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Study a Master of Professional Accounting at MIT’s Sydney or Melbourne Campus next semester.
2 Years (4 Trimesters)
Full-Time or Equivalent Part-Time
March,
July,
November
Sydney, Melbourne
Level 9
DURATION 2 Years (4 Trimesters) Full-Time or Equivalent Part-Time | |
INTAKES March, July, November | |
LOCATION Sydney, Melbourne | |
AQF LEVEL Level 9 |
2 Years (4 Trimesters)
Full-Time
March,
July,
November
057028F, 072673G (NSW)
Sydney, Melbourne
Level 9
DURATION 2 Years (4 Trimesters) Full-Time | |
INTAKES March, July, November | |
CRICOS CODE 057028F, 072673G (NSW) | |
LOCATION Sydney, Melbourne | |
AQF LEVEL Level 9 |
It's time to smash some myths. Accountants are not number crunchers who hide behind spreadsheets. The truth is accountants are multi-skilled strategic business advisors who work across organisations.
A Master of Professional Accounting will give you a broad understanding of business and how accountancy fits into the larger picture. You'll learn how to apply accounting theory to real-world cases.
You'll graduate with the skills and knowledge to work in a broad range of financial roles, anywhere in the world. It's the perfect introduction to entrepreneurship.
Our learning approach is highly practical. You will continually put theory into action. This keeps things exciting and prepares you for the workplace.
Accounting is more than spreadsheets. You’ll learn how to engage with big data, use analytics, AI and cloud computing to drive change and create cutting edge solutions to financial problems.
Hone your skills in cloud accounting, business analytics, forensic accounting. Learn to detect fraud and how to use data analytics to conduct forensic investigations.
Our curriculum is based on solving real world problems. MIT has a strong reputation for Work-Integrated Learning which supports you to work with businesses directly.
Prepare business reports and develop financial models. Gain an understanding of business so you can understand what the numbers are telling you.
Learn to think outside the box, in an environment that echoes real life.
Our learning approach is highly practical. You will continually put theory into action. This keeps things exciting and prepares you for the workplace.
Accounting is more than spreadsheets. You’ll learn how to engage with big data, use analytics, AI and cloud computing to drive change and create cutting edge solutions to financial problems.
Hone your skills in cloud accounting, business analytics, forensic accounting. Learn to detect fraud and how to use data analytics to conduct forensic investigations.
Our curriculum is based on solving real world problems. MIT has a strong reputation for Work-Integrated Learning which supports you to work with businesses directly.
Prepare business reports and develop financial models. Gain an understanding of business so you can understand what the numbers are telling you.
Learn to think outside the box, in an environment that echoes real life.
A Master of Professional Accounting is a ticket to the industry of your choice. Graduates find employment in corporate accounting, financial accounting/reporting, managerial accounting, auditing and assurance, taxation, investments and across all areas of commerce, industry, and government.
Our graduates have found jobs at leading businesses including KPMG, NAB Banks and Commonwealth Banks. When you study accounting, you open up a range of opportunities at the heart of business.
Career roles include:
Whether you're looking to upgrade your qualifications or thinking of a career change, MIT's MPA will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to pursue a career in some of the fastest-growing areas of the accounting industry.
The Master of Professional Accounting is designed for students from both accounting and non-accounting backgrounds.
Within an accounting major, you'll study auditing, financial accounting, law, accounting systems and analytics, economics, cloud-based digital technologies, forensic accounting as well as various theories and models of accounting.
The Master of Professional Accounting courses are accredited by CPA Australia (CPAA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).
After successfully completing the course, graduates will be eligible to apply for associate membership of both the CPA and the IPA; and entry to both the CPA Program of CPAA and the CA Program of CA ANZ.
MIT’s courses are accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) TEQSA is Australia’s independent national quality assurance and regulatory agency for higher education in Australia.
The Master of Professional Accounting course comprises 14 core units and 2 elective units (240 credit points). Each unit is worth 15 credit points, and full-time students undertake four units per trimester.
As you progress through your course, your knowledge will become more focussed on your chosen course. This is put into action in your final year industry-based project.
Program structures and units are subject to change through the process of regular course revision. There is no guarantee that every unit will be offered in any particular trimester.
*Additional Fees
MA501 Foundations of Accounting and MA509 Accounting Information Systems utilise cloud-based accounting software. When studying these units, the student will incur a fee per unit (currently $33) for access to the cloud-based accounting software. The student is responsible for payment of the fee.
*Industry Experience
It is mandatory for awarding of the Master of Professional Accounting degree that the students undertake the final trimester MA618 Industry Based Capstone Project unit. If a third party is required to find a project for the student, the student will incur a fee (currently $330). The industry-based project is designed to provide students with real-world experience, working for an industry client on a project focussed within their discipline of study.
Master of Professional Accounting
Common Core Units
Please note:
To qualify for entry into the MPA, you need to have;
The requirements for admission to this course are:
Credit transfer provides students with credit for learning already achieved. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Learn more about credit transfer.
Applications for credit transfer must be made before or during orientation and enrolment week.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) allows students to gain credit towards their course based on their prior learning (including formal, informal and non‐formal learning). Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Learn more about credit transfer.
