Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

However, the degree programme will not limit you to a career as a chartered accountant. The MAAT also offers you excellent opportunities in the fields of accounting, taxation, funding, financing and management control across all sectors; the excellent career prospects for alumni in these areas are well known.
The broad scope of the curriculum will also enable you to enter fields such as treasury, the civil service (eligibility for senior civil service posts), mergers and acquisitions, management consultancy, credit rating, investor relations, strategic planning and credit assessment.
Furthermore, successful completion of the MAAT qualifies you to pursue a subsequent doctorate, PhD.

In addition to the general admission requirements set out in Section 4 of the RPO, admission to the master's degree programme in “Accounting, Auditing and Taxation” requires a qualifying degree (Bachelor’s or Diplom) with an overall mark of at least 2.5 (up to 2.59) from a degree programme lasting at least six semesters (180 credit points) in ‘Business Administration/Economics’ or ‘Economics’ or a subject-equivalent degree programme at a state or state-recognised university.

In addition, proof of specific prior learning relevant to the programme (Section 49(7) of the Higher Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia) is required, which is demonstrated by the successful completion of the following modules or subjects during the Bachelor’s or Diplom degree programme:

1. Cost and Performance Accounting and/or Management Accounting, or comparable modules totalling at least 4 ECTS,

2. Corporate finance and/or investment analysis (investment and funding) or comparable modules totalling at least 4 ECTS,

3. Business management and organisation or comparable modules totalling at least 4 ECTS,

4. Accounting and/or financial statements or comparable modules totalling at least 4 ECTS,

5. Mathematics and/or Statistics, or equivalent modules totalling at least 4 ECTS,

6. Economics and Economic Policy, or equivalent modules totalling at least 4 ECTS

7. Tax Law and/or Corporate Taxation, or equivalent modules totalling at least 4 ECTS, and

8. Business Law (German Civil Code and Commercial Law) or equivalent modules totalling at least 4 ECTS.

In cases of doubt, the programme director, in consultation with the examination board, shall decide whether the admission requirements have been met.

Applicants with qualifications obtained abroad may be admitted upon application, provided that equivalence is demonstrated.

Applicants who did not meet their admission requirements at a German-speaking facility must demonstrate the German language proficiency required for the programme at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Further information for applicants with foreign qualifications can be found on the Student Service website.

The required overall mark is not an admission threshold (NC), but rather an admission requirement that must be met in order to participate in the application process.

This means that an application (with an overall mark lower than 2.59) will not be considered, and the applicant cannot be taken into account in the allocation process.

International students please note the language skills required for this degree programme.

The programme is structured in modules. Each module usually concludes with a two-hour written examination at the end of the semester. In the modules Accounting and Specialised Areas of Law, the written examination lasts four hours. You can find a detailed overview of the individual modules, including examination formats and the course structure, in the module manual.

The module phase is supplemented by a practical training period lasting at least six weeks. This enables you to put the knowledge you have acquired directly into practice and, for example, gather ideas for your subsequent master`s thesis. You will complete your degree with the colloquium.