Study Programmes

Accounting and Finance

Students who successfully complete the professional graduate study programme of Accounting and Finance will be able to meet all the requirements needed for the middle and higher level of management in any company or institution.

Starting from the current economic situation and what is expected in the foreseeable future in terms of development in the Split-Dalmatia County and beyond, professional graduate study programme fully supports current and future needs for financial and accounting experts by training staff - masters in the field of accounting and finance.

Following the current and future needs of the labour market, this programme - in addition to training students to acquire knowledge and skills in the field of accounting and finance - puts significant emphasis on the acquisition of knowledge in the field of taxation as well. Therefore, it prepares students for this extremely important segment of professional activity. The programme seems to be a desirable addition to the overall offer of similar university and / or professional graduate studies in the Republic of Croatia.

Acquisition of the necessary knowledge, skills and techniques during the professional graduate study programme of Accounting and Finance is based on the curriculum that is primarily adapted to the practical training of students for all jobs in the profession for which they are preparing themselves during their studies.

The necessary component of practical training is acquired during classes as well as through exercises, projects, workshops and seminars and knowledge is largely directly transferred not only by higher education teachers but also by prominent experts in economic practice.

Precisely because of the easier mastery of work techniques and faster involvement of graduates in economic practice and professional performance of jobs for which they are prepared during their studies, specific attention is paid to connecting theory and practice.

Special emphasis is placed on training students to do business in an international environment, i.e., on new dimensions of business that appear due to the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

Course Syllabus

Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance: Luka Mladineo, PhD, college professor e-mail
Assistant to the Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance: Petra Jakaša, senior lecturere-mail

Learning outcomes of the study programme
  • compare business indicators contained in financial statements by different business entities
  • recommend both policies and activities specific to the field of accounting and finance that are performed by legal entities and physical persons
  • use software tools to both analyse and solve specific professional problems
  • interpret the reports by both supervisory and advisory bodies
  • present accounting and finance-related professional content
  • prepare report projections significant for project eligibility decisions
  • evaluate results obtained in the analysis of previous and/or projected business operations of business entities
  • provide views on the accounting and financial operations of business entities
  • measure the efficiency of different forms of business operations that are run by business entities
  • determine expenditures for compulsory charges specific to the business entity type
  • conclude the advantages and disadvantages of different financial and accounting decisions
  • plan future cash flows of business entities
  • make critical judgments about available financial products
  • prepare the documentation needed to access the various sources and funding models
  • classify business events of financial institutions
  • analyse business data contained in internal and external reports by business entities
  • prepare financial and tax reports in accordance with the applicable legislative framework for legal entities and physical persons
  • analyse financial statements through performance models
  • formulate business management recommendations
  • identify the main indicators of business fraud
  • analyse both the significance and activities of financial markets and institutions in the Republic of Croatia