NONE 20260504114913868 wseas/wseas content-registration-form+ja@crossref.org content-registration-form WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 1109-9526 2224-2899 Khaled Hamden S Alshammari Department of Accounting, College of Business Jouf University. SAUDI ARABIA Ibrahim A Alkhataybeh School of Economics, Finance and Accounting, Coventry University. UNITED KINGDOM Faisal A. Otaibi Business Administration Department, College of Science and Humanities, Shaqra University. SAUDI ARABIA Abdalla M. Khataybeh Faculty of Education, Department of Curricula, Yarmouk University. JORDAN This study examines how Sustainable Development (SD) principles are integrated into the accounting education provided by Saudi Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). A quantitative approach, utilising a questionnaire as the data collection instrument, was employed to collect data from 90 accounting academics at universities across Saudi Arabia. The findings indicate that participants perceived SD as relevant and important; however, the integration of SD issues into accounting education remains insufficient due to various barriers. The findings further show differences in perceived barriers based on academic rank. This study contributes to the limited literature on SD integration within accounting education by presenting empirical evidence from Saudi Arabia, a context in which such investigations remain rare. 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