HIGH SCHOOL COURSE DOUBLE-ENTRY ACCOUNTANCY FOR CAREER CHANGERS

This university course ensures the acquisition of absolute core competences in the field of accounting. After completing this university course, graduates will be able to understand the double-entry bookkeeping system and the accounting cycle. Graduates will not only be able to post current business transactions, but also interpret and analyse the effects of these postings on the balance sheet and income statement items.

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What you can expect from the university course

Contents & focus

The university course ‘Double-entry bookkeeping for career changers’ has the following content and focus:

  • Systematics of double-entry bookkeeping
  • Booking cycle
  • Different types of profit determination
  • Valuation of inventories
  • Cost of sales calculation
  • Special features in procurement and sales
  • Effects of current postings on profit/loss and equity

The entire course comprises 4 ECTS credits (32 units). The assessment is as follows:

  • 30% written exam
  • 30% online quizzes
  • 40% Case studies

ECTS = European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
LE = teaching units

Facts

Part-time

Duration: 6 days (2 attendance days at CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences and 4 online evenings)

32 teaching units of which 50 % online teaching

max. Teilnehmer*innen­anzahl: 25

 

Costs

For participation in the university course:
EUR 1.190,-

Completion:

Confirmation of participation in the university course
‘Double-entry bookkeeping for career changers’

Who is this continuing education for?

This training programme is aimed at
  • People with a sense of responsibility and a willingness to develop further
  • People who have cost, budget and/or personnel responsibility in their job
  • Managers who are involved in their company's decision-making process Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Completed vocational training

ECTS

4 ECTS Credits

A total of 400 hours are required for this programme.

Registration & deadlines

  1. Go to ‘Register now’.
  2. Enter your details in the form.
  3. You will receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your registration.
  4. If necessary, we will ask you for additional documents via email.

Anmeldefrist: 13. September 2025

Teaching times

Start: October 2025

Classroom teaching at FH CAMPUS 02 from 09:00 - 17:00 Online lessons from 17:00 - 20:30

Die genauen Zeiten:

Mittwoch, 01.10.25 09:00 – 17:00 Uhr in Präsenz an der FH Campus 02

Dienstag, 07.10.25 17:00 – 20:30 Uhr online

Donnerstag, 23.10.25 17:00 – 20:30 Uhr online

Montag, 03.11.25 09:00 – 17:00 Uhr in Präsenz an der FH Campus 02

Donnerstag, 13.11.25 17:00 – 20:30 Uhr online

Dienstag, 25.11.25 17:00 – 20:30 Uhr online

Learn individually & flexibly

Use the possibilities of the Life Long Learning-Passes of CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences! This university course ‘Double-entry accounting for career changers’ is part of a modular continuing education programme. If you wish, you can also complete the other university courses ‘Content analysis of the balance sheet and profit and loss account’, ‘Actual and budgeted cost accounting for employees with cost responsibility’ and ‘Corporate planning and budgeting of organisational units’. If you have completed all four university courses required for the ‘Certified Expert in Corporate Planning’ certificate programme by February 2025 at the latest, you will be awarded the title of Certified Expert in Corporate Planning.

University course in double-entry bookkeeping for career changers
CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Portraitfoto Peter Meiregger

FH-Prof. Mag. Peter Meiregger, StB

CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences
Department Financial Accounting
Körblergasse 126, 8010 Graz

Course management
Mag. Marlene Schmidtberger

CAMPUS 02 University of Applied Sciences
Department Financial Accounting
Körblergasse 126, 8010 Graz

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You benefit

Take off professionally

  • Understand the system of double-entry bookkeeping and the accounting cycle
  • Analyse the impact of current business transactions on the profit/loss and equity of your company
  • Analyse accounting issues with professional competence