Double Degree in Accountancy & Business

For our admission requirements, please refer to the following links:

Singapore Cambridge GCE ‘A’ Level

Diploma (polytechnic or equivalent institution)

International Baccalaureate Diploma

NUS High School Diploma

International & Other Qualifications

Freshmen Course Exemptions

Students with qualifications such as the A-Level, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, NUS High School Diploma, or Polytechnic diplomas may be eligible for exemption from relevant Accountancy or Business core courses. Eligibility is assessed based on the criteria outlined in Annex A (Revised on 27 June 2025).

At NBS, course exemptions are considered based on the entire programme students have completed prior to joining NTU, not on a course-by-course basis.

Please note that course exemptions are not granted automatically. Therefore, should you wish to apply for course exemption and meet the eligibility, you may write to NBS Student Administration at nbs-studentadmin@ntu.edu.sg by providing the necessary supporting documents.

Applications must be submitted before the end of Teaching Week 2 (TW2) of Semester 1. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Core Courses

• Accounting I
• Accounting II
• Financial Management
• Business Law
• Business Operations & Process
• Intermediate Excel
• Marketing
• Management Principles, Skills & Competencies
• Organisational Behaviour and Design
• Principles of Economics
• Statistics & Analysis
• Strategic Management
  

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (Common Core)

• Healthy Living and Mental Wellbeing
  
• Sustainability: Society, Economy & Environment
  
• Science and Technology for Humanity
  
• Career & Entrepreneurial Development for the Future World
  
• Ethics & Civics in a Multi-Cultural World
  
• Navigating the Digital World
  
• Inquiry and Communication in the Interdisciplinary World

Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (Foundational Core)

• Careers Future Forward
• Decision Making with Programming & Analytics
• Professional Attachment
• Communication Management Strategies

Specialisation Component (Accountancy Courses - Nine courses)

1. Accounting Recognition & Measurement
2. Assurance & Auditing
3. Accounting for Decision-making & Control
4. Principles of Taxation
5. Company Law & Corporate Governance
6. Accounting Information Systems
7. Risk Reporting & Analysis
8. Accounting Analysis & Valuation
9. Risk Management & Advanced Auditing

Specialisation Component (Business Specialisation Courses - Six to Ten courses)

Actuarial Science

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Actuarial Economics
2. Mathematics of Finance
3. Statistical Modeling
4. Models
5. Life Contingencies & Demography
6. Actuarial Statistics
7. Actuarial Aspects of Asset Valuation
8. Actuarial Computing

The following courses are also available to Actuarial Science majors as Broadening & Deepening Electives (BDEs):

1. Blockchain and AI in Finance
2. FinTech in Investment Management
3. Climate Risk Analytics
4. Financial & Risk Analytics I
5. Financial & Risk Analytics II (Need Financial & Risk Analytics as Pre-requisite)
6. Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques
7. Analytics II: Advanced Predictive Techniques (Need Analytics I as Pre-requisite)

Banking & Finance

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Ethics in the Investment Profession
2. Investments

Specialisation Prescribed Courses

Choose six electives:

1. Wealth Management
2. Derivative Securities and Hedging Strategies
3. Introduction to Compliance
4. FinTech in Investment Management
5. Corporate Finance and Strategy
6. Fixed Income Securities
7. Equity Valuation
8. Financial Modelling
9. Alternative Investments
10. Portfolio Management
11. Global Financial Markets and Management
12. Relationship Management
13. Blockchain and AI in Finance
14. Financial Application Design and Development
15. Foundations of Risk Management
16. Financial Markets and Products
17. Financial and Risk Analytics I
18. AI in Accounting and Finance
19. Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques

You are advised to take the specific courses from one of the four clusters listed below if you want to enter certain sectors in the banking and finance industries.

Note: Cluster courses are not mandatory. Courses with * are considered more important than the courses below in each cluster.

