MA/MS in Accounting

The Master of Accounting is a 90-unit graduate programme offered in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Iceland. It responds to a growing need for specialist knowledge about the quality and efficiency of financial reporting and auditing in companies, and it suits people who plan to work with finance and bookkeeping in roles that demand that expertise. The studies are organised in blocks, and no final thesis is required. The course list covers auditing and its environment, company and insolvency law, the audit process, auditing and reviewing information systems, public-sector auditing and public finances, valuation, financing and going-concern assessment, international tax law with transfer pricing, and automation, financial technology and management accounting. Professional ethics is also covered, including the rules that apply to auditors and how they connect with the law and with society.