Applications for Recognition of Prior Learning must be made before or during orientation and enrolment week.
Study now and pay later with FEE-HELP.
Students studying at MIT may be eligible for FEE-HELP. FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists eligible fee-paying students to pay their tuition fees. An eligible person may borrow up to the FEE-HELP limit to pay tuition fees over their lifetime.
Read more about FEE-HELP or visit Study Assist.
Tuition Fees
For 2021-22 fee information visit the tuition fee page.
Youth and student allowances
For details on Youth Allowance, Austudy and ABSTUDY, visit Human Services.
Tuition Fees
For 2020-21 fee information visit the tuition fee page.
For further information please visit
Accounting is the language of business. It’s a system that collects, measures, and communicates all relevant financial information that an entity or a business requires for managing, reporting, resource allocation, and decision making purposes. Accounting is how business records, verifies, and reports values of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Through accounting, the professional prepares business reports that help businesses make the right decisions.
Being an Accountant is much more than crunching numbers. Accountants are strategic business advisers and valued members of management teams. They often progress to senior management or board positions.
As well as recording business transactions, bookkeeping and preparing financial statements, accountants also;
Accounting major units focus on financial and management accounting, specialised accounting applications, audit and assurance, and corporate and taxation law.
The final year capstone industry based project will be based on a real application in industry or in an organisation. This project will allow you to bring together and strengthen the knowledge and skills you have gained during the program.
Yes; the Master of Professional Accounting courses are accredited by CPA Australia (CPAA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).
Provides membership entry into these professional accounting bodies and enables you to enrol in their programs for further professional accounting qualifications.
Professional accreditation is an important signal to give prospective employers about your job readiness as an accountant. Obtaining your professional qualification through MIT’s MPA shows employers that you have a wide ranging and varied skill-set as well as on the job experience.
Before applying, make sure you:
You should provide certified copies of your academic and other essential documents at the time of application.
You must upload all requested documents at the time of the application.
Learn more about the whole of the institution set here.
Phone our friendly student recruitment team on 1800 648 669.
enquiries@mit.edu.au
Before applying, make sure you:
You must upload all requested documents at the time of the application.
If you are looking to apply for a credit transfer, you must submit the following supporting documents with your credit application:
You should provide certified copies of your academic and other essential documents at the time of application.
Offshore international students must apply through an MIT authorised agent in their home country.
Phone our friendly student recruitment team on 1800 648 669.
enquiries@mit.edu.au
Whether you're looking to upgrade your qualifications or thinking of a career change, MIT's MPA will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to pursue a career in some of the fastest-growing areas of the accounting industry.
The Master of Professional Accounting is designed for students from both accounting and non-accounting backgrounds.
Within an accounting major, you'll study auditing, financial accounting, law, accounting systems and analytics, economics, cloud-based digital technologies, forensic accounting as well as various theories and models of accounting.
The Master of Professional Accounting courses are accredited by CPA Australia (CPAA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).
After successfully completing the course, graduates will be eligible to apply for associate membership of both the CPA and the IPA; and entry to both the CPA Program of CPAA and the CA Program of CA ANZ.
MIT’s courses are accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) TEQSA is Australia’s independent national quality assurance and regulatory agency for higher education in Australia
The Master of Professional Accounting course comprises 14 core units and 2 elective units (240 credit points). Each unit is worth 15 credit points, and full-time students undertake four units per trimester.
As you progress through your course, your knowledge will become more focussed on your chosen course. This is put into action in your final year industry-based project.
Program structures and units are subject to change through the process of regular course revision. There is no guarantee that every unit will be offered in any particular trimester.
*Additional Fees
MA501 Foundations of Accounting and MA509 Accounting Information Systems utilise cloud-based accounting software. When studying these units, the student will incur a fee per unit (currently $33) for access to the cloud-based accounting software. The student is responsible for payment of the fee.
*Industry Experience
It is mandatory for awarding of the Master of Professional Accounting degree that the students undertake the final trimester MA618 Industry Based Capstone Project unit. If a third party is required to find a project for the student, the student will incur a fee (currently $330). The industry-based project is designed to provide students with real-world experience, working for an industry client on a project focussed within their discipline of study.
Master of Professional Accounting
Common Core Units
Please note:
To qualify for entry into the MPA, you need to have;
The requirements for admission to this course are:
Credit transfer provides students with credit for learning already achieved. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Learn more about credit transfer.
Applications for credit transfer must be made before or during orientation and enrolment week.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) allows students to gain credit towards their course based on their prior learning (including formal, informal and non‐formal learning). Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Learn more about credit transfer.
Applications for Recognition of Prior Learning must be made before or during orientation and enrolment week.
Study now and pay later with FEE-HELP.
Students studying at MIT may be eligible for FEE-HELP. FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists eligible fee-paying students to pay their tuition fees. An eligible person may borrow up to the FEE-HELP limit to pay tuition fees over their lifetime.
Read more about FEE-HELP or visit Study Assist.
Tuition Fees
For 2020-21 fee information visit the tuition fee page.
