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Accounting, Finance, Analytics, Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Sustainability. See past competitions and apply!

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.

2023 Competitions Facts and Figures

Take a look at potential competitions to compete in:

Finance

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

Analytics

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

Accounting

Competition name and info Registration deadline Competition date Location of Competition
Lang Tax Conference Nov. 2023 F23 Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics at University of Guelph
Queen's Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) Oct. 2023 W24

Smith School of Business at Queen’s University

Schulich Accounting Society Student Competition Oct. 2023 W24

Toronto

STRIVE TBD TBD UBC Saunder School of Business

Ethics

Competition name and info Registration deadline Competition date Location of Competition
CFA Ethics Challenge Oct. 2023 W24 Toronto
Queen's Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) Oct. 2023 W24 Smith School of Business at Queen’s University

Entrepreneurship

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

Strategy

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

Sustainability

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

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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