Accounting and Performance Analytics

The Accounting and Performance Analytics program at University College Cork is unique in being the only master’s level course in Ireland that focuses on both accounting and information systems. The course content is tailored to industry requirements, with frequent site visits, guest speakers, and case studies.

The Accounting and Performance Analytics program at University College Cork is a full-time conversion program running for 12 months from the date of first registration for the program.Students take taught modules from September to May,followed by a graduate placement, or the completion of a group-based applied research project, commencing from June onwards.

Key facts

• MIMAS is a challenging postgraduate degree course. The employment record for our graduates is excellent and many are currently employed in a variety of positions, including management consultant, project manager, business analyst, business intelligence analyst, management accountant and financial accountant.
• You will acquire the skills to steer organisational performance and monitor financial health, analyse historic data to predict future trends, and budget and forecast. In parallel, you will learn to design and build information systems from a process, database and user interface perspective. You will be introduced to business intelligence and data analytics, and you will gain important communication skills.
• MIMAS students become business analysts, accountants, auditors and information systems professionals.

Courses include:

• Performance Management, Risk and Control

• Programming for Business

• Analysis of Accounting Information

• Database Analysis and Design

• Databases for Management Information Systems