BA/BS in Accounting and Financial Management is a bachelor's degree in Accounting programme offered by University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada. The programme runs for 5 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 27,010 per semester (CAD 3,125 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Accounting
Duration: 5 years
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 3,125 / semester
International tuition: CAD 27,010 / semester
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Waterloo leads to a Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management and is offered only as a co-op program at the undergraduate level, with work terms beginning in second year. The curriculum covers financial reporting and managerial decision-making, data analysis and analytics, corporate taxation, corporate finance, business strategy, and the use of digital tools in accounting and finance, starting with introductory courses in financial reporting and analytic methods for business. Students choose one or two specializations from Assurance and Advisory, Business Leadership, Corporate Finance, Corporate Reporting, Public Equity and Wealth Management, Tax, or Venture Capital and Private Equity, with an optional focus in Emerging Technologies and Data Analytics. The program is structured to lead toward the Chartered Professional Accountant designation and toward eligibility for the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and connects to a Master of Accounting option. Delivery is on the Waterloo campus. It suits students aiming at careers in accounting, finance, auditing, or consulting at banks, advisory firms, and insurers.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from Ontario high school into the School of Accounting and Finance. Required: six Grade 12 U/M courses including any Grade 12 U English, Advanced Functions and Calculus and Vectors, each with a minimum final grade of 75%; Principles of Financial Accounting and Mathematics of Data Management are recommended. Admission is competitive, with an average trend in the mid-80s. As with most Waterloo undergraduate programs, admission also requires the Admission Information Form (AIF), submitted through the applicant portal, per the university's general admission requirements. Applicants choose either Accounting and Financial Management or Sustainability and Financial Management, not both. Applicants whose secondary education was not in Canada or in English follow the same OUAC route and must meet Waterloo's institution-wide English proficiency requirement: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (6.0 minimum band, 6.5 in writing and speaking), TOEFL iBT 4.5 overall with 5 in writing and speaking for tests from 21 January 2026 onward (90 overall with 25 in writing and speaking for earlier tests), PTE Academic 63 (65 in writing and speaking), or Duolingo 120 (125 in Literacy and Production).
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Waterloo admits first-year students for September entry only, through the OUAC, with identical deadlines for domestic and international applicants. For Fall 2027, most programmes must be applied to by 1 February 2027 with documents due 15 February 2027; Engineering programmes (excluding Architecture) close earlier, on 15 January 2027, with documents due 1 February 2027, and require an online interview. Waterloo states a deadline may be extended if a programme is not yet full, but publishes no separate rolling-admission date and no explicit application-opening date. Pharmacy is a named exception with its own earlier deadline; Social Work and the Conditional Admission to Pharmacy stream are directed to programme-specific timelines outside this page. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
