University of Melbourne/AA | Automation Anywhere

Inspiring 440 accounting students to embrace automation.

Leveraging its relationship with Automation Anywhere, the University of Melbourne formed an academic partnership with the automation company to help prepare and equip faculty and students for the impending age of digital transformation. 440 accounting students gained hands-on experience with the intelligent automation business analyst module, discussing potential automation implementations for today and the future of accounting.

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Automation Anywhere University has been an incredibly stabilizing tool for empowering our educators, managers, employees, and students. It has significantly helped accelerate RPA adoption, reduced costs, and maximized our technology investment. We feel AAU courses combined with our shared knowledge will provide students a great view of RPA and will be beneficial for them as they progress in their careers.

Shiv Chandra
Robotic Process Automation Manager

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440

Accounting students completed automation course

Empowering future accountants: University embraces intelligent automation.

Seeing the future of accounting shifting, the University of Melbourne partnered with Automation Anywhere to equip students and faculty for the automation and digital transformation looming on the horizon. Launched in 2017, Automation Anywhere University (AAU) offered comprehensive intelligent automation training that allowed accounting students hands-on automation experience. The students enjoyed meaningful discussions about automation's potential impact on the industry. Recognizing the significance of automation, the curriculum shifted to focus on leveraging automation as a new direction for students' career paths.

The future of automation seeded in the classroom.

The university aims to expand automation courses in accounting and explore partnerships with Automation Anywhere University for other departments so top-performing students may gain hands-on experience with the automation team.

Customer Quote

Understanding financial information process and controls is really hard and can be abstract. Working with a bot provides a visual and more concrete learning experience. It’s about making accounting real for our students.

Michael Davern
Professor of Accounting & Business Information Systems