MRU Uganda Department of Accounting and Finance

Muteesa 1 Royal University School of Business Management Accounting and Finance Department

VISION: The department envisions excellence in business accounting and financial performance

MISSION: The missions of the Department of Economics and Finance are (1) to offer undergraduate programs in Accountancy, Economics and Finance program (2) to provide accounting education to students with majors in areas other than accounting, and (3) to serve its student, academic, and business constituencies through engagement in high quality research. Consistent with the Muteesa I Royal University’s mission, the Department seeks to provide high quality, high value education to enhance the professional aims of its students.

The undergraduate program is the largest of the Department’s programs and receives the majority of the Department’s resources. Undergraduate students obtain both the technical tools and general background necessary for successful careers in accounting, Economics and Finance. Much of the program’s emphasis is directed to enhancing the students’ ability to understand the business environment and to alert students to the broad implications of accounting principles, procedures and decisions.

In administering these programs, the Department provides students with an appreciation of relevant concepts and theories and their relationship to society, an appreciation for the integrity required of accountants by considering ethical issues in business, and the opportunity to interact with accounting and tax practitioners as well as business executives.

Department o f Economics and Finance intends to build on its tradition of excellence in Private higher education in accountancy, economics and finance. With a rededication to quality, the Department seeks to realize the fullest potential of its educational mission by energetically responding to the strong aspirations of its students, faculty, and alumni.

Objectives:
To provide students with knowledge and skills that will enable them thrive in their future careers.
To train students who are able to prepare periodical financial statements and proper accounting systems.
To graduate students who have integrity with high moral values and ethics.
To develop analytical, inductive, adaptive and communication system.
To prepare students for research

Business exposure and application

Students registered in this department will have the opportunity to gain from the following activities.

Accounting and finance practical experience
Hands on computer accounting packages
Work education experience
Seminars and workshops
Field trips and fieldwork.
Research

COURSES UNDER THIS DEPARTMENT

Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Economics and Statistics
Bachelor of Science in Development Economics
Bachelor of Business Computing
Bachelor of Business Management

DIPLOMAS

Diploma in Science in Accounting and Finance
Diploma in Business Managemen