Overview
This programme is designed to equip future accounting and finance professionals with the knowledge and skills to succeed. Accounting and finance are changing rapidly, with innovations and practice evolving to deal with the major challenges the world is facing. To excel in these industries, graduates should have strong technical knowledge, creativity and integrity. This programme develops your ability to contribute to business and society by using best practice methods in reporting, performance management, finance, sustainability, artificial intelligence and analytics.
The design of the programme features a strong core of modules on financial and ESG reporting, performance management and control, and finance.
Students can also develop their expertise in the following areas:
- Accounting practice: Modules on taxation and auditing are available for those students who wish to pursue a career in professional accountancy.
- Sustainable business and reporting: The core modules will develop student skills in sustainable reporting and business. In addition to that, students can build on that knowledge with a more advanced module on sustainable reporting and analysis.
- Finance: A module on financial data technology is available in the summer trimester to develop student’s advanced finance skills.
- Analytics and AI: The core modules will develop your business analytics skills. In addition to that, students can build on that knowledge with modules on AI and machine learning and financial data technology. This will enable students to contribute cutting-edge skills to their future employers.
Quick Facts
94%*
% Employed after 6 months
12 Months
Programme Duration
Full-Time
Delivery
September 2025
Starting
Class Profile
Based on the class of 2024/2025
66
Class size
24
Average Age
67%/33%
Female/Male
7
Nationalities
98%
International class %
The Smurfit Experience
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Upcoming Events
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Scholarships and Awards
- The Professor Eamonn J. Walsh Memorial Scholarship is open to students applying to the full-time MSc in Accounting and Financial Management with the opportunity to be awarded a scholarship to cover 50% tuition fees for this programme.