CA Sri Lanka confers 356 students with Degrees, MBAs, CTAs and Diplomas at joint convocation

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The degree has been approved by the University Grants Commission and has been accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and CPA Australia, while leading Australian Universities; Deakin and La Trobe offer transfer opportunities to students following the degree.

At the Convocation, the School of Taxation awarded 41 students the Chartered Tax Advisor qualification while another 36 students were granted the Certified Tax Advisor qualification to embark on a career in the field of taxation. The Certified Tax Advisor programme (CTA) is designed to meet the growing demand in Taxation in a local and global context. The programme is on par with UK and Australias standards, and specifically focuses on the tax system in Sri Lanka.

During the convocation, the CA Business School conferred 57 students with the Master of Business Administration degrees of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, which is conducted in Sri Lanka by the CA Business School, while another 77 students were conferred the Postgraduate Diploma in Business, Finance & Strategy and 25 students received their Executive Diploma in Business, Accounting & Strategy. The Business School, was set up to help develop business leaders with the ability to create, transform and sustain successful organisations. The school offers a multitude of programmes relevant to professionals in accounting and finance and non-finance fields. The USQ MBA is one of Sri Lanka’s most sought after foreign MBA programmes.