The major subject of the degree programme in Accounting is accounting. The mission of the Department of Accounting is to conduct international high-quality research and to teach different areas of accounting based on this research. The department educates accounting experts for versatile challenging tasks in firms and other organizations. The department excels in recognized high-quality research and close relationships with business. Co-operation with business occurs at different levels and is fruitful – the graduated Masters of Science of this programme have got employed easily.

The degree programme in Accounting offers two fields of specialization: financial accounting and management accounting. Financial accounting covers the accounting information and analyses that the external stakeholders do based on this information. Management accounting studies internal information systems and calculative methods needed in the management decision-making. Students may choose from either one of the options. However, the programme is designed in a way that it gives a solid foundation for understanding the different areas of accounting.