Adelaide University
Master of Accounting and Business Analytics
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Build foundational knowledge across economics and finance before completing advanced coursework in accounting and business analytics.
Course overview
Adelaide University’s Master of Accounting and Business Analytics is a digitally focused and industry-designed degree, preparing you to solve modern business challenges. Hone your accounting and business analytics skills – ready for that job promotion you’ve been wanting or your dream career.
Nail the basics with introductory courses in economics, accounting, business analytics and finance. As you go further into your studies, you’ll tackle more complex accounting and business analytics topics – including predictive and visual analytics, management accounting, advanced financial accounting and managing with big data analytics. Sharpen your skills with an industry project in your final year, gaining an insight into the kind of work you might do.
Graduate able to use cutting-edge predictive tools, apply data visualisation methods and understand the key laws, regulations and issues modern businesses face. You’ll be ready to advance your accounting or business career and possess key analytical skills employers are looking for.
Key features
- Challenge yourself with advanced accounting and business analytics coursework.
- Advance your career prospects.
- Benefit from a cutting-edge curriculum, with courses focusing on key AI tools and capabilities.
- Build foundational business knowledge in economics and finance.
- Complete an industry project in your final year.
- Build analytical skills in demand by employers.
Key facts
July, 2026
What you will study
Students must complete 96 units comprising:
- 84 units for all core courses.
- 6 units for all work-integrated learning.
- 6 units for electives
Each course is worth six units.
Complete 84 units for all of the following:
- Accounting Concepts and Methods
- Management Accounting Concepts and Techniques
- Accounting Information Production and Analytics
- Auditing and Assurance Services
- Advanced Financial Accounting
- Principles of Finance
- Intermediate Financial Reporting
- Business Statistics
- Predictive and Visual Analytics
- Commercial and Business Law
- Fundamentals of Business Analytics
- Managing with Big Data Analytics
- Economic Principles
- Customer Analytics
Entry requirements
Admission criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must have achieved at least one of the following minimum entry requirements and demonstrate they fulfil any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission. In cases where there are more eligible applicants than available places, admission will be competitive with ranks based on the entry criteria.
- A completed bachelor's (AQF level 7) or bachelor's honours (AQF level 8) degree or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution; OR
- A completed nested or related graduate certificate (AQF level 8) or higher or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Adelaide University is committed to recognising the contribution of students’ prior learning towards their program requirements.
Credit may be granted for formal, informal and non-formal learning, with guidance on eligibility provided to prospective students in a clear, transparent and publicly available credit framework.
Credit determinations will be:
- Evidence-based, equitable and transparent.
- Academically sound.
- Applied consistently, fairly and subject to review.
Credit will be granted for prior learning that is relevant and equivalent to the learning required for the courses for which credit is sought.
Credit will only be granted if it:
- Maintains the credibility and integrity of the program for which credit is sought.
- Does not contravene the conditions of the program’s professional accreditation.
- Does not disadvantage the student’s ability to achieve the expected course or program learning outcomes.
For more information, contact the university or visit its website.
Outcomes
- Build a solid foundation on key business principles, with topics on quantitative methods, economic principles, accounting concepts and methods, principles of finance and business analytics.
- Understand how accounting systems are used in organisations to make decisions and problem-solve.
- Learn how to apply accounting standards to make informed policy choices. Be able to analyse customer data to improve business performance.
- Understand how to use existing and emerging AI tools to help you make decisions – such as forecasting product sales or market trends.
- Build an awareness of business laws and regulations, current issues in auditing and methods for consolidating financial statements.
- Discover financial budgeting and forecasting techniques and how to leverage AI for processing big data.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative annual fee in 2026: $43,100 (domestic full-fee paying place)
Fee-paying programs require the full tuition fees for your study, which can be deferred partly or in full to a FEE-HELP loan. Where the duration of the program is less than one year, the total cost of the program is displayed.
A student’s fee may vary depending on:
- The number of courses studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of courses.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
You may also need to pay the student services and amenities fee.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students.