About the Program

Bachelor of Commerce (Professional Accounting)

The Bachelor of Commerce (Professional Accounting), a three year program, is ideal for students who have already decided to pursue a career in accounting and finance. The B.Com (Professional Accounting) degree provides a rigorous academic background for students who aim to acquire professional accounting designations such as CA, CWA, CMA and work in industry as professional accountants or practice as accountants. This program focuses on providing the graduates with specialized skill sets and professional competency in areas of accounting and finance.

The program is benchmarked to the CA syllabus (both intermediate and final examinations) of ICAI while fulfilling the requirements of UGC. The candidates will be well prepared to appear for the Foundation examination of ICAI after the first semester and for the Intermediate exam of ICAI after the third semester.

Students in their third year will do an internship and project work with professional accounting firms alongside academic classes in the evening at the city campus in Chennai. The faculty would include academics as well as chartered accountants and professional experts in the areas of taxation and law.

On completion of the B.Com (Professional Accounting) program, students will have an option to pursue a PG Diploma in Financial Reporting in the fourth year, concurrent with their articleship. This will be a two semester program held at the city campus covering advanced topics in accounting, financial reporting and other areas relevant to the CA final exams.