THE INCLUSION OF SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS IN THE BULGARIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ACCOUNTING

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate the sustainability courses, offered in accounting higher education in Bulgaria. For this purpose, a survey of the content of university websites offering undergraduate and/or graduate programs in accounting is conducted. The survey encompasses also information from the Bulgarian University Ranking System. The study reveals that sustainability education is hardly offered by universities, training future accountants. Only a limited number of universities offer sustainability courses as stand-alone courses. The research is limited by the information available on the websites of the universities. In some cases, there is no information on the courses provided in a given bachelor and/or master programme. The study could not ascertain whether individual topics related to sustainability are included as single topics in some accounting and non-accounting courses due to unpublished information on the content of the courses or at least the more substantive topics covered. This study may constitute a valuable starting point for future research on the inclusion of sustainability in higher education.