About Durban University of Technology Faculty of Accounting
Overview
Welcome to the Faculty of Accounting and Informatics at the Durban University of Technology.
Faculty Vision
A preferred student-centered faculty for developing leaders in the fields of accounting and informatics
Faculty Mission Statement
To be globally recognized as a student-centered faculty that:
- Provides responsive curricula through high quality teaching, learning and assessment
- Develops competencies in applied research and technology transfer
- Engages with stakeholders to promote innovation
Core Values
- Commitment to academic excellence
- Financial accountability and transparency
- Respect for others
- Ethical conduct and integrity
- Responsibility and accountability
- Freedom of expression
The Faculty of Accounting and Informatics is a diverse, dynamic faculty made up of departments in Information Technology and Accounting. These departments are: Auditing and Taxation, Finance and Information Management (PMB), Financial Accounting, Information and Corporate Management, Information Technology and Management Accounting. The faculty has departments on the Ritson, ML Sultan and Riverside campuses. The programs offered by the departments are also varied. They include; Internal Auditing, Taxation, Financial Accounting, Cost and Management Accounting, Office Management and Technology, Library and Information Studies, Financial Information Systems and Information Technology. In addition, the Department of Information Technology services other departments within the faculty and other departments in the other faculties within the University.
Our qualifications range from the under graduate National Diplomas, to post graduate Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in Technology.
Our faculty is at the forefront with the production of dynamic graduates, increasing research output, increasing academic aptitude with industry related focus, and developing sound teaching methods. We succeed by attracting the top students and students with the ability to be visionaries. This is further achieved by ensuring a theoretical as well as the experiential component are encompassed in our qualifications.The qualifications are highly rated in industry. Together with the academic achievement and increasing analytical and cognitive development comes the students’ awakening potential of their own capabilities, from social skills to progressive leadership’s styles.
Each student opens for themselves new horizons as they progress from strength to strength towards success.
We look forward to welcoming you into this Faculty.