Murdoch University

At Murdoch we have more than 22,500 students and over 2,600 staff, including 2,000 overseas students from around 100 countries studying in Perth and another 6,500 studying offshore. That’s more than 25,100 unique stories, backgrounds and ways of thinking that help us to make a difference in the world.

In Western Australia, our South Street campus has a range of facilities including a comprehensive vet hospital (with WA’s only equine operating theatres), engineering pilot plant, a chiropractic clinic, Media Arts centre and more. We also have campuses in Singapore, opposite the National Library in the education hub, and in Dubai where our students use state-of-the-art TV and radio studios, newrooms and editing suites.

We’re recognised as one of Australia’s leading research institutions, as more industries place their belief and resources into our projects to provide our research candidates and scientists with the opportunity to make amazing discoveries. Good accounting is essential to the success of any organisation - as not only does it help us manage financial positions and maintain cash flow - but it also plays a key part in helping determine where to go into the future as part of our strategic planning process.

So forget the boring bean counter label - as a business accountant you could find yourself at the cutting edge of decision-making, whether you are helping small businesses manage growth, or in the big businesses arena managing large-scale acquisitions or divestments.Learn how businesses really work and what it takes to make a successful organisation by examining the efficiency and effectiveness of operations through to how to evaluate employee performance.

You will also learn how to use accounting to assist you make crucial capital investment decisions for purposes including the acquisition or sale of shares, lending of money and provision of goods on credit.Make your first good business decision by studying with Murdoch

Our courses can be tailored to fit your needs:

You will also benefit from our small class sizes, deliberately limited to ensure you receive high quality, dedicated teaching.

On graduating you will also gain professional recognition by CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).

 Our scholars and students share a passionate commitment to the transformative power of education. Our research makes a real difference to our understanding of today's world and how we work and live in it, and we enrich our community by bringing together people from all social and cultural backgrounds. The University of Sydney is a place that makes things happen. We are a community not just of excellence, but of impact. Here are just some of the remarkable things that our academics, students and alumni achieved in 2012. Through our Strategic Plan 2011–15 we aim to strengthen our ability to enable the brightest researchers and the most promising students, whatever their social or cultural background, to thrive and realise their full potential to benefit both Australia and the wider world.

Watch our video about our researchers and how their collaborative work is delivering real-world solutions that will contribute to the communities we serve. They are improving health, supporting the environment, providing new opportunities and changing our understanding of culture, economics and politics. This is work not just of excellence, but of impact.

The Charles Perkins Centre aims to address the pressing problems of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease: the leading causes of mortality and disease burden in Australia.

A unique collaboration across all of our faculties, centre members aim to turn their academic discoveries into solutions that transform how people around the world eat, live and work.

Our academic and teaching excellence has always been founded on principles of diversity and equity. Diversity makes good ideas better and enriches our University community.

Find out how we are building partnerships to attract promising students from all backgrounds, and investing time and money into making sure they are properly supported while they study.