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ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the largest and fastest-growing international accountancy body, with over 486,000 students and 200,000 members in 179 countries. More people around the world qualify in-country with ACCA than any other international body. ACCA’s reputation and influence are respected worldwide by employers, government and the profession itself.
ACCA’s Members, who are known as Chartered Certified Accountants, are employed in industry, financial services, the public sector, or in public practice. With statutory recognition in the UK and Ireland, it has the authority to license its members to work as registered auditors. In the UK, it also authorizes its members to undertake insolvency work. Outside the UK, ACCA’s are recognized under the EU’s Mutual Recognition Directive and in many countries around the world.
The minimum entry requirements for the ACCA Qualification are:
10+2 in any stream to A-Levels and three GCSEs (or their equivalent). These need to be in five separate subjects including English and Maths.
Students who have completed BBS/BBA/MBA/MBS or students from other professional qualifications can apply with exemptions up to 9 papers.
In order to complete the ACCA Qualification and qualify as an ACCA member, you will need to complete:
The exams are detailed below:
Applied Knowledge exams
Applied Skills exams
Strategic Professional exams Essentials
Options (two to be completed)
To help demonstrate to potential employers that you can apply your knowledge in the workplace and have practical skills, you are required to complete three years of relevant work experience. You can gain your practical experience before, during or after you complete your exams
As part of your ethical development, you are required to complete the Ethics and Professional Skills Module. This will give you exposure to a range of ethical perspectives and includes several self-tests that require you to reflect on your own ethical behavior and values. The module becomes available to you online when you have completed the first three exams of the ACCA Qualification (Accountant in Business (AB), Management Accounting (MA) and Financial Accounting (FA)), although it is recommended that you complete all nine Applied Knowledge and Skills exams before taking it.
1. Documents supporting your educational achievements
Your educational documents must:
2. Proof of identity
We can accept the following as proof of identity
3. Passport-style photograph
You will also need to supply a passport-style photograph of yourself.
If you have changed your name after obtaining your qualification documentation please submit a copy of an official document for this change.
If you are providing your documents in a language other than English, you’ll need to provide an official translation as well as a copy of the documents in their original language.
Students are awarded:
Students are awarded a Certificate of Achievement if they achieve a pass mark of 85 percent or above for individual passes in Accountant in Business (AB), Management Accounting (MA) and Financial Accounting (FA) from June 2011 onwards and Corporate and Business Law (LW) from June 2015 onwards.
ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business (RQF Level 4)
Students are awarded the ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business (RQF Level 4) when they have successfully completed Accountant in Business (AB), Management Accounting (MA) and Financial Accounting (FA) (at least one of which must have been sat and passed), plus completion of Foundations in Professionalism. Students who obtain full exemptions will not be awarded the Certificate.
Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business
Students are awarded the Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business when they have successfully completed the Applied Skills exams (at least two passes are required, one of which must have been sat on or after 1st June 2011), plus completion of the Ethics and Professional Skills module. Students who obtain full exemptions will not be awarded the Certificate.
Strategic Professional Certificate
Students are awarded a Strategic Professional Certificate when they have successfully completed all of the Essentials exams of the ACCA Qualification (Strategic Business Leader (SBL), and Strategic Business Reporting (SBR)) and any two of the Options exams from Advanced Financial Management (AFM), Advanced Performance Management (APM), Advanced Taxation (ATX) and Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA)
In addition, you will also have an option to pursue a BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University and an MSc in Professional Accounting from the University of London.
ACCA runs four exam sessions per year. Students can sit a maximum of four exams at each session, and a maximum of eight distinct exams each calendar year. You could, therefore, complete all of the exams in two years.
However, as you also need three years of practical experience before you can become an ACCA member and be considered a qualified accountant, the qualification takes a minimum of three years to complete.
ACCA website includes a full sample exam for both the paper-based and computer-based versions.
In addition, our approved publishers BPP Learning Media and Kaplan Publishing include practice questions and practice exams as part of their study materials.
These materials are intended to support both paper-based and computer-based exams and therefore include CDs and/or online materials to support revision for computer-based exams.
50 per cent for all exams.
Exams must be taken in line with the following module order, however, you can attempt the exams within each module in any order:
If your status allows you to enter for exams across modules, please remember that you must complete the exams in order and enter for outstanding exams in your current module if you wish to enter to sit exams in the next module.
For example, you may have already passed the Accountant in Business (AB) and Management Accounting (MA) exams. You can enter for the Financial Accounting (FA) and Corporate and Business Law (LW) exams at the same time, but you would not be allowed to only enter for Corporate and Business Law (LW).
If a student enters for two upcoming exam sessions at the same time, progression rules will look across both exam entries and treat them as one.
For example, a student can enter for Audit and Assurance (AA) and Financial Management (FM) in September and Strategic Business Leader (SBL) and Advanced Performance Management (APM) in December at the same time. Once both entries have been accepted, any subsequent results from the first session will not affect the exam entry for the second session.
To be awarded the BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting you must:
To submit the Research and Analysis Project in the May and November submission periods, please refer to RAP submission dates.
Your educational documents must:
Name your qualification(s) and be signed and stamped by the awarding institution/body (including logo).
Include transcripts/mark sheets detailing the subjects/module codes and achieved marks.
Show the completion date for full academic award or confirmation of completed years.
Your award certificate(s) and an official letter confirming completion
We can accept the following as proof of identity copy of a birth certificate, passport, National ID Card, or driving license.
You will also need to supply a passport-style photograph of yourself. If you have changed your name after obtaining your qualification documentation, please submit a copy of an official document for this change. If you provide your documents in a language other than English, you’ll need to provide an official translation and a copy of the documents in their original language.
The minimum entry requirements for the ACCA Qualification are 10+2 in any stream to A-Levels and three GCSEs (or their equivalent). These need to be in five separate subjects, including English and Maths. Students who have completed BBS/BBA/MBA/MBS or from other professional qualifications can apply with exemptions for up to 9 papers.
At seed financial academy, you can register to become an ACCA student online anytime over the year. You can upload all of your supporting documents when you apply online. Your ACCA application will be handled much more quickly and immediately after completing your application. Soon you will learn at which level you can begin your studies.
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