2025 Accounting Case Competition for University Students

What is it?

The Department of Accounting at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) is hosting the 2025 Accounting Case Competition online on Thursday, 11 September 2025. As this is an online event, local time differences mean our primary target participants and audience are students representing universities across New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. However, students representing other universities around the globe are also welcome to compete in the online event.

What are the main objectives of the the competition?

• To increase students’ awareness of the importance of understanding accounting in relation to contemporary issues such as social impact, sustainability, technology advancement, and artificial intelligence.
• To expose students to real-life accounting-related problems they may encounter in their future careers.
• To provide students with the opportunity to sharpen their problem-solving and presentation skills on contemporary accounting issues.

Who can participate?

• Students currently studying at a university are invited to participate in the competition in teams of 2-3 members.
• An individual team can consist of current students from the same or different universities across any programme (i.e., undergraduate and postgraduate).

What can students get out of it?

• A chance to win your share of the NZD 3,000 prize pool.
• Get feedback and work with mentors and judges from accounting academics and practitioners.
• Enhance your CV and increase your employability.
• Sharpen your critical thinking, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.

How will the competition work?

• Each team will need to register their interest by 8 August 2025. IF YOU RECEIVE A SOLD OUT NOTICE PLEASE EMAIL YOUR DETAILS AND YOUR TEAM MEMBERS' DETAILS TO accounting.socialimpact@aut.ac.nz
• After that, students will be invited to attend a one-hour online mentoring and information session on 15 August 2025.
• Following that, students will have till 30 August 2025 to submit their written reports on our “Case Problem”. Students can submit their reports to accounting.socialimpact@aut.ac.nz
• After these submissions are reviewed, finalists will be announced on 4 September 2025.
• Then, finalists will present their case solutions before the judges online on 11 September 2025. Students will have 10 minutes to present their case solutions, followed by a 5-minute Q&A session.

Key dates

• 8 August 2025 - Registration Deadline.
• 15 August 2025 – All registered students will be nvited to attend a one-hour online mentoring and information session to help them achieve success in the competition.
• 30 August 2025 – Case Report Submission Deadline.
• 4 September 2025– Finalists will be announced.
• 11 September 2025– Finalists will present their case solutions before the judges.

For questions or more information please contact the Organising Team at:

accounting.socialimpact@aut.ac.nz

or you can visit our webpage:

2025 Accounting Case Competition for University Students - 2025 Events - AUT

This year’s Accounting Case Competition is proudly sponsored by ACCA, CA ANZ and MYOB