The BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance programme also allows students to follow a set of pre-identified courses to simultaneously complete professional certifications with their undergraduate degree.

In partnership with certification bodies, several different tracks are offered. Click through the below to explore.

• SDSB has an MoU with ACCA - the world’s fastest-growing gateway to the accountancy profession.
• Upon registration for the ACCA-embedded programme at LUMS, students are granted provisional exemptions from the foundation level papers (F1-F9) of the ACCA qualification.
• Once provisional exemptions are granted, students are eligible to sit for the professional stage papers (P1-P5) while completing their degree, provided they have taken the requisite courses offered at SDSB.
• The MoU offers BSc Accounting and Finance students the opportunity to complete the ACCA exams during the course of their undergraduate degree. Students must register with ACCA at the end of their sophomore year to obtain exemptions and are eligible for a fee waiver, subject to certain conditions.

• In  2013, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) recognised LUMS as a Specified Degree Awarding Institute (SDAI).
• BSc Accounting and Finance graduates are exempt from the first two stages of the ICAP examinations.
• BSc Accounting and Finance graduates are also eligible for a reduced practical training requirement of three years (instead of 4 years required for graduates of other programmes).
• ACF graduates are only required to take 6 papers from the final stage of ICAP’s examinations and 2 papers from the Multi-Subject Assessments
   

• LUMS is a regional partner of the CFA programme. The CFA Institute partners with globally diverse, high-profile institutions that cover at least 70% of the CFA Programme Candidate Body of Knowledge and who embrace the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct in their degree programmes.
• LUMS also offers 3 scholarships every year to Accounting and Finance students who plan to appear for CFA exams in their senior year.
• The following courses offered at LUMS provide a solid foundation for CFA exam preparation:
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Corporate Financial Reporting I & II
  • Applied Financial Analysis
  • Principles of Finance
  • Intermediate Finance
  • Applied Corporate Finance
  • Financial Derivatives
  • Portfolio Management

The LUMS BSc Accounting and Finance degree provides opportunities for students to prepare for the Fellowship of the Society of Actuaries (SOA).

Students may claim exemptions from the Economics, Corporate Finance, and Applied Statistics papers of the US Society of Actuaries.