ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Introduction: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is one of the world’s leading professional accountancy organisations with nearly 450,000 members and student members in more than 170 countries. ACCA members work in public practice, industry, commerce and the private sector. This globally recognised ACCA qualification can put you on the right track to a career in accountancy and finance. Programme Structure: There are four semesters in each year in this programme. Students need to pass all the units for the successful completion of this programme. Semester Plan: Year 1 Year 2 Semester 1 • Accountant in Business • Management Accounting • Financial Accounting Semester 2 • Corporate & Business Law • Performance Management Semester 3 • Taxation • Financial Reporting Semester 4 • Audit & Assurance • Financial Management Semester 5 • Governance, Risk & Ethics • Corporate Reporting Semester 6 • Business Analysis • Advanced Financial Management Semester 7 • Advanced Performance Management • Advanced Taxation Semester 8 • Advanced Audit & Assurance Duration: 01 Year (Full Time) Fee: (Without assessment/examinations) International Students: £3000 per year Local Students: £2000 per year Assessment: Examinations which are externally assessed by ACCA (UK) Main Intakes: Jan, April, June & September Scholarship: £500 Available for brilliant students with marks 70% or above, varies course to course Entry Requirements: We can offer you various entry points on to the ACCA Qualification, depending on your previous academic qualifications. Minimum entry requirements Two A Levels and three GCSEs or equivalent in five separate subjects, including English and Mathematics. Full information on the minimum entrance criteria for each country is available in the link below. http://www.accaglobal.com/documents/minentry.doc Graduate-entry route Relevant degree holders from ACCA-accredited institutions may be exempted from all nine exams within the Fundamentals level and register directly at the Professional level. Degrees with some relevance may also qualify for exemptions. Access to ACCA via Foundations in Accountancy no academic qualifications required Complete the Diploma in Accounting and Business through the Foundations in Accountancy route, and you can continue your studies with the Certified Accounting Technician Qualification, or you can transfer onto the ACCA Qualification, miss out the first three exams and continue your studies from the fourth exam (F4 - Corporate and Business Law) onwards. Removal of the Mature Student Entry Route (MSER) If you would have normally registered on the ACCA Qualification via the Mature Student Entry Route (MSER), you should now register on Foundations in Accountancy. MSER is no longer available. This is because now that we have introduced Foundations in Accountancy, which is open entry and does not require you to have any previous academic qualifications to apply, it is possible for you to enter at any level within Foundations in Accountancy, including the Diploma in Accounting and Business. Progression Oxford Brook University - BSc Degree ACCA and Oxford Brookes University have worked together to develop a BSc in Applied Accounting, which is available exclusively to ACCA students who wish to obtain a degree while studying towards the ACCA Qualification. There are numerous benefits to completing the degree. Not least because a degree and a professional accounting qualification are a powerful combination of qualifications to have, putting you in demand with employers and increasing your career prospects. But don’t just take our word for it. Visit myACCA to view a short video to find out what some of our students and members have to say about their experiences of completing the degree. All the information on the BSc degree programme can be found in the link below: http://www.accaglobal.com/documents/bscinfopack.pdf Exam progression rules You can attempt up to a maximum of four papers per examination cycle. There are two examination cycles per year: 1 February – 31 July 1 August – 30 January. Papers must be taken in line with the following module order, however you can attempt the papers within each module in any order: Knowledge (F1-F3) – available by computer-based exam (CBE) or paper-based format Skills (F4-F9) – available by paper-based format Essentials (P1-P3) – available by paper-based format Options (P4-P7) – available by paper-based format If your status allows you to enter for papers across modules, please remember that you must complete the papers in order and enter for outstanding papers in your current module if you wish to enter to sit papers in the next module.