Program Overview

University of Eastern Finland Program Details

The University of Eastern Finland offers a variety of programs for students. One of the programs is the Data Analytics for Accounting and Audit course.

Course Description

The Data Analytics for Accounting and Audit course covers the fundamental understanding of accounting and auditing data analytics. It defines and explains the impact of data analytics on the business and accounting profession. In addition, it develops an analytical mindset supported with a provided toolkit to extract, transform, validate, and visualize the data.

Learning Outcomes

Student can:

• Identify questions, access to necessary data, clean and verify, work with various analytics models
• Visualize, interpret and communicate findings
• Conduct a full cycle of data analytics by setting the business problem, getting the data, analyzing and presenting the results, compare them with theoretical knowledge, and create an essay collaboratively with peer students

Course Details

• Credits: 6 ECTS credits
• Location: Online
• Continuous learning category: Business and international collaboration
• Teaching format: Blended teaching, Independent learning, Distance teaching
• Price: 120 (VAT 0%)
• Teaching time: Day time teaching
• Teaching languages: English

Registration and Admission

Registration for the course opens on 24 November 2025 at 9:00 a.m. and ends on 1 March 2026 at 23:59. The registration is binding. For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see the University of Eastern Finland website.

Study Methods

• Classroom meetings: 24.3.-29.4.2026 (online)
• Pre-study assignments
• Group work
• Independent and collaborative learning

Evaluation and Prerequisites

• Evaluation: 0-5
• Prerequisites: Basics of accounting
• Teaching Language: English
• Teacher: Arpine Maghakyan

Additional Information

Individual study units cost 20 e / credit. These prices hold for the academic year 20252026. The study fee is paid at registration. By paying the study fee, the student receives a temporary right to study that entitles them to attend a particular course. The right to study is course-specific, and is required to complete the course as specified in the syllabus for the term, covering both teaching and course exams.