1.Introduction
The Department of Accounting, founded in 1999, currently has 15 full-time faculty members, comprising three professors, seven associate professors, and five lecturers.All three professors are doctoral supervisors, and the Department has two additional adjunct doctoral supervisors. All faculty members hold doctoral degrees, and 95% have overseas study or advanced training experience.
The Department offers a doctoral programme and an academic master’s programme in Accounting, a Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc) programme, and an undergraduate programme in Accounting. Its principal research areas include corporate investment and financing decisions, accounting information and capital markets, government accounting, and auditing theory and internal control. The Department is committed to educating outstanding, versatile accounting professionals with integrity, dedication, sound character, and a strong sense of social responsibility and purpose. Its “3+1” educational model integrates accounting expertise, data analytics, and computational thinking with strategic thinking. Through this approach, the Department fosters innovation and entrepreneurship, develops professional judgement, and prepares students for international professional practice, enabling them to excel in financial management and decision support for businesses operating in domestic and international markets.
In recent years, faculty members have secured six grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and seven grants from the National Social Science Fund of China, including late-stage research grants, and have led numerous research projects funded at the provincial and ministerial levels. Their research has appeared in leading Chinese and international journals, including Management World (《管理世界》), Accounting Research (《会计研究》), Chinese Journal of Management Science (《中国管理科学》), Management Review (《管理评论》), and Omega. In teaching, the Department has received three Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Awards and contributed to the development of one nationally recognised first-class undergraduate course and one Beijing “Gold Course”. Faculty members have also been recognised on four occasions for supervising outstanding undergraduate theses in Beijing.
2.Department Leadership
Director: KOU Mingting koumt@ustb.edu.cn
Secretary, CPC Branch: CUI Wenjuan cuiwj@manage.ustb.edu.cn
