Department of Accounting Sciences is one of Economics and Administrative Sciences College departments. It includes three programs: Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor of Accounting Information Systems and Master of Accounting. It was established in 1994 at the same time with al Zarqa University.

Since its establishment, the department look for to prepare special graduates in the cognitive and behavioral aspects, through keeping the scientific and technological development in accounting science and accounting information systems to meet needs of the local and external community, and we are working to provide students with Arabic and English communication skills, research skills, diagnostic, interactive, technological and cognitive skills and prepare researches. The department aims to provide students with accounting knowledge so they are able to deal with contemporary accounting problems, and to provide students with the knowledge and awareness necessary to understand accounting science and accounting information systems to graduate a specialized accountant who is aware of the principles of accounting science and modern accounting information systems.

Department's students can take benefit of college's computer labs, which offer many different programs, and this includes use of the university's internal network service and internet services. As well as, the university established student skills laboratory for training on bookkeeping and accounting documents to connect between theoretical and practical application.

The Department of Accounting Sciences is distinguished by its graduates throughout the cohorts that the Zarqa University has graduated, so the information available to the department confirms that a graduate of the Accounting Department gets a job in his field of specialization, and that he is able to deal with the challenges of working life or the challenges of postgraduate studies, without any obstacles, and from this Excellence also that graduates obtain advanced ranks among graduates of other universities in the competitive examinations that are held in a number of sites for employment, and this result makes the department reassured about the level of graduates, and makes it aspiring to the continuation of this distinction. In conclusion, the Department of Accounting Sciences is distinguished by its faculty members, who are a distinguished elite of PhD holders in accounting and accounting information systems in various fields of specialization and they are graduates of internationally and locally prestigious universities.