6 Accounting Masters Degree Programs in Ireland

DCU's MSc in Accounting is Ireland's top graduate program for Honours accounting graduates. This one-year course offers CAP2 and AITI exam exemptions, fostering critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership. Gain expert skills and ethical insights to excel in accounting and thrive in leadership roles.

This 2-year intensive conversion course effectively incorporates the Higher Diploma in Professional Accounting in year 1 and the 1 year MA Accounting in year 2. First year students are required to achieve an average of at least 60% in their first year modules to remain on the course.

Our MSc Accounting and Performance Analytics is a full-time conversion programme running for 12 months from the date of first registration for the programme. Students take taught modules from September to May, followed by completing a group-based research project and culminating with a graduate placement from June onwards.

This course is a challenging, but rewarding one-year taught programme, running from September to August, with a new and updated syllabus. The programme receives generous exemptions from the Professional Accountancy Bodies. Graduates of the programme receive full CAP 2 exemptions from Chartered Accountants Ireland, 11 exemptions from CPA Ireland, and 8 exemptions from ACCA. In addition, while maintaining the focus on preparing graduates for the accounting profession, the updated programme now incorporates a 30-credit Accounting Research Project. This module encapsulates learnings from the taught component and offers students the opportunity to engage with research literature to ensure the development of both practical and theoretical skills in the discipline.

The MSc in Accounting has been designed in consultation with industry to provide candidates with a robust theoretical understanding of, and key skills in, accounting. The programme aims to provide candidates who are interested in accounting but whose undergraduate degree is not accounting-related, to pursue a conversion programme which will allow you to gain professional accountancy body exemptions. In this way, the programme will fast track successful graduates to becoming a professional accountant.

Technological innovation has created a wave of disruptive activity that will change the shape of the global economic and financial system over the next decade. Digitisation and ever-increasing volumes of data has led to a demand for graduates (employees) from programmes specifically tailored to the skills required for a changing and increasingly competitive and globalised business landscape.