Build on your existing academic excellence with a postgraduate qualification that prepares you for specialist positions in the public and private sectors and can be a pathway to doctoral study. Programme overview An MCom allows you to develop an advanced level of knowledge and competencies with an intellectually rewarding postgraduate programme in your specialist field. Accounting You can study Accounting in three postgraduate programmes offered at the Business School. Postgraduate study with us will prepare you for senior or specialised career roles in the areas of financial accounting, auditing, management accounting and business analysis. An academic career specialising in accounting is also an option. Courses taught at postgraduate level include: Research Methods in Accounting Governance Issues in Accounting Financial Accounting Research Contemporary Auditing Research, Research in Management Control Research in Revenue and Cost Management Accounting Information and Capital Markets Various special topics, eg, Forensic Accounting Programme structure The MCom is a 120 or 180-point specialist masters degree that builds on a first degree in the same discipline. The MCom (180 point) is a 12 or 15-month taught specialist masters comprising coursework and a short dissertation. If you have a first degree you can pursue an advanced specialized qualification in the same discipline. If you have completed a BCom (Hons) or equivalent, you may be eligible to undertake a 120-point MCom degree by research comprising a supervised thesis. Jobs related to this programme Business policy adviser Chief financial officer Corporate advisor or valuer Data communications specialist Financial manager in a manufacturing, service or consultancy organisation Multinational funds manager Security assessor Software engineer