Student engagement in master's programmes - evidence from accounting master students

This paper aims to assess the extent to which accounting students are engaged in master's programme by referring to number of hours for attending classes, active participation in classes, self-studying, and work in teams for projects and assignments against activities endorsed by syllabuses. The previous researches strongly express that intrinsic motivation and academic teachers' skills are the key factors in determine the students' engagement. In order to achieve the objectives, a positive research was constructed by conducting an empirical study during 2016-2017 with the students of accounting master's programme organized by Accounting and Management Information Systems Faculty. This paper tests two hypothesis related to students' engagement in master activities. The findings from the current research emphasize that the professors and the research community need to pay more attention to students' engagement and skills to enhance it.