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RECOGNISED BY • CPA Australia • The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) • Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) • The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) • The Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) • The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) Did you know? If you graduate with the Professional Accounting Sequence Major in Accountancy, you’ll obtain the maximum possible exemptions from ACCA and CIMA*. * Please refer to ACCA and CIMA’s official websites for your exemptions. Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the world’s largest business education alliance that provides quality assurance for accredited schools. A member of the Alliance on Business Education and Scholarship for Tomorrow, a 21st-century organisation. International Accreditation Advanced Signatory INDUSTRY EXPOSURE We maintain strong industry connections around the world, giving you a unique advantage when seeking work exposure. You’ll be able to gain real-world experience from a wide range of companies that have been brought on board as partners and educators through our internship and work placement programs, and living case studies. Our students have previously worked with organisations such as Unilever, Nestlé, L’Oréal, Citibank, the Islamic Development Bank, Accenture, Bursa Malaysia, KPMG, and Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre. Want to take your internship global? Let’s make it happen. Some of our students have completed internships in Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Mauritius, Thailand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Community engagement We regularly partner with non-profit organisations like UNHCR, Teach for Refugees and Biji-biji Initiative to benefit local communities in meaningful ways. Together, we’ve raised funds for charities, improved our environmental stewardship, advanced access to education for refugees, and developed community organisations. These partnerships also allow our students to be actively involved and to engage with non-profits and social entrepreneurs to gain valuable work experience. Industry placement program The Bachelor of Business and Commerce degree offers two industry placement units that you can take either as capstone or elective units. You’ll work on approved projects for an organisation, which will allow you to apply conceptual and theoretical knowledge to practical work situations. This experience will develop and enhance your employability skills. At Monash, I was able to specialise in accounting and marketing – two majors on the opposite ends of the spectrum. I could also take electives in taxation and finance. This gave me a holistic understanding of the business environment that’s essential for a world moving towards globalisation.” TAN YINN WAYNE Bachelor of Business and Commerce Currently working as Team Building Partner at Leaderonomics. Recipient of the Best Paper Award from the Academy for Global Business Advancement 2015’s Global Congress. Aims to inspire and engage a generation of Malaysians to contribute towards nation-building. UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2020 31