Course guide - Malaysia
Accounting information has to be recorded, tested and explained. We trace the reporting, cost, tax, audit and systems subjects in Raffles University's current business-accountancy degree, keeping the closed older award and professional exemptions separate.
Raffles University currently presents Bachelor in Business (Accountancy) (Honours), with programme reference MQA/FA10809, three years and 120 credit hours. The exact Malaysian Qualifications Register record calls it Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) (Honours). We preserve that in/of naming difference and use the matching FA10809 reference to identify the course.
MQR gives accreditation from 25 February 2022, conventional delivery and a full-time duration table of nine long semesters, each 14 weeks, over three years. The standalone Mode of Study field is blank; the full-time table supplies that description. The university also displays KPT/R/0414/6/0269 (10/2029). That registration label is not substituted for an MQR accreditation end date: no end date is displayed on the checked FA10809 record.
FA10809 is the 120-credit, three-year Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) (Honours) in MQR. Its current curriculum includes financial reporting, management accounting, taxation, audit, accounting systems and sustainability accounting.
The separate Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours), FA0540, stopped accepting new intakes from May 2020 according to its own page. Its MQR record shows cessation on 14 June 2025. That older page's four-year curriculum, six-month attachment and nine-ACCA-paper statement are not imported into FA10809.
This distinction changes the study plan and any professional-exemption discussion. An older page can still appear in search results after recruitment ends. Match the exact programme title, reference, entry route and intake to the offer rather than choosing by the word “Accountancy” alone.
Financial Accounting; Financial Accounting Practice; Financial Accounting and Reporting 1,2,3 and 4.
Ask how the reporting sequence develops from recording transactions to preparing and explaining financial statements.
Fundamentals of Financial Management; Management Accounting 1,2 and 3; Corporate Finance.
Ask which budgeting, costing and decision cases are assessed and how individual work is checked.
Taxation 1 and 2; Audit and Assurance 1 and 2; Business Law; Commercial Law; Integrity and Anti-Corruption.
Ask how tax, assurance and legal material is kept current. Module names do not grant an audit licence or tax-agent approval.
Computerised Accounting; Accounting Information Systems; Business Analytics; Sustainability Accounting; Business Research.
Ask which tools students actually use and how non-financial information is assessed. No named accounting-software certification is established.
Year 1 combines accounting foundations with Statistics, Quantitative Methods, Business Communication, Marketing, Management, Microeconomics, Business Law, Information Technology Essentials and Business Analytics. This is a business degree structure with an accounting focus, rather than a narrow accounting short course.
Year 2 adds accounting systems, the first three Financial Accounting and Reporting modules, Management Accounting 1 and 2, Taxation 1, Corporate Finance, Audit and Assurance 1 and Business Research. Year 3 includes Financial Accounting and Reporting 4, Management Accounting 3, Taxation 2, Audit and Assurance 2 and Sustainability Accounting, alongside wider business and university subjects.
Professional Attachment is the final listed Year 3 block. Neither the current page nor this MQR duration table establishes its number of weeks, named employer, pay or guaranteed placement location. The six-month attachment on the closed FA0540 page is not evidence for this course. Ask for the FA10809 placement handbook, supervision, insurance, assessment and international-student conditions.
The current university page says the business-accountancy degree is recognised by ACCA. It also says eligible students may claim ICAEW Credit for Prior Learning, with exemptions for up to four ACA modules, subject to ICAEW approval. We attribute those statements to the university; we have not established your exact current course-and-graduation-year result in either body's directory.
ACCA's own guidance says to match the awarding body, graduation year, qualification title and exact module names/codes in its calculator. Accreditation date ranges and successfully completed modules matter. We do not promise nine papers for FA10809 merely because the older accountancy degree advertised them.
ICAEW says CPL is not automatic: students apply, meet the relevant criteria and provide evidence. The university's “up to four” is a ceiling in its claim, not an award to every graduate or a guarantee of the modules available to a future cohort.
