The CA Sri Lanka Business School was established over 15 years ago with a mission to deliver a relevant and innovative curriculum in a supportive learning environment, thereby developing business leaders who create, transform and sustain successful organizations.
The CA Business School offers a range of courses relevant to professionals in accounting and finance, including an Executive Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma and a globally recognized MBA of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia (USQ).
The CA Business School was also instrumental in launching a back to back Global Leadership Programmes in collaboration with INSEAD, DUKE CE and Euromoney Training.
The mission of the CA Business School is to
- Deliver a relevant and innovative curriculum in a supportive learning environment.
- Develop business leaders who create, transform and sustain successful organizations.
- Attract and support recognized faculty who are committed to excellence in teaching.
Courses offered through the Business School currently are,
- Executive Diploma in Accounting, Business and Strategy (EDABS)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Business Finance and Strategy (PGDBFS)
- Master of Business Administration from University of Southern Queensland Australia
The USQ MBA has gained wide acceptance across Sri Lanka. A Chartered Accountant who enrolls for the USQ MBA programme is exempted up to six subjects for the Master of Business and Innovation program and three subjects for the Master of Business Administration program. Since the USQ MBA program commenced in 2002, the CA Sri Lanka Business School has registered over 800 students for the MBA, out of which, over 600 have qualified. The existing student base is over 150, studying 200 subjects per semester.
The Executive Diploma and the Postgraduate Diploma takes on a problem-based learning (PBL) approach in delivering the respective modules of the two programmes. Participants are allowed to encounter an underline problem, while gaining guidance on how a problem can be solved through the subject matter and reflect on how its strategic significance can be realized. This teaching is coupled with business project reports, case analysis on business, finance and strategy and a dissertation.
Students also have the opportunity to follow the USQ MBA upon completion of the postgraduate diploma/executive diploma.
