in international and multidisciplinary team environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

Entry requirements

Programme-specific requirements An undergraduate degree (BA/BSc) with at least 90 credits in business administration, which must include a course in corporate finance/financial management and a course in financial accounting. English course 6 (advanced proficiency). Specialisation in Corporate Finance In addition to the programme-specific admission requirements, the specialisation in Corporate Finance requires 15 credits in corporate finance/finance/financial management and a course in econometrics or statistics. The specialisation in Corporate Finance expects participants to hold previous knowledge in corporate finance equivalent to the advanced undergraduate level. You should, for example, be familiar with basic concepts such as net present value (NPV), discounted cash flow (DCF), and weighted average cost of capital (WACC), but also with basic theories such as trade-off theory, information asymmetry, and agency theory. Participants are also expected to hold basic knowledge of statistics, including central statistical concepts such as mean, standard deviation, variance, covariance, correlation, and ordinary least squares. In addition, participants are expected to be able to read and understand financial statements, including the consolidated statements of financial position, profit or loss, changes in equity, and cash flows, and to calculate and interpret profitability, profit margin, asset turnover, and growth. Specialisation in Accounting and Management Control In addition to the programme-specific admission requirements, the specialisation in Accounting and Management Control requires 15 credits in financial accounting or management accounting. The specialisation in Accounting and Management Control expects participants to be able to read and understand financial statements, including the consolidated statements of financial position, profit or loss, changes in equity, and cash flows, and to calculate and interpret profitability, profit margin, asset turnover, and growth. Furthermore we expect you to be familiar with basic management accounting concepts like opportunity cost, fixed and variable cost, and net present value. Finally, we expect you to have basic knowledge about different management control tools, like budgets, multidimensional performance measures, and responsibility centers.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Master's Programme (One year) in Accounting and Finance

  Lund University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %