Master in Management Accounting

Master in Management Accounting is one of 3 English-taught Accounting programmes at Master's Degree level in the register, offered by 2 institutions. 3 of them list an annual fee for students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, from EUR 8,000 to EUR 15,000; this programme lists EUR 15,000 a year. 2 are recorded as free for EU, EEA and Swiss students.

Management Accounting at the University of Southern Denmark is a two-year master's degree taught in English in Odense. The programme sits inside the university's Economics and Business Administration specialisation and puts the finance function and the management of firms at the centre.

What you study

The register description is short, so here is what it actually states. You learn to assess both financial and non-financial information and to use it when making strategic decisions about preparing, developing and using economic and other control systems in all types of firms.

The degree covers the construction and use of financial and non-financial information for strategic decisions. You work with methods and tools that support the generation of economic information essential to managing a firm, and the description calls these methods the core of management accounting. You also gain skills in designing financial reporting and other management models, and in arguing for the consequences of choosing different designs of management.

The description notes that these areas matter to production firms and to modern knowledge-based firms alike.

Admission, language and next steps

Applicants with a BSc in Economics and Business Administration from a university are qualified for admission. A professional bachelor degree or another qualifying degree may give access if certain demands are met. To count as a BSc in Economics and Business Administration, your bachelor degree must come from a university and include at least 75 ECTS within economics and business administration.

You may also need to document English at a specified level. Read the language requirements of the University of Southern Denmark. If you are unsure whether your foreign certificate or diploma meets the general entry requirements, contact the university directly. The Danish Agency for Higher Education lists commonly recognised exams and diplomas.

Students from the EU, EEA and Switzerland study free of charge. Other students pay a tuition fee set by the institution. SDU offers 75 scholarships yearly, and details are on the university's scholarship page.

Applications for master's degrees go straight to the institution, not through optagelse.dk.

Master’s applications go straight to University of Southern Denmark, not through optagelse.dk, and the institution sets its own deadline. Entry requirements and language tests are set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, residence permits and housing.