Key Details
Course abbreviation:
MPAA
AQF Level:
9
CRICOS Course Code:
117244H
2026 Starting Dates:
15th March, 3rd May, 5th July, 23rd August, 25th October or 9th January.
Duration:
2 years full-time, 4 years part-time, 1 year and 4 months fast-tracked
Credit Points:
96
Units:
16
Mode:
Face-to-face only
Required English:
IELTS 6·5
Course Fee:
$3,375 per unit or $54,000 per course plus ancillary fees
Work placement:
Not applicable
Overview
The accounting discipline is vital for running any firm. It ensures accurate, efficient reporting of the state of your finances. It drives stakeholders’ stewardship and accountability. It controls the flow of funds and helps ensure that they are used strategically to grow the business and compete in the market.
MHE’s Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) equips you to empower and expand your business. You will learn to gather and analyse financial data. You will learn to comply with financial regulations and accounting standards. You will develop the sound judgement required to prepare and interpret financial reports targeted at different stakeholders. The expertise available here includes advisory services, taxation, auditing, financial planning, international accounting, investment analysis and strategic planning.
You will not focus only on providing financial information. You will also examine broader social and impacts of your business. You will learn to consider ethical governance and environmental factors and their role in sustaining your business.
Majors
There are no majors in this course.
Course Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the MPAA will be able to:
- Apply fundamental business and accounting knowledge and skills in practice.
- Exercise judgment in decision making to appraise and resolve business and accounting problems by applying economic imperatives, social judgement, ethical principles, regulatory requirements and global perspectives.
- Critically evaluate emerging professional accounting issues by applying theoretical, technical and professional knowledge and skills.
- Appraise expert and informed knowledge to a range of emerging accountability issues relating to sustainability, governance and social responsibility that impacts contemporary business.
- Interpret and communicate business and accounting information effectively to a range of intended stakeholders by drawing on technical and professional knowledge and skills.
- Evaluate contemporary accounting and business issues using research-based skills.
Career Outcomes
Accountant, business analyst, auditor, financial advisor, tax consultant.
Entry Requirements
Academic or Work Experience Requirements:
One of the following:
- A bachelor’s degree (AQF 7) (or equivalent) in any discipline from a recognised higher education provider or university with a satisfactory completion of all units.
- Minimum of five years’ work experience in accounting or a related field, at least two years of which must have been in a management position, accompanied by a portfolio and detailed résumé.
- An Advanced Diploma (AQF 6) (or equivalent) in any cognate discipline from a recognised higher education provider or university plus at least two years’ work experience in accounting or a related field, accompanied by a portfolio and detailed résumé.
- Completion of a Graduate Certificate (AQF 8) in a cognate discipline.
English Requirements
If your previous education was not completed in English, one of the following dated not less than two years before the date of application:
- IELTS Academic score of at least 6·5 with a score of at least 6·0 in each macro-skill.
- TOEFL (paper based) score of at least 575.
- TOEFL iBT score of at least 80, with macro-skill scores of at least:
- Listening – 11
- Speaking – 16
- Reading – 11
- Writing – 20.
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) score of at least 58 with no macro-skill score less than 50.
- Cambridge C1 Advanced English Test level B2, with an overall score of 176 and no macro-skill score less than 169.
- Or any other academic English language proficiency test considered equivalent by MHE.
Course Requirements
You will complete the Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) in eight study blocks full-time or equivalent part-time. This is generally done over two years, with four blocks per year. The fifth and sixth blocks of each year are optional and let you reduce the length of the course to one year and four months.
A full-time study load consists of two units per block. Each unit is worth six credit points. Each unit has four hours per week of lectures and two hours of tutorial per week for six weeks. Each unit should require ten hours per week of study, including time spent in classes. If a unit has a final exam, it will be in the seventh week of the block.
There are no nested courses or exit awards.
Advanced Standing
Advanced standing means giving you credit for parts of the course you have already learned before you enrol. This learning might have been in education or on-the-job.
When you apply to study with MHE, you may also apply for advanced standing and provide evidence of which parts of the course you already understand. MHE will look at your educational or employment background to decide if you are eligible.
Eligibility in the Master of Professional Accounting (Advanced) is normally limited to a maximum of eight units in the first two trimesters. Please see the Advanced Standing Policy and Advanced
Standing Procedures for further information.
Course Structure
| Year 1 | Block 1 | Principles of Accounting: Systems and Processes |
| Business Economics | ||
| Block 2 | Communication, Business Acumen and Ethics | |
| Business Statistics and Data Analytics | ||
| Block 3 | Management Accounting | |
| Corporate Finance and Governance | ||
| Block 4 | Financial Accounting | |
| Business and Corporate Law | ||
| Year 2 | Block 5 | Corporate Accounting |
| AIS and Emergent Technologies | ||
| Block 6 | Strategic Management Accounting | |
| Environment, Social and Governance | ||
| Block 7 | Taxation Law in Practice | |
| Audit and Assurance Services | ||
| Block 8 | International Business Strategy and Accounting | |
| Business Analysis and Valuation |
Majors
There are no majors in this course.
Unspecified Electives
There are no unspecified electives in this course.
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