Master's Degree, Faculty of Economics

38.04.01 Economics

Program length: 2 years

Language of study: Russian

Place of study: Rostov-on-Don

Purpose of this educational program:

The purpose of the educational program is to train professional personnel with a high level of competence in accounting, economic analysis, auditing, financial and business law using digital technologies to effectively solve business problems, considering the synergetic effect of related areas of management activities that ensure competitive and sustainable business development.

The programme is designed to prepare professionals in accounting, financial analysis and auditing who are highly adaptable to the ever-changing economic environment. This is ensured by the fundamental knowledge and skills acquired through a classical economics education. Studying for a master's degree develops professional competencies, prepares the foundation for a scientific or managerial career.

Core curriculum

Advantages of this study program:

• The competitive advantages of the Master's program "Accounting Technologies and Audit" is the organization of training courses that are interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary in nature, reflecting global trends in the theory and practice of accounting and auditing activities in the following areas: the formation of its mathematical model; accounting semiotics of economic activity of economic entities, the development of modern electronic payment systems; audit and management analysis of financial activities of enterprises in the national and international economy; non-financial social reporting of companies.
• The main direction of the educational program is the formation and development of students' professional skills in the field of accounting and auditing with an in-depth study of modern information and communication and financial technologies, as well as the formation of the ability to perform work in organizations and business associations in the process of production and financial integration of enterprises and socio-economic cluster systems.
• The program has a practice-oriented nature, practitioners and highly qualified scientific and pedagogical personnel of other Russian universities and foreign scientists are involved in the educational process. Also students receive not only theoretical training in related areas of management accounting, but also acquire practical skills in the field of integrated assessment of business projects, taking into account financial modeling based on information and analytical technologies.
• Also, during the educational process, open lectures are organized with the participation of leading companies in the audit services market.
• The educational program allows students to choose disciplines of specialization depending on their research interests and (or) the needs of future professional activity.
• The program has an integrated implementation platform in the field of accounting, economic analysis and law based on financial modeling to effectively solve business problems, taking into account the synergetic effect of related areas of management activities that ensure competitive and sustainable business development.
• We focus on the legality of financial decision;making in the field of management of companies, including methods for detecting financial fraud, signs of falsification of financial statements and manipulation of the organization's tax portfolio.

Prospects. Career & Employment

According to the results of training, graduates can solve the following professional tasks: organization and accounting in business entities of various profiles with the use of new technologies and systems; analysis, evaluation, management, planning and forecasting of organizations' finances; organization of timely provision of statistical and accounting reports; implementation of measures for internal and external audit of organizations' activities.

They can also hold various positions in the management apparatus, which require professional knowledge, skills and competencies in managing financial information flows to justify, make and implement effective management decisions of organizations in various industries and fields of activity. Moreover, there is a wide choice of employment opportunities in such areas as:

• state and municipal authorities;
• tax authorities and Federal Treasury bodies;
• economic, financial, tax and accounting and analytical departments and services of organizations of various forms of ownership, including financial and credit;
• various sectors of the economy (wholesale and retail enterprises, budget organizations, commercial banks, enterprises in the field of communications, telecommunications and IT technologies);
• consulting, legal, audit companies and holdings.

After graduation, graduates can continue their studies as a postgraduate student, or a candidate for the purpose of preparing and defending a dissertation for the degree of candidate and Doctor of Sciences.