The purpose of this article is to investigate the current situation in accounting high education and the need to change this learning environment, the catalysts that impose changes in university accounting education to ensure the sustainability of accounting education and the accounting profession. The theme was chosen because it outlines an interface between the challenges of the lessons learned in the STAREP project on the one hand, and the shortcomings sometimes met at local and even national level, on the other hand. It is a qualitative research and our main contribution is to confirm the change requirement in university accounting that meets student expectations and employers' requirements.