Master of Science in Finance and Accounting

Second Cycle study program, "Master of Science" in "Finance and Accounting", full-time, refers to level 7 (seven) of the Albanian Qualification Framework, is organized with 120 ECTS credits and its normal duration is 2 ( two) academic years. Studies in this program are offered in the Albanian language.

Second Cycle study program, "Master of Science" in "Finance and Accounting", equips students with high-quality scientific knowledge in the field of finance and accounting, preparing them to realize the objectives of the companies in which they will be employed, in accordance with the legal and regulatory framework as well as the standards and principles of society.

The purpose of this study program is, through an interdisciplinary curriculum, to prepare students with specialized training in finance and accounting by introducing them to further contemporary specializations and branches of the financial consultant profession, which helps equip them with the skills and the necessary techniques to work in the financial sector (national and regional) and that of financial services/products in particular.

Second Cycle study program, "Master of Science" in "Finance and Accounting", has clear academic, applied, achievable objectives for the necessary level of student qualification, which consist of:

• • the increase in the quality of the theoretical-scientific knowledge gained from the studies of the first cycle "Bachelor";
• • Preparing students to practice their skills in solving financial and accounting problems in public or private institutions, banks and non-banks, in other commercial companies, the domestic and foreign investment sector, the insurance sector, as well as in the field of scientific research where they can follow the studies of the third cycle continuously;

Second Cycle study program, "Master of Science" in "Finance and Accounting", aims to be more inclusive, targeting not only graduates in programs in economic sciences, but also those graduates in natural sciences, social sciences and professionals with a promising experience in accounting offices, banking and no-banking financial intermediaries, etc. In this study program, students graduated from local and foreign Universities are accepted in accordance with the legal framework, without any other restrictions. Preference will be given to students who graduated in the first cycle of "Bachelor" studies and any other equivalent degree in the field of economics.

The graduation of students in the program "Master of Science" in "Finance and Accounting" offers employment opportunities in various state institutions and private companies, banks and financial institutions of microcredit and electronic money, regional and international non-governmental organizations, European institutions and agencies operating in Albania and beyond, higher education institutions etc.

Graduates of this study program can be employed as financiers and accountants, financial consultants, insurance agents, auditors, claims assessors, brokers in securities trading, title custodians, title registrars, fund administrators, and many other professions.