Accounting (International Accounting, ACCA)

Accounting (International Accounting, ACCA)

Release Date: November 2026

Training Objectives

Oriented to national and regional development strategies such as the construction of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area and the advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative, and closely aligned with global economic integration and digital economic transformation, this programme cultivates students with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labour. Students acquire a solid foundation in the humanities and social sciences, master core theories and methods of management and economics, are proficient in International Financial Reporting Standards and international accounting conventions, and possess strong information-processing capabilities, outstanding practical application abilities, innovative thinking and excellent cross-cultural communication and collaboration skills. Graduates are comprehensive applied (composite) senior professionals with sound professional ethics, a sense of social responsibility and an international perspective, capable of undertaking international accounting, financial management, audit and assurance, tax planning, financial analysis and decision support, and international business consulting in multinational enterprises, international accounting firms, foreign-related financial institutions and cross-border e-commerce enterprises.

Degree Awarded

Bachelor of Management. The standard duration of study is four years; the University operates a flexible study system of three to seven years.

Major Disciplines

Accounting.

Main Courses

Principles of Management; Principles of Economics; Introduction to Law and Business; Management Accounting (MA); Financial Accounting (FA); Performance Analytics (PA); Financial Reporting (FR); Audit, Risk and Control (ARC); Financial Investments (FI); Taxation (TX); Commercial Law (BL); Business and Sustainability Reporting (BSR); Strategic Business Leader (SBL); Strategic Corporate Finance (SCF); Strategic Data Science (SDS); Taxation Law; Tax Planning; Internal Control; Corporate Strategy and Risk Management; Fundamentals and Applications of Big Data Analytics in Finance; RPA Financial Robot Development.

Practice Teaching

Practical teaching accounts for 50.2167 credits (33.04% of the total). It comprises Bay Area Economic and Social Practice Survey I and II, the on-campus simulation internship (Graduation Internship I), off-campus placement (Graduation Internship II), the graduation thesis, and course-based experiments and practical training (big data analytics in finance, intelligent financial shared services, RPA financial robot development, and the comprehensive experiment in AI and business intelligence).

Direction of Further Study

Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc); Master of Auditing (MAud); Master's programmes in international accounting and finance; postgraduate programmes in accounting and finance at overseas universities; Master of Business Administration (MBA); and articulation Master's programmes jointly offered by ACCA and overseas universities.