University of Canberra
Master of Professional Accounting
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Gain extensive technical, analytical and practical accounting skills, and learn the accepted industry ethics and integrity standards.
Course overview
The UC Master of Professional Accounting course has been carefully designed in close consultation with industry experts to help you maximise the quality of your time. Offering friendly, supportive and more engaging classes, this course is uniquely developed to help equip you with the necessary professional and technical skills to enter the Australian accounting industry with confidence.
Covering a diverse range of subjects such as Government Finance Management, Micro-finance, entrepreneurship and more, this course will bring you up to speed with the latest accounting practices, and help you meet the legal and professional requirements as determined by the professional accounting bodies of Australia.
Key facts
27th July, 2026
What you will study
To complete the Master of Professional Accounting, you must complete 48 credit points (CP) from the following units. Each unit is valued at three CP.
Complete the following:
- Accounting Systems and Practices
- Business Finance
- Business Law
- Economics for Managers
- Management Accounting
- Research Methods
- Corporate Accounting
- Law of Business Associations
- Quantitative Methods in Commerce
- Revenue Law
- Accounting and Decision Support Systems
- Auditing and Assurance
- Advanced Issues in Accounting
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent as approved by the university. There are no work experience requirements. Students who have undertaken an undergraduate degree with a major in accounting with an Australian institution are ineligible for entry to the degree.
English language requirements
Applicants must have an IELTS Academic score of 6.5 overall, with no band score below 6.0 (or equivalent).
Outcomes
Career outcomes
The UC Master of Professional Accounting Course is a globally recognise and respected qualification that will expose graduates to a wide range of industries and numerous job opportunities all over the world including, but not limited to:
- Chief financial officer
- Tax manager
- Finance director
- Cost account manager
- Senior financial analyst
- Compliance manager
- Accounting manager
- Forensic accountant
- Personal finance advisor
- Entertainment production accountant
- Auditor
- Budget analyst
Learning outcomes
- Develop an advanced and integrated understanding of accounting and related disciplines required to practice as an accountant.
- Critically analyse, interpret and synthesise complex financial and related information, problems, concepts or theories.
- Exercise initiative and professional judgement to produce well developed advice and arguments in solving financial problems.
- Argue and justify ethical, socially responsible and sustainable business decisions in a complex business environment demonstrating high levels of personal autonomy and accountability.
- Evaluate and explain accounting and financial transactions to a broad range of stakeholders, including managers, clients, regulators, etc, and navigate in an increasingly complex financial, legal, economic and global business environment including recent developments in these fields.
- Display professional communication skills and the ability to transmit knowledge, skills and ideas using a variety of communication styles, as would be expected by audiences from technical or non-technical backgrounds.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative full course fee (2025): $61,800 (domestic full-fee paying place)
Indicative annual fee (2025): $30,900 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The fees shown are the annual fee rates for the course. The annual rate is the fee that applies to standard full-time enrolment, which is 24 CP.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.