Further Information
The purpose of the 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 Auditing, and create executives who shall be capable of: (a) finding or maintaining employment in the field of businesses, business consultants, or public administration, (b) working as certified auditors or internal auditors, (c) promoting the development of research and its applications 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. At the same time, the PSP offers graduates the following: (a) the option of becoming certified by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - ACCA, (b) the collaboration with the Institute for the Education of the Body of Certified Auditors - Accountants (IESOEL) offering exemption in eight of the sections examined by IESOEL, (c) collaboration with the Institute of Internal Controls (IIC) offering graduates the professional certification of "Certified Internal Controls Auditor-CICA" by IIC, thus creating the conditions for their employment in the field of internal control.
The Postgraduate Studies Programme on "Applied Accounting and Auditing" takes twenty-four months. The courses of the programme begin in the winter semester of the academic year and last for three academic semesters. Each academic semester includes thirteen (13) complete weeks. The coursework, along with the curriculum, including the examinations taken by students, have been designed in accordance with the clauses of law 3693/08 (as applied). During the first academic semester (winter) the student is obliged to attend and be successfully examined in five (5) courses. During the second academic semester (spring) the student is obliged to attend and be successfully examined in five (5) courses. During the third academic semester (winter) the student is obliged to attend and be successfully examined in five (5) 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 Auditing, creating executives who shall be capable of: a) continue being professionally active in the field of businesses, b) work as certified auditors, internal auditors, accountants - tax technicians, business consultants, senior executives of public administration, stockbrokers, c) 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.