Overview
Department of Accounting (DOA) is an accounting learning centre in University of Jaffna Sri Lanka providing management education with specialisation in accounting and other related area of study. DOA intention is to offer a quality training or education experience that inspires the students to become astute accounting professionals. Whilst, DOA plans to develop a reputation nationally and become an institution of choice for students who are seeking to advance their career in accounting.
The Department of Accounting (DOA) put forwards a bright potential for those who pursue a career in Accounting. It was the initiation made by the Faculty to create DOA from 15th of October, 2010. The Department was renamed as Department of Accounting with the restructuring program of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce with a major curriculum revision from 15th October, 2010. Consequently, the Degree Program was renamed as Bachelor of Business Administration Honours in Accounting (Special).
We educate students to become intellectually, critically and analytically competitive professionally in the Job Market. The main goal is to produce high quality competitive and creative thinking graduates with theoretical and practical knowledge, positive thinking, entrepreneurial attitudes, innovative and problem solving capacity, communication and research skills and at the same time possesses high ethics, traits, belief goals and values and value judgment to serve to maximize the social benefits of the community at large.
The Department of Accounting has recorded consistent improvement in its academic, research and industry collaboration. It offers a range of creativity and innovatively designed programs whose curricula are constantly updated to meet the changing requirement of the industry and also to meet the needs of major stakeholders.
During study at the department, the students are encouraged to get hands-on experience in the corporate world through internship projects with reputed organizations.
Motto
“Knowledge for Wisdom”
Vision
To be a leading Department in Accounting for providing Teaching, Learning and Research for matching to the contemporary needs of the society.
Mission
To promote current Accounting education and research with the collaboration of social, industrial & professional agencies.
Goals
- To develop independent learning through interactive lectures and team based learning methods in Accounting
- To improve the students centered and problem based learning
- To promote the research exposures in Accounting
- To facilitate students industrial internship training
- To foster collaboration with Professional bodies in Accounting
- To contribute to the societal uplift in Accounting Education