Further Information
The purpose of the Postgraduate Studies Programme is the specialisation of the graduates of relevant domestic or foreign Departments, in order to be able to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the wider cognitive subjects of Accounting and Finance, and create executives who shall be capable of: (a) finding or maintaining employment in the field of businesses, business consultants, or public administration, (b) promoting the development of research and its applications in practice, in the two cognitive domains.
Objectives: The objectives set by the Department are achieved through the Programme of Undergraduate Studies, which is constantly adjusted by following international standards of studies of similar foreign Postgraduate Studies Programmes. The Postgraduate Studies Programme, the content of the courses, along with the method of teaching, are constantly improving, taking into consideration the developments of science, new information technologies, and the current needs of the labour market.
The Postgraduate Studies Programme titled "Strategic Managerial Accounting and Financial Management" takes 18 months and consists of three (3) semesters of studies. The courses of the programme begin in the spring semester of the academic year and last for two academic semesters. Each academic semester includes thirteen (13) complete weeks. All courses are taught three (3) hours per week. The courses are divided into two sections: "compulsory" and "elective". During the first academic semester (spring), the student is obliged to attend and be successfully examined in three (3) compulsory courses and in two (2) electives. During the second academic semester (winter), the student is obliged to attend and be successfully examined in five (5) courses of the direction, i.e. in three (3) compulsory courses and in two (2) elective courses. Upon the expiration of the courses, during the next six months (spring), the student is obliged to conduct his/her dissertation.
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Relation To Employment
The purpose of this Postgraduate Studies Programme of the Department of Accounting and Finance is the specialisation of the graduates of domestic or foreign Departments, in order to be able to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the wider cognitive subjects of Accounting and Finance, creating executives who shall be capable of: a) continue being professionally active in the field of businesses, as certified auditors, internal auditors, accountants - tax technicians, business consultants, senior executives of public administration, stockbrokers, b) advance the development of research and of applications in the cognitive subjects of Accounting and Finance.
Transitions
Access to this type of qualification have those who hold a Bachelor Degree (level 6). The selection of graduate students is mainly based on the following criteria: the overall grade of the Bachelor Degree, the grades in undergraduate courses that are relevant with the subjects of the Master’s program, the performance in thesis, where is foreseen at the undergraduate level and any research activity of the candidate. The detailed application of the above mentioned criteria, the definition of additional criteria or the conducting of examinations and interviews, the results of which are taken into account in the selection, are determined by decision of the relevant Department.
Holders of such qualifications gain access to study programmes at the same level or at level 8.
Ways To Aquire
Qualifications of this type are acquired via formal education.