Accounting - International Accounting & Analytics - Pathway B

This is an ideal master’s programme if you are already a qualified associate member with an IFAC member professional accountancy body (e.g. ICAI, ACCA, CPA Ireland, CIMA, Institute of Chartered Accountants India (ICA India), CPA Australia (Certified Practising Accountants Australia), the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA Pakistan), CIPFA or other body deemed equivalent by the Programme Director) and looking to build your professional qualifications. This unique programme offers, through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), exemption from 50% (45 credits) of the 90 credits for this taught master's course to fully exam-qualified accountants who have been admitted to full associate membership of the recognised professional accountancy bodies above.

Year 1 (90 Credits)

Required RPL045: Recognised Prior Learning

Required AY5141: Accounting and Management Control for Sustainable Organizations

Required AY5128: Summer Schools in A&F: Contemporary Global Issues

Required AY5121: Analytical and Communication Skills Development

Required MS5106: Data Science and Big Data Analytics

Optional SBE5116: Global Studies

Optional SBE5115: Global Studies

Optional MS5108: Applied Customer Analytics

Optional MS5114: Advanced Programming for Business Analytics

Optional AY5132: Sustainable Finance and Accounting

Optional MS5129: Storytelling through Data Visualisation

Optional MS5130: Applied Analytics in Business and Society

Entry Requirements

Pathway B: for early-mid career accountants

Applicants are required to have completed all of the professional accounting examinations and to have been admitted as full members by a recognised professional accountancy body including the following: ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA, CPA, ICAEW, ICAI, ICAS or other IFAC member body assessed as equivalent by the academic programme director. A notarised cert of membership must be submitted before an application can be considered. IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent, if applicable.



Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

This programme is designed to provide early and mid-career accountants with the skills and knowledge needed to engage with big data in a variety of roles in practice and industry.



Candidates who have completed all of the professional accounting examinations and have been admitted as full members by a recognised professional accountancy body including the following: ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA, CPA, ICAEW, ICAI, ICAS or other IFAC member body assessed as equivalent by the academic programme director, are eligible for consideration.

Closing Date

Please view the offer rounds website at https://www.universityofgalway.ie/postgrad-admissions/key-dates/



Applications are made online via the University of Galway Postgraduate Applications System

Pathway B: Full-Time (Jan-Aug, 7 months)

Next start date Pathway B: 8th January 2024

Closing Date Offers are made on a rolling basis.

Career Opportunities

As a graduate of the MSc. in International Accounting and Analytics, you will have access to a wide range of employment opportunities in Accounting Practice, Industry, Management Consultancy and Financial Services.



You will have developed an understanding of cutting edge design and use of systems and processes to leverage best use of organisational data to facilitate performance management of business organisations. Coupled with your technical accounting skills you will be well positioned to work within the accounting function and management team to lead and manage organisations to achieve their strategic objectives.