Programme Overview
The M.Com is a quieter degree than the MBA and it suits a different student. If your intention is to teach commerce, to qualify UGC-NET, to sit for banking and accounts services examinations, or to take a senior accounting role in a regional enterprise, the M.Com does that better and at a quarter of the cost. If your intention is a corporate management career, take the MBA — we will tell you that at the counselling desk.
The programme runs two specialisation tracks from semester three: Accounting & Taxation, which goes deep into corporate reporting, direct and indirect tax and audit practice; and Finance, which covers security analysis, portfolio management, financial modelling and banking operations. Both close with a research project on a real enterprise or a real dataset.
Sixty seats, two tracks, and a NET preparation module running through all four semesters at no extra charge.
"I cleared NET in my final semester and started teaching at an intermediate college the same year. The Saturday answer-writing sessions did it." — Neha Goyal, M.Com 2025
What You Will Learn
- Advanced corporate accounting and reporting standards
- Direct tax — corporate assessment and planning
- Indirect tax — GST law, appeals and litigation
- Financial management and capital structure decisions
- Security analysis and portfolio management
- Auditing standards and assurance practice
- Managerial economics and business environment
- Research methodology and statistical analysis
- Financial modelling in Excel; introduction to R
- NET / JRF Commerce syllabus and answer writing
Curriculum — Semester by Semester
Common core for both tracks, pitched a level above the B.Com and assuming fluency with double-entry and basic costing.
- Advanced Financial Accounting
- Managerial Economics
- Business Environment & Policy
- Statistical Analysis for Business
- Organisational Behaviour
- Computer Applications in Commerce
The heaviest taught semester, ending with track selection and the allocation of a research supervisor.
- Corporate Tax Planning
- Advanced Cost & Management Accounting
- Financial Management
- Auditing Standards & Practice
- Research Methodology
- NET module — Paper I
Students take one of two tracks — Accounting & Taxation or Finance — and begin the research project alongside coursework.
- Specialisation Paper I
- Specialisation Paper II
- Open elective (any specialisation)
- Financial Modelling Lab (Excel)
- Research project — proposal and data
- NET module — Commerce paper
Final specialisation papers plus the research project, defended before a panel including an external examiner.
- Advanced Specialisation Paper III
- International Business & Trade Finance
- Corporate Governance & Ethics
- Research project & viva voce
- Teaching practicum (optional)
- NET intensive revision
Specialisation Tracks
Accounting & Taxation
Corporate reporting under Ind AS, tax planning and assessment, GST litigation and appeals, and advanced audit practice. The stronger track for practice and for NET.
Finance
Security analysis, portfolio theory, derivatives, banking operations and financial modelling — suited to banking services examinations and treasury roles.
NET / JRF Commerce Module
Four semesters of syllabus coverage, monthly mock tests and Saturday answer-writing sessions, included in the tuition fee.
Research Project
A supervised study on a real regional enterprise or a real dataset, defended before an external examiner in semester four.
Financial Modelling Lab
Three-statement models, valuation, sensitivity and scenario work in Excel, with an introduction to R for statistical analysis.
Teaching Practicum
Optional supervised teaching at the B.Com level for students heading towards an academic career, with faculty feedback on each session.
Careers & Outcomes
Of the 2025 M.Com batch, 41% took accounting, audit or banking employment, 21% qualified UGC-NET and moved into college or intermediate teaching, 19% were preparing for banking and government services examinations, and the remainder joined family enterprises or continued to a Ph.D.
- Accounts manager and senior accountant
- Tax consultant and GST practitioner
- Internal audit and compliance roles
- Banking probationary officer and specialist officer
- Assistant professor of commerce (after NET)
- Intermediate college commerce teacher
- Financial analyst in regional enterprises
- Ph.D. and academic research in commerce
Recruiters and destinations for this programme: HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Triveni Engineering, Uttam Sugar Mills, practising chartered accountancy firms across Muzaffarnagar and Meerut, intermediate colleges across the district, and Ph.D. programmes at CCSU.
Head of Department
Dr. Praveen Kumar Singhal
M.Com, Ph.D. in Corporate Finance and UGC-NET, with seventeen years of postgraduate teaching and a continuing tax practice. He runs the Saturday answer-writing sessions and supervises the research project programme.