Academic Department
Accounting
Help organizations make decisions they can trust. Develop the expertise to analyze financial issues, strengthen reporting, and support the investors, leaders, and regulators who depend on it.
Building Trust Through Financial Information
Accounting is often described as the language of business. Transform complex financial data into clear, reliable information that helps organizations make informed decisions, meet regulatory requirements, and earn the confidence of investors and the public.
Our programs develop the technical expertise and professional judgment to prepare and evaluate financial information, strengthen audit and assurance processes, and navigate complex accounting and tax challenges.
You'll explore topics including:
Financial accounting and reporting
Managerial accounting
Auditing and assurance
Taxation
Accounting analytics and information systems
Corporate governance and financial decision-making
One Discipline. Many Career Paths.
From your first accounting course to your doctoral dissertation, the accounting department offers a path to careers in public accounting, corporate accounting, auditing, taxation, government, and academia.
Academic Programs in Accounting
Academics
Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
The department offers educational opportunities at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, combining rigorous academic preparation with applied experience in accounting, auditing, taxation, and financial reporting.
Learn by Doing
Smeal Accounting Excellence
Rankings, research, and professional preparation reflect the accounting department's impact in financial reporting, auditing, taxation, and accounting analytics.
#21
Accounting & Finance - U.S.
QS World University Rankings
#25
Worldwide Research Performance
UT-Dallas Worldwide Business Research Rankings
Research That Shapes the Profession
Faculty in the accounting department investigate the issues shaping modern accounting from financial reporting and tax policy to insider trading, investment management, and corporate governance. Their research informs professional practice, influences public policy, and advances accounting scholarship.
Meet the Accounting Department
Browse faculty profiles, research interests, publications, and contact information for our faculty, staff, and doctoral students.