Accounting and Finance

Learn to manage the generation and production use of money at all scales - from the individual right up to multinationals and governments.


  • Experience real financial trading

    As a University of Adelaide accounting and finance student, you'll learn to use the same systems that practising finance professionals use, in our state-of-the-art Financial Markets Lab. Utilising the Lab's real-time connections to all major global finance markets, you will:

    • construct investment portfolios
    • stress-test their performance in specific market conditions
    • observe live market performance
    • monitor real-time financial news feeds, via the powerful LSEG database.

    You'll graduate with the experience and confidence to immediately contribute in a professional finance environment.

  • Build the mindset to chart your own path

    As the only Australian university with ACEEU accreditation^, we will ensure virtually everything you do in your business studies builds your capacity to innovate and make things happen.

    • All our business degrees include an entrepreneurship course, to boost your personal development and professional growth.
    • All business degrees give you the flexibility to pursue areas of particular interest or passion.
    • You'll also have the opportunity to hone your new-venture-building skills in our eChallenge program, and ThincLab business incubators.
    • And you'll get the chance to gain priceless real-world experience through industry internships.
  • Career prospects

    Employment growth for the majority of accounting and finance roles ranges broadly from moderate to strong.

    • Finance programs provide excellent grounding for pursuing a Chartered Financial Analyst program.
    • Graduates of accounting programs can gain associate membership with CPA Australia and CA ANZ.

  • Gain industry skills in our state-of-the-art Financial Markets Lab^
  • In top 5% of business schools in the world**
  • Ranked top-150 globally in Accounting and Finance*

*QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023.
**Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business (AACSB).
^Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU).
Australian Government, Labour Market Insights, 2023.

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