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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING
BS IN ACCOUNTING (SASCED-P 04110101)
INTRODUCTION

The BS in Accounting Program of Prince Sultan University was accredited by the Ministry of
Education in Saudi Arabia on 21/9/1426 H, 24/10/2005 G. The decision to run BS in Accounting
Program (the Directive No. 7/B/4453, is dated 3/4/1420 H, 17/7/1999 G; Written Telegram No.
10117, is dated 25/5/1420 H, 6/9/1999 G).
The BS in Accounting program started in 2000 in the men’s campus. The enrollment in this program
started in the Academic Year (AY) 2000–2001. The program in the campus for women started in the
AY 2013–2014. The main campus for both men and women is Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. There is no branch campus for this program. The College of Business Administration (CBA)
offers a flexible curriculum that leads to a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Students
seeking a degree in this field are required to take a minimum of 135 semester hours from the
framework of courses.
The Department of Accounting of Prince Sultan University is the first university in the Middle East
to be accredited by six major professional accountancy bodies:

• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
• The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
• The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
• The Association of International Accountants (AIA)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

The BS in Accounting program is accredited by the National Center for Academic Accreditation and
Evaluation (NCAAA), Saudi Arabia for 7 years (2015-2022).

The program is benchmarked with the Department of Accounting, United Arab Emirates University
(UAEU), UAE; Accounting and Financial Management, Northumbria University, UK; College of
Business Administration, Rider University, USA; the School of Accountancy, University of Denver,
USA; and Erivan K. Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph's University, USA.

The department aims to equip its students with the essential quantitative skills, commensurate to
the AACSB Accounting Accreditation Standard A7. The revised curricula incorporate the courses
offered by professional bodies such as ICAEW, ACCA, IMA, CIMA, AIA, and CIPFA. The Department of
Accounting plans to offer four Accounting tracks in response to the contemporary business and
accounting demands.
• Zakat and Tax
• Accounting Analytics
• Assurance
• General Track

This program provides a fast track to qualification as a Chartered Accountant, Certified Public
Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Chartered Management Accountant, or Chartered
Public Finance Accountant.

Our students were placed for internship opportunities in Big Four accountancy firms (KPMG, Ernst &
Young (EY), Deloitte, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)). Most of the students are offered a job
during the internship. 100% of our students are offered a job within six months of their
graduations.