{"id":17300,"date":"2025-04-24T14:29:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiwi.uni-mainz.de\/?page_id=17300"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:00:38","slug":"master-accounting-and-finance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wiwi.uni-mainz.de\/en\/studies\/master-accounting-and-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Science in Accounting and Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n \n<\/jgu-base-anchornavigation>\n
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The master\u2019s program in Accounting and Finance <\/strong>equips you to reduce the complexity of economic problems through abstraction, to develop solutions using scientific methods, and to critically assess the limits of applied tools. You will deepen your expertise in Financial Accounting, Taxation, Corporate Governance, Management Accounting, Financial Services, Corporate Finance, and related fields, all based on current academic standards <\/p>\n\n\n\n \n<\/jgu-base-buttonitem>\n\n<\/jgu-base-button><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance <\/strong>is designed as a full-time program over four semesters. The program is structured into modules and offers a wide range of options, both for specialization in Accounting and Finance, and in the free section with electives in Management, Economics, and non-business subject. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a program start in the winter semester, the study plan might look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semester<\/th>Modules<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1

(winter semester)<\/td>		Core Module (6 CP)
Core Module (6 CP)
Core Module (6 CP)
Spezialisation Module (6 CP)
Spezialisation Module (6 CP)<\/td><\/tr>
2

(summer semester)<\/td>		Core Module (6 CP)
Spezialisation Module (6 CP)
Spezialisation Module (6 CP)
Required Elective Module in the Free Part (6 CP)
First Seminar (6 CP) in the Research Module<\/td><\/tr>
3

(winter semester)<\/td>		Spezialisation Module (6 CP)
Spezialisation Module (6 CP)
Spezialisation Module (6 CP)
Required Elective Module in the Free Part (6 CP)
Second Seminar (6 CP) in the Research Module<\/td><\/tr>
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(summer semester)<\/td>
Master’s Thesis (25 CP)
Research Colloquium (5 CP)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 3rd semester is particularly well suited for an optional study abroad <\/strong>stay.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-tabsitem>\n\n\n \n\n

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