Description
The Master in Accounting offers a practical approach to auditing which allows participants to acquire the necessary expertise to manage and conduct company audits. The programme opens the door to a wide variety of career opportunities both in professional services (auditing firms) and corporate business (internal audit departments, management control…).
CUNEF Universidad’s Master in Accounting is an official auditor training program approved by the Spanish Accounting and Account Auditing Institute (ICAC). Students who obtain the official Master degree are exempt from phase one of the professional competence test required to enter the Official Register of Account Auditors (Phase I: Accounting and Auditing).
Curriculum
CUNEF Universidad’s Master in Accounting consists of 60 credits, distributed as follows:
- 45 ECTS (compulsory courses)
- 9 ECTS for Internships
- 6 ECTS for the Final Dissertation
| COURSE | ECTS | TERM |
| Legal and Professional Standards on Auditing | 3 | Fall |
| Internal Control | 3 | Fall |
| International Auditing Standards (I) | 6 | Fall |
| International Auditing Standards (II). | 6 | Fall |
| Accounting Rules for Annual Accounts | 9 | Fall |
| Business Combinations and Consolidated Financial Statements | 6 | Spring |
| Specific Accounting Regulations | 3 | Spring |
| Financial Statement Analysis and Projection | 3 | Spring |
| Analytical Accounting and Management Control | 3 | Spring |
| Company Valuation | 3 | Spring |
| Internships | 9 | Spring |
| Final Dissertation | 6 | Spring |
The following learning methodologies will be employed during the programme:
- Masterclasses
- Case studies and discussions
- Workshops and practice seminars
- Team projects and presentations
- Modelling and simulation
- Individual reading and research
CUNEF Universidad has strong connections to the business and professional world. Our Careers Department actively manages internship programmes and job offers, and organises seminars and other complementary activities. Their goal is to provide students with all the necessary tools and skills and offer the best possible opportunities, in an effort to help them find their first job and kickstart their career.
To offer attractive internship options to students enrolled in the Master in Accounting, CUNEF Universidad’s Careers Department has a series of agreements in place with the following companies and consulting firms:
- ABACO AUDITORES
- ACCENTURE
- ALLEN & OVERY
- ATTEST CONSULTING
- BAKER TILLY AUDITORES
- BDO AUDITORES
- C & O AUDITORES
- DELOITTE
- ERNST & YOUNG
- ETL GLOBAL AUDITORES
- GRANT THORTON
- HELMAN AUDITORES
- KPMG
- MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
- MAZAR AUDITORES
- OLYVER WYMAN
- PWC
- RSM SPAIN AUDITORES
- VAB AUDITORES