Wealth Management

1. Wealth Management*
2. Introduction to Compliance*
3. Global Financial Markets and Management*
4. Relationship Management*

1. Alternative Investments
2. Sustainable Finance

You should aim to pass the CMFAS exams or CACS exams by IBF before graduation.

Asset Management

1. Derivative Securities and Hedging Strategies*
2. Fixed Income Securities*
3. Equity Valuation*
4. Portfolio Management*
5. Global Financial Markets and Management*

1. Financial Modelling
2. Alternative Investments
3. Financial and Risk Analytics I
4. Financial Risk Management 

You should aim to pass CFA Level 1 upon graduation.

Investment Banking

1. Corporate Finance and Strategy*
2. Equity Valuation*
3. Financial Modelling*
4. Global Financial Markets and Institutions*
5. Equity Investing with Big Data
6. Sustainable Finance

1. Introduction to Compliance
2. Financial and Risk Analytics I 
3. Climate Risk Analytics
   

You should aim to pass CFA Level 1 upon graduation.

FinTech

1. FinTech in Investment Management*
2. Blockchain and AI in Finance*
3. Financial and Risk Analytics I / Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques*
4. Equity Investing with Big Data

1. Introduction to Compliance
2. Financial Modelling
3. AI in Accounting and Finance
4. Climate Risk Analytics

Business Analytics

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Designing & Developing Databases
2. Analytics I: Visual & Predictive Techniques
3. Analytics II: Advanced Predictive Techniques

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose three electives:

1. Supply Chain Analytics
2. Financial Service Processes & Analytics
3. Lean Operations & Analytics
4. Business Analytics Consulting
5. Programming for Business Transformation
6. Decision Modelling & Analytics
7. AI in Accounting & Finance
8. Service Operations Management

Human Resource Consulting

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose seven electives:

1. Strategic HR Management & Consulting
2. Total Rewards Management
3. Talent Sourcing & Acquisition
4. Managing & Consulting through Research
5. Employment Law
6. Talent Development & Management
7. People Analytics
8. Cultural Intelligence: How to be an Explorer of the World

Note: In view of the pre-requisites for various HR consulting (HRC) courses, HRC students have to take BH2605 Strategic HR & Consulting in Year 2 Semester 1 in order to have more options in course selections in Year 3.

International Trading

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Ethics in the Investment Profession
2. Investments
3. Trade Incoterms & Ship Chartering
4. Commodity Markets
5. International Tax & Trading Law
6. Trade, Structured & Supply Chain Finance
7. Enterprise Risk Management in Commodity Markets
8. Commodities Trading
9. Strategic Management in Commodity Market

Marketing

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Consumer Insights
2. Digital Marketing
3. Marketing Analytics
4. Strategic Brand Management

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose three electives

1. Market Intelligence
2. Integrated Marketing Communications
3. Channel Value Creation
4. Modern and Emerging Technologies in Marketing
5. Marketing Strategy
6. Consumer Neuroscience: How Brain Science Is Informing Business

Risk Analytics (formerly Risk Management & Insurance)

Specialisation Core Courses

1. Quantitative Analysis
2. Foundations of Risk Management
3. Financial Markets and Products
4. Financial & Risk Analytics I
5. Valuation and Risk Models
6. Financial & Risk Analytics II

Specialisation Prescribed Electives

Choose one elective:

1. FinTech in Investment Management
2. Computing for Risk Management & Insurance Practices
3. Operational Risk and Resiliency
4. Climate Risk Analytics

• Assurance 
• Taxation Management 
• Financial Accounting 
• Management Accounting 
• Auditing 
• Corporate Finance 
• Business Analyst 
• Portfolio Analyst 
• Wealth Management Consultant

• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) 
• European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) 
• Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) 
• Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) 
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) 
• Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) 
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 
• CPA Australia 
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) 
• Certified Management Accountants Australia (CMA) 
• Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) 

1. Actuarial Science
2. Business Analytics
3. Marketing
4. Banking and Finance
5. Human Resource Consulting 
6. Risk Analytics (formerly Risk Management and Insurance)
7. International Trading