WASEDA UNIVERSITY｜GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY

The program has four major educational objectives

1. Advanced Professional Education

Taking advantage of the unique environment of the professional graduate school, the program provides a fundamental education on leading-edge financial accounting, management accounting, and audit. The program emphasizes on building specialized skills in pragmatic thinking and decision making, based on fundamental professional ethics.

2. Education in Line With International Standards

The program also emphasizes the development of accounting professionals who can cope with real-world problems. As corporate activities become global, the demand for accounting professionals with international sensibility grows. Moreover, the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), has issued International Education Standards for Professional Accountants which requires study of international accounting and audit standards, knowledge of international business practices, and skills in communications, presentation, and information technology. Our program is designed to provide a high-quality curriculum that meets and exceeds these educational benchmarks.

3. Ethical Education

Past cases of fraudulent accounting and window-dressing have greatly damaged faith in accounting. In order to prevent such incidents, and to restore faith in accounting, accounting professionals must be imbued with the highest sense of professional ethics. Our program nurture "accounting mindset" based on case study discussions.

4. Recurrent Education

One of our key objective of the program is to provide recurrent education for accountants. To accomplish this, we corporate with the Japan Institute of Certified Public Accountants (JICPA), to develop specialized training in accounting.