KnowledgeLeader University Program



The KnowledgeLeader University Program is Protiviti’s way of providing complimentary access to KnowledgeLeader for students and professors. KnowledgeLeader is an online collection of tools for internal auditors and risk management professionals.

Some of the resources provided on KnowledgeLeader include:

  • audit programs
  • checklists and questionnaires
  • tools and templates
  • hot issues
  • best practices

KnowledgeLeader for Professors

Through the University Program, professors have the opportunity to:
  • Enrich their courses with all the samples, tools and publications on KnowledgeLeader for free (retail value $595 per year)
  • Review sample syllabi from other professors who have incorporated KnowledgeLeader into their courses.
  • Use valuable resources that internal auditors and risk management professionals rely upon to save time and keep them informed about the profession

KnowledgeLeader for Students

Through the University Program, students can:
  • Gain access to hundreds of tools, samples, templates and hot issues as citable resources for their research and studies – free of charge
  • Use this valuable professional website to enrich their knowledge of the internal auditing world today
  • Read “Day in the Life” interviews of real Protiviti consultants to learn more about the profession
  • View a multitude of resources specific to young professionals interested in a career in internal audit or risk management on KL's University Center

If you are a student or professor studying internal audit, IT audit or accounting, you could have access to all the KnowledgeLeader resources for free! Simply send an e-mail to knowledgeleader@protiviti.com or Katrina.sherman@protiviti.com to get your access set up.




Some Participating Universities
  • Baruch College
  • Baylor University
  • Brigham Young University
  • Canisius College
  • DePaul University
  • Indiana University
  • Miami University of Ohio
  • Pittsburg State University
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Houston
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of South Florida
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • University of Texas at Austin


Program Feedback

My students must write a term paper on an internal auditing related subject. I give them a tour of KnowledgeLeader and encourage them to use it as a source of information for their papers. The references in the bibliographies tell me that many are using KnowledgeLeader. Also, as the instructor of an internal auditing course, I find KnowledgeLeader to be a very useful source of examples that I can use in class. I frequently browse different subjects as a way of improving my own knowledge. It is very helpful in prepping for classes.
– Bradley University Professor

Thank you for supporting education with your complementary subscriptions. It is very likely that I will use KL in the Fall 2011. I appreciate KnowledgeLeader's dedication to education. Thank you for allowing the students access to KnowledgeLeader. I emphasize that they should be thankful for this resource. Possibly the next time they use it, it won't be free.
– Bradley University Professor

The Knowledge Leader website was very helpful in discovery risks and controls associated with a particular accounting process. I was able to use this information to prepare a presentation in front of the class.
– University of Arizona Professor

Each and every topic was useful and helped me a lot. I am new to this subject, therefore, will not be able to give you very valuable input. But, cannot thank you enough for being so informative while covering every aspect, at least the once my Professor requested and more.
– University of Maryland University College Student

KnowledgeLeader was a fantastic resource for my IT Auditing course this spring. Students used KnowledgeLeader to research IT Audit risk issues and study IT Audit internal control questionnaires and work programs to prepare for quizzes and exams and to support their research projects and presentations.
– Indiana University Professor

Thanks very much for allowing our class access to KL. I used KL for researching Internal Audit Guides, COSO, COBIT, and IAM. The documents I discovered were very helpful.
– Indiana University Student

I found the topic section to be most useful. I researched Business Continuity Management and found many articles that were well written and well researched.
– Indiana University Student

I assigned readings from the KnowledgeLeader Tools & Guidance modules and used report samples as guides for the final project, which was to write an audit report
– University of Georgia Professor

I think that KnowledgeLeader is a great classroom resource as it. I look to it as a way of making sure that the students stay current with what’s happening in internal auditing right now.
– University of South Florida Professor

KnowledgeLeader is a useful and informative data hub. I took advantage of using this site doing researching for school assignments. Thank you for giving me this access.
– University of South Florida Student

We used KnowledgeLeader in a number of courses ranging from Internal Audit, IT Audit, Audit Software, Forensic Accounting and Advanced Auditing. Students primarily use the tool for case study projects and a large project that they have in the advanced auditing class. For IT Audit they use it for ongoing work on technology risk management which is covered through the class.
– University of Texas at Dallas Student

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