Professional Accounting The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Overview

At Professional Accounting from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Professional Accounting students' achievement is targeted at two levels:

• To become professional user, preparer, and auditor of accounting information upon completion of the Postgraduate Diploma;

• To become expert users of accounting information for making executive decisions upon completion of the Master’s degree. 

Students at Professional Accounting from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University will be able to:

• Apply and evaluate contemporary development and framework in external reporting, including corporate financial accounting, Hong Kong taxation and auditing.

• Apply up-to-date accounting and finance concepts and techniques in internal decision making, including management accounting, managerial finance and strategic management.

• Analyse and evaluate the legal, regulatory and ethical issues facing professional accountants.

• Analyse and evaluate theoretical frameworks in accounting, finance and corporate governance.

• Develop additional expertise in selected aspects of accounting and finance, such as theory and practice of accounting in China, strategic tax management in Hong Kong and China, financial statement analysis, finance for multinational corporations, mergers and acquisitions, or integrated knowledge through group projects.