BBA in Finance and Accounting (BBA F&A) is a professional undergraduate course inaccounting and financial planning. To apply for the course, a candidate should have cleared class 12th/ Higher Secondary Examination with minimum of 50% marks.

BBA F&Ais a three year program and is often pitted against B.com in Finance and Accounting. The course is completed over the duration of six semesters. One can join the course through CommonEntrance Examinations carried out by different colleges and universities followed by Group Discussion and Personal Interview.

The average annual tuition fees would range between 1.5 Lakh INR to 2.5 Lakhs INR.

Armed with the intelligence on accounting and financial planning, a BBA F&A graduate has range of jobs from sectors like finance, marketing, sales, management, government and education.Within these sectors, a BBA F&A graduatecould choose from job profiles such as Audit Manager, Finance/Budgeting Accountant, Cost Accountant, Financial Analyst, Corporate Business Analyst etc. For fresh BBA graduates, the average annual salary would vary between 2.8 Lakhs INR – 4.5 Lakhs INR depending on the companies.

What is BBA F&A about?

The business world is and has always been a major part for any society and this course equips you with the right knowledge and skills in accounting and finance: the two important factors in any business and business corporation.

This course, along with an MBA degree opens gates for many careers in Economy, Business and Commerce.

BBA vs. BBA F&A

BBA is a mix of training and practical business experience. As the name suggests, BBA is aimed at Business Administration and takes under its fold the basic knowledge of various sectors of a company. Sectors like Human Resource, Marketing, and Finance etc.

BBA F&A is also a Bachelor of Business Administration course, but it is specialised in Finance and Accounting. This course only focuses on the concepts in Finance and Accounts rather than Business Administration as a whole.

B.com F&A vs. BBA F&A

B.com F&A is a theoretical course which deals with concepts like Accounting, Economics, Taxation, Finance, statistics etc. This is a general course where the focus is on the theoretical principles of commerce and economy.

BBA F&A is focused on developing business skills. It is a professional course which includes theoretical knowledge about basic accounting and finance marketing but BBA F&A provides practical experience through internships, industrial training all of which are an important part of course. It is suggested that students who wish to pursue MBA should opt for a BBA.

Duration

As mentioned, the duration ofBBA F&A course is for three years.Most colleges follow semester system over annual mode and hence the course is completed oversix semesters.

Where to study?

Since, this is an upcoming course in India, only few colleges provide BBA F&A.A small list of Top BBA F&A colleges in India is as follows:

Name of Institute	City
GD Goenka University	Gurgaon
Christ University	Bangalore
Amity School of Business	Gurgaon
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Dehradun
Emerge School of Finance & Accounts	Chennai
RNB Global University	Bikaner

Academic Options after BBA

The obvious option which students choose immediately after BBA isMBA (Masters of Business Administration). A combination of BBA and MBA is considered helpful in gaining constant promotions and high-salary jobs in the business world.MBA in Finance and Accounting is present is colleges like GD Goenka University, Institute of Business Management and Technology.

A Masters or post-graduation in Management Studies, Human Resource Development Management, Financial Planning and Wealth Management etc. are also good options.

Students can also opt for M.Com, Post-Graduate Diploma in Management. 

Candidate willing to take admission in Bachelor of Business Administration [BBA] should meet the following criteria

1. The applicant must have passed the Gujarat Higher Secondary Education Board (GHSEB)/ Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) / Indian Council of Secondary Examination (ICSE) or its equivalent under the 10+2 pattern in Commerce or Science stream, with the following subjects: English and Any one of these subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Business Mathematics, Accountancy.
2. The candidate must have obtained the following minimum aggregate marks (i.e. total marks obtained divided by maximum total marks admissible, including marks of all subjects, theory and practical): For open category candidates: 45% Marks and For reserved category (SC/ST/SEBC) candidates: 40% Marks.