A degree, examination exemption and professional membership are different outcomes. The checked sources do not establish automatic Chartered Accountant status, statutory-auditor authority or permission to practise in India or another country. Ask the relevant body about the exact route, remaining examinations, practical experience and other membership requirements before relying on a career title.
The course page carries a testimonial labelled Kavipriya A/P Palanisamy, Accountancy (2024), describing the practical use of financial principles and analytical skills at work. That is one university-published experience, not a measured employment rate, salary outcome or result guaranteed to an international applicant.
Two research cards shown on this course page illustrate why attribution matters. Opening the investment-decision study identifies its author's programme as Business Administration; opening the procurement study identifies Supply Chain Management. We do not relabel those cards as FA10809 accountancy projects. Ask for recent, clearly attributed accountancy assessment examples if student work is part of your decision.
The additional-subject line requires a pass in Mathematics and English at SPM level or equivalent, with specific remarks about higher qualifications and English evidence. The page explicitly marks its Mathematics/English enhancement-course route as not applicable to international candidates. Do not treat a domestic remedial route as a solution to an international Mathematics shortfall.
The international English examination rules are separate from the school-English pass condition. The page says the English-subject requirement does not apply to international students because they must meet the international test rules and any applicable exemptions. It does not create an automatic waiver for an Indian passport or an English-medium claim.
For CBSE, ISC or an Indian state board, send the actual board certificate, subjects and marks for a written equivalence and subject decision. The course page does not establish an Indian percentage conversion. A diploma entry route also does not establish advanced standing: get a separate written module mapping and remaining duration.
These are the dedicated course page's international figures, not the separate Malaysian RU English table. Students below the international requirement are directed to the RU English Preparation Programme and must achieve an equivalent English qualification requirement. Ask for the accepted test version, current validity, preparation duration, cost and start conditions. Preparation is not a promise of degree admission or visa approval.
Raffles University's current campus page places the city campus at Medini 7, Iskandar Puteri, Johor. MQR retains Menara Kota Raya, Jalan Trus in the institution address. We report that difference instead of using the retained register address as a current housing destination. Confirm the teaching and placement locations on the current offer.
January, May and September are the recurring intake labels on the degree page. They are not dated future openings or international application deadlines. Have the actual intake, document cut-off, mode and timetable confirmed before travel.
The current page asks applicants to contact the university for the latest tuition fees. It does not establish a current international fee total, scholarship deduction or INR course price. Request tuition by period, compulsory fees, applicable taxes, English preparation, placement expenses, visa/insurance, deposits and refund/deferral terms. Do not use an amount from the closed FA0540 page or another business degree.
The lead photograph is the accounting-themed image on the university's current programme page. It illustrates the subject; it is not labelled here as a Medini classroom, a particular student cohort or proof of an actual internship employer.
The current FA10809 business-accountancy degree, three years and 120 credits. The university uses Bachelor in Business (Accountancy) (Honours); MQR uses Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) (Honours). The separate FA0540 Bachelor of Accountancy stopped new recruitment and has a cessation date.
No nine-paper promise is made for FA10809. The current page states ACCA recognition; the nine-paper statement is on the older, closed accountancy award. Check the exact qualification, graduation year and modules with ACCA.
No. The university says up to four ACA modules, subject to ICAEW approval. ICAEW says CPL requires an application and meeting the relevant criteria. A future cohort or individual student result is not established here.
The current curriculum lists Professional Attachment but does not give a length. This MQR table has no separate training-duration row. The closed degree's six-month statement is not borrowed. Ask for the current FA10809 placement handbook.
The current page explicitly says its special Mathematics/English enhancement courses are not applicable to international candidates. Obtain a written equivalence assessment of your actual subjects; do not assume the shortfall can be fixed after admission.
No. Opening two linked research records identifies Business Administration and Supply Chain authors respectively. Their appearance in a shared course-page portfolio area does not turn them into FA10809 projects. Ask for accountancy-specific assessed work.
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Checked 11 November 2026. Programme pages, fee schedules and general application instructions can differ. The scope of each source is stated below; written intake-specific confirmation takes priority over an estimate.
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