Overview

The Big Data and Accounting major features interdisciplinary integration. It emphasizes developing students’ software operation skills,integrating courses related to the "1+X" certificate system into the training program. The major cultivates skilled accounting professionals with an international perspective, big data thinking, proficiency in big data and accounting knowledge related to basic accounting positions, as well as practical accounting operation capabilities and basic big data analysis skills. These professionals will serve the construction of smart cities and regional economic development.

Distinctive Features of Talent Cultivation: Software Operation Proficiency, "1+X" Certificate

Why Choose Big Data and Accounting?

• Broad Career Prospects: Big data has brought new thinking, technologies and methods to modern accounting. The close and efficient integration of big data and accounting will become a new trend in the development of the accounting industry. Graduates of the Big Data and Accounting program enjoy broad employment prospects. They can not only engage in traditional accounting-related work, but also take up positions such as intelligent accounting specialists, financial big data analysts, and big data financial consultants.
• Integrated Curriculum System: The program integrates new technologies such as "Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Internet, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things and Blockchain"with traditional accounting. On the basis of core financial and accounting courses, it vigorously introduces interdisciplinary and integrated courses that combine accounting theories with computer technologies. It aims to cultivate compound, intelligent and skilled talents who can use big data and artificial intelligence technologies to solve practical problems, and its training orientation is more in line with the requirements of industry development for accounting professionals under the new economic form.
• Dual Linkage of Academic Certificates and Vocational Certificates: Students are encouraged and guided to obtain not only one academic certificate, but also multiple vocational skill level certificates, laying a solid foundation for successful employment.
• Diversified Teaching Team: The teaching team of this program consists of double-qualified teachers and international teachers. All teachers are double-qualified, holding various financial and economic professional qualifications such as Certified Public Accountants, Taxation Experts, Asset Appraisers and Senior Accountants. Many teachers have overseas study or work experience.
• Comprehensive and New Practical Training System: The new-type laboratories simulate enterprise economic businesses and provide practical training platforms close to real work scenarios. All laboratory teachers are double-qualified with rich practical and teaching experience, enabling students to conduct pre-vocational drills in advance and bridge the final gap between campus and enterprises.

Essential information

• School School of Accounting and Finance
• Study Mode Full-time
• Program Length 3 years

Knowledge and Skills

Graduates of this major will have the following knowledge and skills:

• Be familiar with international accounting rules, and master fundamental accounting, basic big data technology, as well as relevant knowledge in economics, management, law and other fields.
• Proficiently perform computerized accounting operations, typical processing procedures of big data accounting platforms, and operations of cloud accounting information systems.
• Flexibly use data mining and big data analysis tools to analyze enterprise-related financial data and provide support for business decisions.
• Possess critical thinking and an international perspective, along with professional knowledge in finance, accounting and computer science, to meet the requirements of urban and industrial development for accounting talents.
• Have the interdisciplinary integration ability of basic big data technology and accounting, basic big data analysis ability, practical accounting operation ability, and communication and collaboration ability.

Message from the Program Director

Curriculum Structure

Career Prospects

Graduates can work in small and medium-sized enterprises, accounting firms, financial management consulting companies, financial institutions, government departments and other organizations. Their job responsibilities may include big data accounting processing, financial data mining and analysis, operation and maintenance of accounting information systems, as well as financial management and decision support based on big data.

In terms of career development, graduates can start as junior accounting data entry and analysts. They can gradually grow into intermediate talents responsible for the management and optimization of accounting information systems, and even become senior experts proficient in the integrated technology of big data and accounting—such as "Big Data Accounting Supervisor" or "Intelligent Financial Manager". In the future, they may also have the opportunity to be promoted to senior management positions in enterprises.

For students aspiring to further their studies, they can pursue undergraduate or postgraduate education in related majors such as Big Data and Accounting, Intelligent Financial Management. This helps broaden their horizons and enhance their professional competence.

Graduates can also leverage their knowledge of big data and accounting, combined with market demand and innovative entrepreneurship spirit, to start businesses in fields such as accounting services, financial management consulting, or intelligent accounting software development. Examples include establishing small enterprises that provide big data accounting services, or developing intelligent accounting management tools to offer convenient financial management solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises.