Competitions

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Students from our School of Accounting and Finance programs participate and challenge their skills each year at various competitions in and outside of the University of Waterloo. Our students participate in various challenging accounting and finance case competitions and conferences. We believe that this is a valuable learning experience for those involved. Subsidies are available to offset students' costs. The School also offers the Financial Literacy Competition for high school students interested in developing their knowledge of finance.

Take a look at potential competitions to compete in:

Finance

Competition name and info Registration deadline Term of Competition
Achieve Case Competition TBD W24
Battle on Bay Nov. 2023 W24
Ben Graham Centre's International MBA Stock Picking Competition Nov. 2023 S24
CFA Institute Research Challenge F23 W24
Harvard International Stock Pitch Competition TBD TBD
hEdge Financial Services Conference Oct. 2023 F23
Invest Young Stock Pitch Competition W24 S24
National Investment Banking Competition Opens on July 15, 2023 F23
Queen's Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) Oct 2023 W24
SAF Investment Research Challenge S24 S24
STRIVE TBD TBD
The Association of Canadian Intercollegiate Investment Clubs (ACIIC) Stock Pitch Competition TBD TBD
Van Berkom JMSB Small Cap Case Competition Oct. 2023 W24
Venture Capital Investment Challenge (VCIC) Jan. 2024 W24

Analytics

Competition name and info Registration deadline Competition date
Manhattan College Business Analytics Competition TBD S24
Schulich Accounting Society Student Competition Oct. 2023 W24

Accounting

Competition name and info Registration deadline Competition date
KPMG Ideation Challenge - Case Competition F23 W24
Lang Tax Conference Nov. 2023 F23
Queen's Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) Oct. 2023 W24
Schulich Accounting Society Student Competition Oct. 2023 W24
STRIVE TBD TBD

Ethics

Competition name and info Registration deadline Competition date
CFA Ethics Challenge Oct. 2023 W24
Queen's Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) Oct. 2023 W24

Entrepreneurship

Competition name and info Registration deadline Competition date
LIVE Competition Late F23 W24
Queen's Entrepreneur's Competition Oct. 2023 W24

Strategy

Competition name and info Registration deadline Competition date
Business Valuation Challenge Oct. 2023 F23
GLOBAL (CBS) Case Competition at Harvard Nov. 2023 W24
Queen's Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) Oct. 2023 W24
SAF Strategy Case Competition S24 S24
The ILA International Student Case Competition Aug. 2023 F23

Sustainability

Competition name and info Registration deadline Competition date
A4S International Case Competition Feb. 2024 W24
John Molson School of Business Sustainability Case Competition Feb. 2024 W24

Subsidy program

The SAF external case competition subsidy program encourages and supports students attending pre-approved case competitions by providing funding to offset the costs of the students' registration fees, travel, and accommodation.

SAF Ready The Podcast: SAF student competitions

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Past student competition results:

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