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BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING CO-OP SCHOLARSHIP (BAcc) 

Value up to $54,000, a year of full-time work training, careers with major employers

Briana Tran (2022) and Emily Eker (2020) are current recipients of this prestigious co-op scholarship, will be here to talk with students in Year 10 to Year 12, on Wednesday 29 March 2023,  lunch time in SC307

Here’s some information about the BAcc program:

The University of Technology Sydney runs Australia’s most successful co-op course – the Bachelor of Accounting. Just look at the list of employers who are actively involved with this program:

These employers together contribute almost $3 million annually to this one course alone. The reason? Demand for graduates of the course, who are seen as something special, is very high and will continue to be so for many years due to critical skills shortages in business.  This is despite tough economic conditions.

The UTS Bachelor of Accounting has the aim of producing potential business leaders of the future via an accounting career.

The main benefits to students who are selected into the Bachelor of Accounting are a tax-free scholarship valued up to $54,000, a year of full-time work training, and great career prospects with the major employers who support the course. No BAcc graduate has ever missed out on a job, and these job offers are generally made by March of the students’ third and final year of study. That might be only three years away from where you are now.

Other key benefits of this program, that set it apart from cadetships or other co-op courses, are that it takes only three years to complete and that students in the course study, work and play together as a close group of friends throughout that time.

What sort of students are we looking for? All-rounders, achievers and leaders in various activities. Plus you’d need to be interested in a career in business. A high ATAR is not essential, but it will help. Each year we take in students with ATARs in the range 85-100, who have the other skills and experiences to make them ideal business graduates.

And why choose to study accounting? Well, consider that accounting is recognised by big business employers as a highly desirable qualification for graduates to hold, and business leaders today increasingly have this sort of background. This is because the role of accountants has changed radically over the last 10 years; they are now the people called on to analyse the factors behind business success and failure, and who can provide the information needed for critical decision-making.

As a Bachelor of Accounting graduate you will have more potential than virtually any other professional – in terms of long-term employment and salary prospects, rewards and job security, opportunities for travel and working overseas, challenges and job satisfaction.

For further details on the Bachelor of Accounting program, please visit  UTS Bachelor of Accounting

Email enquiries:  carin.alberts@uts.edu.au 

Round 1 applications are now open and close on Friday 19 May 2023.

– Jo Cilia
Head of Careers and Academic Advising