Overview

It bridges numbers, data, and managerial decision-making, providing the foundation for assessing both financial and non-financial performance.

You'll learn to develop and analyse performance, cost, and profitability metrics, enabling you to identify and solve strategic and operational challenges across private companies, public organisations, municipalities, and hospitals.

The Economics and Business Administration - Management Accounting and Control programme from Aarhus University teaches you to design and implement incentive systems, budgeting, and performance management tools to guide departments, teams, and individuals towards effective decision-making and value creation. Additionally, you'll gain hands-on experience with ERP systems like SAP and business intelligence software such as Power BI.

The MAC programme has strong company partnerships, collaborating with top consulting firms, manufacturers, and retailers. This ensures a rich combination of theory and practice through internships, projects, guest lectures, and networking events, aligning your education with real-world business needs.

Aarhus BSS – the School of Business and Social Sciences – is a Triple Crown-accredited faculty at Aarhus University. You will be part of a dynamic and international academic environment that attracts students and researchers from across the globe.

Career

Graduates of the Management Accounting and Control programme pursue careers as controllers, business consultants, and financial managers in diverse organisations, both domestically and internationally, with strong prospects for rapid career advancement.

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Programme Structure

Courses included:

Strategic and Organisational Concepts for Management Control

Accounting Information Systems

Cost Management: Theories, Models and Technologies

Performance Management

Planning and Budgeting

International Financial Accounting

Methods in Management

Accounting Research

Financial Accounting and Decision Making

Practice Project in Management

Accounting

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-03-01 00:00:00 , EEA/EU

Language

English

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83

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Aarhus, Denmark

Disciplines

Business Administration Management Studies Accounting

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

In order to be admitted to this Master’s degree programme you will need to have:

A relevant bachelor’s degree

A certain number of credits within specific subject areas
A high level of English proficiency

You can find a detailed description of the admission requirements at masters.au.dk.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

13000 EUR / year

≈ 13000 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Living costs

Aarhus

Denmark

6639 - 10051 DKK / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Non-EU students are eligible for the Danish State Scholarship: A full tuition fee waiver (+ in some case also a monthly grant to cover living expenses).

You can find a detailed description of the admission requirements on the university's website.

In addition, Aarhus University also collaborates with a number of national loan programs including US Loans (for American students) and LPDP (for Indonesian students).

EU/EEA students study for free at Aarhus University.

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General requirements

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