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MScAccounting and Auditing

Kaunas University of Technology
Lithuania, Kaunas
School of Economics and Business
Tuition fee €4,295 per year

*KTU offers partial tuition fee waivers for the candidates with outstanding results

Application fee €100 one-time

Payable within 2 weeks from the application submission by transferring it to the KTU bank account. Non-refundable. Bank details will be provided during application.

More information

admissions.ktu.edu/..counting-and-auditing 

Overview

No organisation can lead their business without the helping hands of an accountant and an auditor. Accounting is one of the most crucial areas of any activity, helping companies and organisations function legally and effectively.

ACCA-accredited master’s studies in Accounting and Auditing at KTU is a straight-forward path to not just a position in accounting or audit professionals’ teams, but to a greater opportunity to become the head of the accounting or finance department, company manager in the audit and accounting business.

KTU’s MSc in Accounting and Auditing is the only study programme in Lithuania that provides international qualifications, which will be invaluable for your career: the graduates of this program are awarded as many as 7 out of 9 credits from the ACCA examinations of the International Association of Professional Accountants.

• Study wherever you like: with the Erasmus+ exchange programme you may go for a study exchange or complete an internship in a country of your choice
• According to the data from the last year, the employability of the graduates of MSc Accounting and Auditing is 96%
• Valuable free time: join the ACCA expert discussions, research projects while studying


Top reasons to study at KTU:

1. It is the only programme in Lithuania which ensures competences of international accounting standards for the work at international companies (University of Edinburgh, 2015).

2. It is the programme accredited by the International Association of Accounting Professionals; graduation of this programme provides a credit for 3 ACCA examinations (PM, FR and AA).

3. The programme is run in Vilnius with the highest concentration of financial and auditing companies in Lithuania to match studies and professional development simultaneously.

Programme structure

Understanding of international accounting standards and taxation
Financial Reporting
International Taxation and Transfer Pricing

Understanding of theoretical knowledge of auditing, practical situations and issues
Audit
Internal audit

Provision of information for management decisions
Strategic management accounting
Value-based management

Evaluation of business and assets
Property and Business Valuation
Asset management

Career opportunities

Latest knowledge of accounting, audit and taxes ensure possibilities of successful integration in the labour market. The share of the employed graduates of this programme reached 93 % in 2013.
“Who else could tell us – owners and employees, investors and creditors, state and citizens – how things are, if not accounting specialists? And who could confirm that what is said by accounting specialists is true, if not auditors? Both of these professions are vertebra of market economy, they provide the most significant resource – information, required for decision-making.” – Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of the “Bank of Lithuania” Ingrida Šimonytė.
“I have a very positive approach towards studies of audit and accounting. During the lectures we performed interesting, practical tasks that could be applied in the area of work. Good and competent lecturers, including the ones from the business world, provided us with useful advices, based on science as well as on their life experience. I personally, liked modules of Consolidated Accounting and Analysis of Companies, Evaluation of Assets and Business, Audit, Internal Audit, Value-based Management, which helped me acquire necessary and valuable knowledge, deepen my knowledge of accounting, and acquire basic knowledge of audit; that was useful in my professional career.” – UAB “PricewaterhouseCoopers”, Assistant Auditor Gintarė Venckaitytė.

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Studies commence
1 Sept 2023

Application deadlines apply to citizens of: United States

Apply now! Fall semester 2023/24
Application period has ended
Studies commence
1 Sept 2023

Application deadlines apply to citizens of: United States