The accounting and MPAcc both dated back to Commercial Specialties, Jimei School, which was launched by Tan Kah Kee. With the view to serve economic development and social progress, the accounting discipline enrolled undergraduates in 1996, and in 2007 it was entitled to enroll Academic Master Degree postgraduates. The year of 2019, the department is authorized to enroll MPAcc. The year of 2020 is important for the accounting department, for it was selected as first-class national undergraduate program development.
The aim of cultivating postgraduates is oriented towards the school motto of Sincerity and Perseverance, and thus their work ethics have been shaped. Their academic development, targeted to the need for the talents in this field, is based upon the reality of Fujian Province and have that of the whole country in view. They are trained to be compound and innovative professional with strategic view, substantial humanistic connotations, macro-perspective and technical skills.