Master’s Degree in Accounting

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Information for the academic year 2024-2025 will be updated in the coming days.
 

Introduction 

The role of the accountant, as defined by the Accountants Law – 1955, is to audit corporate financial reports, in order to verify that such reports are objective, relevant and reliable. 

At the end of the audit process the accountant attaches an auditor report indicating the steps of the audit and its results to the financial report.   

In the last decade, however, far-reaching changes have been taking place in the accounting profession.  

Many accountants no longer serve as auditors but have become involved in the many areas connected to financial management of corporations or of the stock market as a whole. 

Today more and more accountants may be found in capacities such as finance manager or company controller, investment advisor in brokerage houses, underwriter of IPOs, appraiser of companies and assets, advisor in building corporate business strategies, and much more. 

Furthermore, the realm of global tax planning, requiring consideration and knowledge of the various tax treaties, has been gaining traction due to the globalization of the business world. 

The rationale of the program 

The proposed curriculum considers these changes that have been taking place in the financial management profession in recent years, and has set forth the following goals: 

  1. Students who are not Accountants - will study the rules and regulations of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards), including financial report analysis and corporate valuations. 
  1. Instilling in students the ability to combine technology and finance, while emphasizing applicative technological tools such as financial ERP and business intelligence (BI) and the implementation of management systems.
     
  2. Learning how to use applicative tools needed for an accountant to execute tasks in the modern age, with an emphasis on the following areas: 
  • Investing in the stock markets 
  • Real Estate investing 
  • Business entrepreneurshipRisk and investment management 
  • Global tax planning and pension taxation 
  • Mergers and acquisitions 
  • Negotiation management 
  • The banking system

      4. Learning the practical side of business management, including guest lectures by senior managers of Israel’s leading companies. 

Tracks 

Only one track is available: 
Track B – not research-based 

Admission requirements 

A minimum undergraduate grade point average of 76. 

Applicants without an undergraduate degree in accounting must complete background courses in accounting totaling 19 AC (academic-based credits) (38 SC – semester-based credits). Applications of candidates who do not meeting the above criteria will be considered by an exceptions committee. 

Program duration 

  1. Completion of missing accounting courses spans one semester. 

  1. The master’s degree spans two semesters (fall and spring). 

    Students who have completed their master’s degree requirements are awarded a master’s degree in accounting by Bar-Ilan University. 

Academic Requirements 

In the various courses, there will be a final exams at the end of the semester or submission of a concluding project / essay or a combination of a test and an essay, in accordance with the decision of the lecturer in the course. 

Final exam for the master’s degree 

The exam is based on course material determined by the department. 

Jewish studies 

As per general requirements for the master's degree (see introductory chapter). 

Students whose undergraduate degree is not from Bar-Ilan University must take two online courses in Jewish studies. Students with an undergraduate degree from Bar-Ilan University must take one online course in Jewish studies. 

Registration procedures 

Instructions for registration and appointments for counseling, if needed, may be obtained at the program office, reachable by phone at *6780. 

  

 
For further details 

call *6780 extension 1 

Sun.-Thurs. 8:00 AM-9:00 PM 

Fri. between 8:00 AM-12:00 Noon 

You may leave a message at any hour via email or at the Department of Accounting website 

 

 

Last Updated Date : 03/04/2024