HELP Stays Ahead in Accounting Field

HELP University College has long been regarded as one of the pioneers and the most established accounting schools in Malaysia and Asia. Its success is measured by the recognition and accreditation received from international professional bodies, partner universities, employers, its faculty strength, and also innovative curriculum and teaching and learning pedagogy, ensuring that students excel in the challenging business environment.

HELP has more than 20 years of experience in offering accounting and finance undergraduate programmes. It is the first university college’s BBus (Acct) Hons to be fully accredited by CPA, Australia, thus allowing graduates of the HELP BBus (Acct) Hons to be admitted as associate members of CPA.

Furthermore, graduates of HELP BBus (Acct) Hons programme are given maximum exemptions by various international professional accounting bodies such as ACCA, ICAEW and MAICSA

HELP BBus (Acct) Hons programme is also recognised by many top universities such as University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, University Adelaide and Australia National University for purposes of credit transfer. HELP is one of the two universities or colleges in the world to have a 2+1 credit transfer arrangement with the University of Queensland.

“HELP’s accounting programme has become a household name. Our graduates are headhunted by the big firms, and many of them have progressed further and obtained high positions in various industries. My colleagues and I are very proud of them. Our programmes have both width and depth and are recognised by international professional bodies such as the ICAEW, ACCA and CPA Australia, to name just a few,” said Gooi Chee San, senior lecturer in accounting.

Gooi has more than 20 years of experience in teaching accounting, as well as vast working experience in the profession. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

In the recent London A-Level examinations, HELP produced 16 perfect scorers in the Accounting paper.

“The standard of our accounting programme is benchmarked against top accounting institutions in the world. We produce top accounting graduates because of the teaching and industry experience of the faculty.” said Dr Yap Kim Len, dean of the HELP Graduate School.

Yap has many years of professional accounting and auditing experience locally and internationally.She served as technical and training manager of one of the Big4 accountancy firms in Kuala Lumpur and technical director of MIA. She has acquired a reputation for teaching excellence in accounting all over Asia Pacific and at Edith Cowan University, Australia, and the University of Otago, New Zealand, where she was twice nominated for the outstanding lecturer award. She has conducted research on stock market crashes, the credibility gap, corporate governance, forensic accounting, audit risks and accounting in Asia Pacific. She undertakes research on the role of the accounting profession and business ethics jointly with co-authors from Australia. Dr Yap is the lead facilitator, examiner and moderator in the MBA program at HELP Graduate School.

“”In accounting, we are one of the few institutions in Asia to gain maximum subject exemptions from ICAEW, ACCA and CPA Australia. Our programmes have also received recognition from other professional bodies at the international level. It is also recognised for admission by many renowned universities in the world and is well received by the major accounting firms. Recently we received full accreditation from CPA Australia – testimony to the quality of our accounting programme,” said Head of the Department of Business Studies, Stephen Wu.

HELP offers the HELP University College BBus (Acct) Hons, University of East London BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance and Charles Sturt University Bachelor of Business Accounting major. HELP also offers students a 2+1 transfer to the University of Queensland for the accounting major.

For more information, call 03-20942000 or log on to www.help.edu.my

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