Master of International Taxation (MIntTax)

The Sydney Law School’s Taxation program is one of the world’s most respected and established. Since its inception, the Law School’s taxation staff members have acquired the best record in Australia for attracting competitive research grants as well as crafting a curriculum that meets professional requirements at a national and international level. The program is delivered in a variety of formats with tax professionals from Australia’s leading ranks and visiting professors, among the foremost international tax scholars in the world, sharing the teaching load with staff. Whether utilised to expand and enhance existing skills or to confront the challenges of international taxation, the Sydney Law School's tax program is equipped to meet a variety of academic and specialist needs.

Globalisation has fundamentally changed the international business and investment environment. In response to this change, Sydney's taxation program continues to place a strong focus on international and comparative tax study, which resulted in the introduction of the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax). A specialist degree in international and comparative taxation, it is designed to equip local and foreign tax professionals for working in the global economy, the degree builds on a candidate's knowledge of his or her own tax system through courses on international and comparative tax. In addition to broad-based comparative tax subjects, the program includes courses on tax treaties, regional tax systems and the tax systems of specific countries (particularly the United States and the United Kingdom).

Program Co-ordinator

Associate Professor Rebecca Millar

Admission requirements

An undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline such as business, commerce, economics, taxation or law.

Program structure

The MIntTax requires the completion of 48 credit points of coursework, equivalent to eight units of study. Each subject is equivalent to six credit points.

Attendance pattern

Each unit of study entails 26 contact hours. Units are offered on a semester length basis or intensive basis. Semester length units are taught once a week over 13 weeks on either a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening between 6pm and 8pm. Intensive units of study condense the 26 hours over a period of four to five days. The units are then taught between 9am and 5pm over a block period. For example, an intensive unit may be taught two consecutive days one week and then two consecutive days in a fortnight's time. All classes are held in the Law School or another Sydney CBD location.

Duration

Units of study

Staff

Members of the tax faculty are regularly invited to teach or give seminars at leading overseas universities and to act as consultants in the private sector and to government and/or international organisations. The tax faculty also includes part-time lecturers drawn from the ranks of Australia's leading tax professionals and benefits from visiting professors who are among the foremost tax scholars in the world. For further information please visit the Our People section of the website.