Course Objectives
The degree in Finance and Accounting intends to confer a deep and rigorous formation that allows students to develop techniques to deal and work in this area. Based in a set of diverse subjects, this plan of studies offers, in a daily base, a global perception of how a company works offering to the undergraduates the opportunity to choose among a huge range of professional activities. Apart from a solid formation directly related with the area of the Accounting which is essential in the enterprise world, this degree offers the basic abilities in the analysis, evaluation and management of the businesses that allows to identify weak and strong points, and therefore potential opportunities of investment, supported by the most modern methodologies and instruments of planning and financial control acting together with the systems of information for management.
Access Conditions
Secondary school or equivalent and one of the following exams: Mathematics (16) or Economics (04) or Geography (09); The information provided does not exempt the consultation to the page of the General Directorate of Higher Education (DGES) and / or the page of the Candidates. Consult DGES website and Candidates
Professional Outlets
Financial Director / Manager of Companies
Accounting and Tax Consultant
Bank officer
Financial Asset Portfolio Manager
Investment Analysis and Business Risk Consultant
Insurance Technician
Learning Language
Portuguese Language.
Learning Objectives
This course intends to endow the pupils with the essential abilities required to the development of a
professional career in the area of Finance and Accounting. The student must have the ability to:
integrate knowledge and develop solutions that respect ethical , social and environmental principles; clearly communicate ways of thinking and conclusions; understand the organizations and the policies of the distinct functional areas; design the accounting organization, elaborate and interpret financial, accounting and taxes reports; apply the law of the enterprise right; know extremely well the Portuguese and the international financial system; analyze, formulate, implement the strategy and manage the financial risks that may affect the organizations; understand the impact of the information systems in the business processes; identify the ownership structure and understand the economic nature of human relations; develop skills that allow the self – learning.
Access to Superior Studies
The graduate degree allows the students to apply for Post-graduate
Course Coordinators
Main Branch
Curricular Unit | Code | ECTS | Period |
Applied English for Business Studies | 51000554 | 5 | 1st S |
Introduction to Accounting and Finance | 50004085 | 5 | 1st S |
Law Framework of the Company Activity | 50004068 | 5 | 1st S |
Principles of Macroeconomics | 50004079 | 5 | 1st S |
Quantitative Methods Applied to Business Sciences I | 51000546 | 5 | 1st S |
Social Sciences Methodology | 50004057 | 5 | 1st S |
Financial Accounting | 51000560 | 6 | 2nd S |
Fiscal Law and Procedural Fiscal Law | 50004186 | 5 | 2nd S |
Management Information Systems | 50006899 | 5 | 2nd S |
Microeconomics | 51000582 | 4 | 2nd S |
Principles of Corporate Management | 50004120 | 5 | 2nd S |
Quantitative Methods Applied to Business Sciences II | 51000571 | 5 | 2nd S |
Curricular Unit | Code | ECTS | Period |
Business Law | 51000593 | 4 | 1st S |
Financial Mathematics | 50004224 | 5 | 1st S |
Financial Reporting and Accountability | 51000608 | 4 | 1st S |
Introduction to Financial Institutions Management | 51000619 | 5 | 1st S |
Management Accounting | 50006610 | 6 | 1st S |
Statistics Applied to Business Sciences | 50004241 | 6 | 1st S |
Consumption and Wealthy Taxation | 51000653 | 5 | 2nd S |
Corporate Finance I | 51000647 | 5 | 2nd S |
Financial and Investment Markets | 51000636 | 5 | 2nd S |
Insurance and Pension Funds | 51000625 | 5 | 2nd S |
Portfolio Management and Performance Valuation | 51000664 | 6 | 2nd S |
Curricular Unit | Code | ECTS | Period |
Accounting for Corporate Restructuring | 51000670 | 4 | 2nd S |
Futures and Options | 51000681 | 4 | 2nd S |
Government Accounting | 50001646 | 4 | 2nd S |
Curricular Unit | Code | ECTS | Period |
Corporate Accounting | 51000692 | 6 | 1st S |
Corporate Finance II | 51000737 | 5 | 1st S |
Financial Auditing and Control | 51000726 | 5 | 1st S |
Income Taxation | 51000709 | 5 | 1st S |
Management Control Systems | 50000791 | 4 | 1st S |
Stock Market | 51000715 | 6 | 1st S |
Appraisal Projects of Investment | 51000763 | 5 | 2nd S |
Bond Market | 51000752 | 6 | 2nd S |
Corporate Valuation Models | 51000748 | 4 | 2nd S |
Ethics | 50006632 | 5 | 2nd S |
Traineeship | 50003783 | 5 | 2nd S |
Curricular Unit | Code | ECTS | Period |
Business Combinations and Consolidated Statements | 51000780 | 4 | 2nd S |
Complements of Corporate Finance | 51000774 | 4 | 2nd S |
Public Finance | 50001654 | 4 | 2nd S |