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Master’s Program in Financial Crime Detection and Prevention

Duration: 1.5 years, full-time

Objective: To equip students with the skills to design and develop internal control mechanisms, identify and investigate financial statements frauds, asset misappropriations, bribery, and corruption schemes, and apply internal audit skills.

Course Structure

The program consists of three semesters, with a total of 90 ECTS credits. The first two semesters include eight integrated modules, totaling 60 ECTS, while the third semester is dedicated to a 30 ECTS dissertation.

Semester 1

  • FRE510 Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes (7.5 ECTS)
  • FRE520 Law (7.5 ECTS)
  • INA510 Internal Audit Essentials (7.5 ECTS)
  • MBA550 Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis (7.5 ECTS)

Semester 2

  • FRE530 Investigation (7.5 ECTS)
  • MBA500 Research Methods and Data Analysis (7.5 ECTS)
  • FRE540 Fraud Prevention and Deterrence (7.5 ECTS)
  • Electives:
    • INA530 Business Knowledge for Internal Auditing
    • INA520 Practice of Internal Audit
    • LLM575 European Banking Law

Semester 3

  • MDIS600 Dissertation (30 ECTS)

Faculty

The program is taught by a team of experienced academics and professionals in the field of accounting, finance, law, and internal audit.

  • Dr. Andreas Hadjixenophontos, Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance
  • Dr. Artemis Savvidou, Assistant Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
  • Dr. Demetra Demetriou, Lecturer in Accounting and Finance
  • Dr. Panagiotis Kyriakogonas, Assistant Professor in Managerial Accounting
  • Christos Papademetriou, Assistant Professor in Management - Human Resources Management
  • Dr. George Demetriades, Assistant Professor in Law
  • George Stylianou, Visiting Lecturer - Special Teaching Staff
  • Thrasos Mallourides, Visiting Lecturer

Admission

To apply for this program, please register your interest and one of our admissions consultants will contact you with guidance and additional information.

Disclaimer

The University reserves the right to define the electives offered on an academic year basis. The program structure may change without prior notice, as a result of quality assurance procedures or/and program recertification.