St. Petersburg State University
Economic Faculty
Field of training: 080100 Economics
Master Program: Accounting, analysis, and audit
Degree: Master
Duration: 2 years
Working language: Russian
Study: Full-time
Main objective of the program: to train high qualified professionals in accounting, financial analysis and
auditing, experts, with fundamental economic knowledge, able to analyze, research and teach in these
areas, effective in financial, tax and auditing services both in Russian and foreign companies, capable to
make a career.
Tracks to be selected
Faculty
Accounting, Financial Analysis and
Audit
Program-specific Disciplines
Problematic issues of theory and practice of
management accounting
Accounting and Audit (Advanced Level)
Statistics for Business Research
Management Accounting and Control
Finance (Advanced Level)
Business Valuation and Value-Based
Management
Financial Management
Analysis and Interpretation of Financial
Reports
International Financial Accounting for
Multinational Companies
Computerization
Taxation at 1C
of
Accounting
and
Accounting and Financial Reports for
Group of Companies
Budgeting
Consolidated Financial Statements
Valeryi V. Kovalev – Head of Master Program,
Honored Science Worker of Russia, Dr.,
Professor, Head of the Statistics, Accounting and
Audit Department, the author of publications
about corporate finance and financial analysis.
He is a member of the Institute of Professional
Accountants Presidential Council.
Victor V. Patrov - Dr., Professor, Honorary
Worker of Higher School of the Russian
Federation, the author of publications about
accounting.
Michail L. Pyatov - Dr., Professor, author of
publications about theory and practice of
accounting, tax and financial statement analysis.
Olga D. Kaverina - Dr., Professor, director of
management consulting in the audit company, the
author of publications about managerial and
financial accounting, management analysis,
international financial reporting standards.
Nelli А. Smirnova - PhD., Associate Professor,
the author of publications about crime statistics,
methods of quantitative analysis and socioeconomic statistics.
Natalia V. Generalova - PhD., Associate
Professor, Head of the IAS Department in audit
company, the author of publications about
consolidation
of
financial
statements,
management accounting and reporting at the
international level
Genrietta V. Soboleva - PhD., Associate
Professor, professional expert in standardization
and technology audits, the author of publications
about tax, audit and financial accounting.
Learning outcomes
program graduates possess deep theoretical knowledge and practical skills of formation and analysis of
information generated on the basis of national and international financial reporting standards; logic of
construction accounting systems oriented to the information needs of different groups of economic agents;
methods of generating information to predict the dynamics of the main financial indicators of enterprises,
industries in innovative changes and deepening globalization; analytical skills for evaluating the effectiveness of
management decisions; ability to assess the impact of accounting methods on the financial position and financial
results of enterprises; theoretical knowledge and skills of Russian and international practice of auditing, skills
identification and development of methods, techniques and audit tools, the ability to evaluate and justify the level
of materiality and risk in the process of auditing.
Where graduates work
- Russian and foreign companies: accounting, analytical, financial departaments;
- Audit and consulting companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu , Ernst &
Young, KPMG, «MCD»;
- academic and institutional research organizations, institutions of higher and secondary professional education.
Internships
- companies of the real sector of the economy: accounting, analytical, financial departments;
- Audit companies;
- directorate of the Federal Tax Service in St. Petersburg;
- opportunity to participate in research projects, including the project of St. Petersburg State University, such as
project aimed to harmonize accounting and statistical methodology in order to improve the reliability of economic
information.
Admission
Applicants from foreign countries submit
 the TORFL-2 certificate (Testing in Russian as a Foreign Language);
 the portfolio of documents including the motivation letter, an essay written at home on one of pre-given
topics, and optional documents approving foreign language abilities, research and publication experience
which are to be considered at the examination committee to select the most qualified and motivated
applicants;
 a Bachelor diploma, a passport, and migration documents.
The admission rules, the criteria for the portfolio assessment, and a comprehensive list of documents to be
submitted are downloadable from the Admissions Office web page: http://abiturient.spbu.ru
Key aspects
 the ability to create individual learning paths, by selecting from a wide variety of special subjects (teachers of
the program will help students to determine the direction of research area because of its professional and career
interests);
 learning on this program allows the exemption of some examinations included in the list of mandatory of
diploma ACCA qualification "International Financial Reporting";
 education
on this academic program enhances employability in leading audit firms, including
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Deloitte
Touche
Tohmatsu,
Ernst
&
Young,
KPMG,
«MCD»;
It is the best form of training to the postgraduate education, as it provides academic and methodological
commitment to independent research work in the specialty 08.00.12 - Accounting and Statistics.
Contact information
Postal Address
The Department of Statistics, Accounting and Audit, Office
313
Saint Petersburg State University
Economic Faculty
62 Tchaikovskogo str.
St. Petersburg 191123 Russia
Web: http://www.econ.spbu.ru
The Department of Statistics, Accounting and Audit
Email: SNKarelskaya@mail.ru
Svetlana Karelskaya
Department of
Admissions Office for Foreign Citizens
Office 10, Rector’s Wing
9 Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya
St. Petersburg 199034 Russia
Tel./Fax:+7 812 328 32 91
E-mail: admission@spbu.ru
Web: http://abiturient.spbu.ru
The Centre for International Mobility Programs of SPSU
(Economic Faculty)
Tel.:
+7 812 272 07 85
Email: kozub.irina@gmail.com
Office 313,