Youth and student allowances
For details on Youth Allowance, Austudy and ABSTUDY, visit Human Services.
Tuition Fees
For 2020-21 fee information visit the tuition fee page.
For further information please visit
Accounting is the language of business. It’s a system that collects, measures, and communicates all relevant financial information that an entity or a business requires for managing, reporting, resource allocation, and decision making purposes. Accounting is how business records, verifies, and reports values of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Through accounting, the professional prepares business reports that help businesses make the right decisions.
Being an Accountant is much more than crunching numbers. Accountants are strategic business advisers and valued members of management teams. They often progress to senior management or board positions.
As well as recording business transactions, bookkeeping and preparing financial statements, accountants also;
Accounting major units focus on financial and management accounting, specialised accounting applications, audit and assurance, and corporate and taxation law.
The final year capstone industry based project will be based on a real application in industry or in an organisation. This project will allow you to bring together and strengthen the knowledge and skills you have gained during the program.
Yes; the Master of Professional Accounting courses are accredited by CPA Australia (CPAA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).
Provides membership entry into these professional accounting bodies and enables you to enrol in their programs for further professional accounting qualifications.
Professional accreditation is an important signal to give prospective employers about your job readiness as an accountant. Obtaining your professional qualification through MIT’s MPA shows employers that you have a wide ranging and varied skill-set as well as on the job experience.
Before applying, make sure you:
You should provide certified copies of your academic and other essential documents at the time of application.
You must upload all requested documents at the time of the application.
Learn more about the whole of the institution set here.
Phone our friendly student recruitment team on 1800 648 669.
enquiries@mit.edu.au
Before applying, make sure you:
You must upload all requested documents at the time of the application.
If you are looking to apply for a credit transfer, you must submit the following supporting documents with your credit application:
You should provide certified copies of your academic and other essential documents at the time of application.
Offshore international students must apply through an MIT authorised agent in their home country.
Phone our friendly student recruitment team on 1800 648 669.
enquiries@mit.edu.au
In the final year, students consolidate their learning through a capstone project.
This industry-based project is designed to provide students with real-world experience. The Industry Experience unit will require you to undertake project work for 150 hours in the trimester.
You’ll work with an actual business client and use what you’ve learned. Apply accounting principles to analysis, design, development and implementation and project management. Tackle and solve problems with technical and creative skills.
Our past students have worked on capstone projects, such as these:
Professor Stuart Orr has 35 years of experience in leadership roles in the higher education industry, having commenced his academic career in 1985. Stuart has previously been a Head of School at Monash and Deakin Universities, as well as holding senior leadership roles including Chairing the Deakin Academic Board, University Teaching and Learning Course Standard Committees.
He has held board roles in a number of peak academic bodies, including the Decision Sciences Institute and has been President of a number of associations, including an NGO with 450,000 members. Stuart has published seven textbooks, including three books on Strategic Management, over 50 refereed journal articles and over 100 conference papers.
He has also been awarded over 30 competitive research grants and is regularly interviewed for international magazines, such as Forbes, international radio business programs, such as "The Voice of America" and on Australian television programs such as "Current Affairs". He is a life member/fellow of several associations and institutions including the Australian Corporate Treasury Association.
Michael is an Associate Professor and the Postgraduate Course Coordinator. In the MPA, he teaches a range of accounting units from first to final year. He also teaches these units in the undergraduate degree. Michael was previously a senior lecturer at Monash University, where he established his academic career through senior roles as a faculty board member, course coordinator and subject coordinator of many accounting undergraduate and postgraduate subjects.
He is the recipient of numerous teaching excellence and commendation awards for his teaching innovations and style. Prior to his academic career, he worked as an auditor at the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office. Michael has a Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University, a Master of Business Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from Monash University, and a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from La Trobe University. He also is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA Australia).
Professor Stuart Orr has 35 years of experience in leadership roles in the higher education industry, having commenced his academic career in 1985. Stuart has previously been a Head of School at Monash and Deakin Universities, as well as holding senior leadership roles including Chairing the Deakin Academic Board, University Teaching and Learning Course Standard Committees. He has held board roles in a number of peak academic bodies, including the Decision Sciences Institute and has been President of a number of associations, including an NGO with 450,000 members. Stuart has published seven textbooks, including three books on Strategic Management, over 50 refereed journal articles and over 100 conference papers. He has also been awarded over 30 competitive research grants and is regularly interviewed for international magazines, such as Forbes, international radio business programs, such as "The Voice of America" and on Australian television programs such as "Current Affairs". He is a life member/fellow of several associations and institutions including the Australian Corporate Treasury Association.
Michael is an associate professor and the Postgraduate Course Coordinator. He serves on a number of MIT’s committees, including the Academic Board, and the Teaching and Learning Committee, and has been MIT’s Professional Development and Scholarship Coordinator, where he has chaired the Professional Development and Research Committees. Michael received his Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University; his thesis examined how interactions between key client risks influence audit planning and production.
Master of Professional Accounting
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We understand that choosing a course can be daunting at times. Our friendly student support service is there to answer your questions.
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