UEH Students Receiving KPMG - ICAEW S.T.A.R 2022 Scholarship
31 Dec, 2021
On December 28th, KPMG Company and Institute of Chartered Accountants in English and Wales (ICAEW) awarded KPMG - ICAEW S.T.A.R Scholarship for 54 excellent students of University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) and International University affiliated to Vietnam National University HCMC.
54 students of UEH and International University honorably receiving KPMG - ICAEW S.T.A.R Scholarship
A bright professional future
In accordance with the admission result through a profile-evaluating round, an aptitude test, and an interview round, ICAEW and KPMG would award 54 scholarships to students in HCMC including 39 UEH students and 15 students of Vietnam National University. Scholarship recipients will be sponsored to study and take three International Certificate exams in Finance, Accounting, and Business (CFAB) of ICAEW. Especially, ICAEW and KPMG will together construct vocational training programs for these students.
Students who pass the first course of the ICAEW CFAB program with excellent results will experience a summer internship at KPMG after ending their third year at their university. Particularly, students who pass at least 3 over 6 subjects of ICAEW CFAB program will have opportunities to attend a graduation internship and become official staff at KPMG.
Students attending the aptitude test and interview with ICAEW and KPMG
Sharing about this scholarship program, Ms. Dang Thi Mai Trang, Representative of ICAEW Vietnam informed: “KPMG - ICAEW S.T.A.R Program is a scholarship initiated by KPMG and ICAEW in 2018. After a 4-year journey, this program has brought career-developing activities at one of the world's most professional working environments in audit for hundreds of talented Vietnamese students. We are delighted when the number of students studying ICAEW CFAB Certificate, submitting, and being accepted to KPMG is increasing considerably every year. This year, students acquiring scholarships will be sponsored 100% tuition and exam fees for 3 subjects.”
Expecting the high-quality human resources in Accounting - Auditing
Highly evaluating the effectiveness of this program, Dr. Tran Anh Hoa - UEH School of Accounting informed: “UEH expects this program to be maintained and gradually develop to bring benefits and increase values for students. This is the first year this program is conducted, we hope our students participating in this program will gain further international-standard knowledge and professional skills, ready for working at large domestic and regional corporates, or multinational groups.”
Dr. Ho Nhut Quang - Dean of School of Business, also expressed his desire: “This program will help students easily approach reliable professional certificates in accounting and auditing issued by ICAEW through financial support packages of ICAEW. Besides, the ICAEW - KPMG S.T.A.R Program will give students internship and hiring opportunities at KPMG - one of four leading audit and consultancy organizations in the world. With those huge advantages, UEH hopes students do grab this opportunity, enthusiastically attend this program, and attain success to prepare for their professional development in the future.”
Representatives of KPMG, ICAEW, and UEH as well as International University at the online scholarship-awarding program
The cooperation program between ICAEW, KPMG, and Universities majoring in Accounting - Auditing similar to UEH is expected to train high-quality human resources, contributing to the competitiveness capability of Vietnamese accounting - auditing service market.
News, photos: UEH School of Accounting, Department of Marketing and Communication
