Economic Faculty
Field of training: 080100 Economics
Master Program: Accounting, analysis, and audit
Degree: Master
Study: Full-time
Duration: 2 years
Working language: Russian
Main objective of the program: to train high qualified professionals in accounting, financial analysis and auditing, experts, with fundamental economic knowledge, able to analyze, research and teach in these areas, effective in financial, tax and auditing services both in Russian and foreign companies, capable to make a career.Tracks to be selected / Faculty
Accounting, Financial Analysis and Audit / Valeryi V. Kovalev – Head of Master Program, Honored Science Worker of Russia, Dr., Professor, Head of the Statistics, Accounting and Audit Department, the author of publications about corporate finance and financial analysis. He is a member of the Institute of Professional Accountants Presidential Council.
Program-specific Disciplines / Victor V. Patrov - Dr., Professor, Honorary Worker of Higher School of the Russian Federation, the author of publications about accounting.
Problematic issues of theory and practice of management accounting
Accounting and Audit (Advanced Level) / Michail L. Pyatov - Dr., Professor, author of publications about theory and practice of accounting, tax and financial statement analysis.
Statistics for Business Research / Olga D. Kaverina - Dr., Professor, director of management consulting in the audit company, the author of publications about managerial and financial accounting, management analysis, international financial reporting standards.
Management Accounting and Control
Finance (Advanced Level)
Business Valuation and Value-Based Management
Nelli А. Smirnova - PhD., Associate Professor, the author of publications about crime statistics, methods of quantitative analysis and socio-economic statistics.
Financial Management
Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Reports
Natalia V. Generalova - PhD., Associate Professor, Head of the IAS Department in audit company, the author of publications about consolidation of financial statements, management accounting and reporting at the international level
International Financial Accounting for Multinational Companies
Computerization of Accounting and Taxation at 1C
Accounting and Financial Reports for Group of Companies
Budgeting
Consolidated Financial Statements / Genrietta V. Soboleva - PhD., Associate Professor, professional expert in standardization and technology audits, the author of publications about tax, audit and financial accounting.
Learning outcomes
program graduates possess deep theoretical knowledge and practical skills of formation and analysis of information generated on the basis of national and international financial reporting standards; logic of construction accounting systems oriented to the information needs of different groups of economic agents; methods of generating information to predict the dynamics of the main financial indicators of enterprises, industries in innovative changes and deepening globalization; analytical skills for evaluating the effectiveness of management decisions; ability to assess the impact of accounting methods on the financial position and financial results of enterprises; theoretical knowledge and skills of Russian and international practice of auditing, skills identification and development of methods, techniques and audit tools, the ability to evaluate and justify the level of materiality and risk in the process of auditing.Where graduates work
- Russian and foreign companies: accounting, analytical, financial departaments;
- Audit and consulting companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu , Ernst & Young, KPMG, «MCD»;
- academic and institutional research organizations, institutions of higher and secondary professional education.
Internships
- companies of the real sector of the economy: accounting, analytical, financial departments;
- Audit companies;
- directorate of the Federal Tax Service in St. Petersburg;
- opportunity to participate in research projects, including the project of St. Petersburg State University, such as project aimed to harmonize accounting and statistical methodology in order to improve the reliability of economic information.
Admission
Applicants from foreign countries submit
· the TORFL-2 certificate (Testing in Russian as a Foreign Language);
· the portfolio of documents including the motivation letter, an essay written at home on one of pre-given topics, and optional documents approving foreign language abilities, research and publication experience which are to be considered at the examination committee to select the most qualified and motivated applicants;
· a Bachelor diploma, a passport, and migration documents.
The admission rules, the criteria for the portfolio assessment, and a comprehensive list of documents to be submitted are downloadable from the Admissions Office web page: http://abiturient.spbu.ru
Key aspects
· the ability to create individual learning paths, by selecting from a wide variety of special subjects (teachers of the program will help students to determine the direction of research area because of its professional and career interests);
· learning on this program allows the exemption of some examinations included in the list of mandatory of diploma ACCA qualification "International Financial Reporting";
· education on this academic program enhances employability in leading audit firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young, KPMG, «MCD»;
It is the best form of training to the postgraduate education, as it provides academic and methodological commitment to independent research work in the specialty 08.00.12 - Accounting and Statistics.
Postal Address
The Department of Statistics, Accounting and Audit, Office 313
Saint Petersburg State University
Economic Faculty
62 Tchaikovskogo str.
St. Petersburg 191123 Russia
Web: http://www.econ.spbu.ru
The Department of Statistics, Accounting and Audit
Email:
Svetlana Karelskaya / Admissions Office for Foreign Citizens
Office 10, Rector’s Wing
9 Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya
St. Petersburg 199034 Russia
Tel./Fax:+78123283291
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