Overview

The Master of Professional Accounting equips you with industry skills and knowledge, preparing you for senior roles where your valuable insights and analysis will be required. You’ll learn to apply advanced conceptual and practical accounting knowledge, while you forge strong industry connections.

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Your specialisation

Finance

Learn the practical and theoretical skills for success in the fast-paced world of finance.Our program has strong links with industry partners and professional bodies such as CFA institutions. Develop  businesses modelling and analysis skills, along with an awareness of the technology that disrupts financial services. Gain the knowledge to boost your employability within the industry.

Upgrade your skills

  • Accounting systems and reporting
  • Digital technologies- AI, Blockchain, Big data
  • Business modelling and analysis
  • Financial accounting
  • System design and analysis

Stretch your career further

Prepare for the next step in your accounting career, with the specialised skillset and industry connections to excel in senior positions. The below examples demonstrate the type of roles you could enter after graduation.

  • Tax Advisor/agent
  • Share broker
  • Financial analyst
  • Auditor
  • Management accountant
  • Financial accountant

Key codes

CRICOS course code
099474C
International student visa

International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.

Strong industry connections and co-creation

Professional accreditations

Why Swinburne?

Top 5% of the world’s higher education business schools

91.1% of graduates found employment within 4 months of finishing.

The median income for PG graduates one year out is $79.5K

Business graduate employers include Telstra, NAB, ANZ and IBM