Signing of Accelerate Agreement with Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
There was a recent addition to the MOU between University of Colombo and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) with the signing of the Accelerate Agreement on 19th September 2017 by Vice Chancellor of University of Colombo, Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake and ACCA Sri Lanka Head Ms.Nilusha Ranasinghe. The Bachelor of Business Administration Degree Programme has been mapped with the ACCA curriculum and exemptions have been granted to our students. This Accelerate Agreement will allow final year undergraduate students of Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) Degree Programme of the University of Colombo to obtain exemptions from eight subjects out of the fourteen subjects in the ACCA qualification and also an exemption fee waiver which would be greatly beneficial.
This event was also attended by the Dean, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo, Dr. R. Senathiraja, heads of departments of the faculty and academic staff members of the department of accounting.