Accounting and Finance is the largest discipline at the University of Vaasa, Finland. About 29 per cent of the business economics students major in accounting and finance.
The employment situation and the salary level of the accounting and finance masters is excellent. Independent survey show that the satisfaction levels of the students with their education is exceptional in accounting and finance.
The former Department of Accounting and Finance together with the former Department of Mathematics and Statistics has been awarded the status of a centre of excellence by the Finnish Council of Higher Education for its scientific teaching. The award was granted to only 15 departments in the entire Finnish university sector in 1995.
