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ACCA Qualification

ACCA is the global body for senior professional accountants with over 219,000 fully qualified members and 527,000 students worldwide. Certified Accountants may develop careers in financial or management accountancy, taxation, auditing, insolvency, management consultancy and many other disciplines. ACCA qualified accountants are the world’s best-qualified and most highly sought-after accountants – and they will work in every sector you can imagine.

Who is it for?

The ACCA Qualification is the world leading accountancy qualification for aspiring financial professionals – providing students with the skills, knowledge and values to have successful careers and lead the organisations they work with into the future.

What is covered?

At APT we offer a quarterly study programme to prepare you for all of the Applied Skills exams. Exams take place at central venues in early March, June, September and December each year.

Applied Knowledge

  • Business & Technology (BT)
  • Financial Accounting (FA)
  • Management Accounting (FA)

Applied Skills 

  • Corporate and Business Law (LW)
  • Performance Management (PM)
  • Taxation (TX)
  • Financial Reporting (FR)
  • Audit and Assurance (AA)
  • Financial Management (FM)

Once you’ve completed the Applied Skills exams you can move on to the Strategic Professional exams.

Strategic Professional (Mandatory)

  • Strategic Business Leader – Case study exam (SBL)
  • Strategic Business Reporting (SBR)
  • Ethics and Professional Skills Module

Strategic Professional (Options) 

  • Advanced Financial Management (AFM)
  • Advanced Performance Management (APM)
  • Advanced Taxation (ATX)
  • Advanced Audit Assurance (AAA)

What will I need to study?

To start studying for the Applied Knowledge exams, you must have completed the AAT Certificate in Accounting (Level 3).

To start studying for the Applied Skills exams you must have either completed the AAT Diploma in Accounting (Level 4), ACCA’s Applied Knowledge exams, the ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business (RQF Level 4) or have a relevant accounting or finance qualification at degree level.

If you have a degree in Accountancy and Finance or equivalent, you may be exempt from a number of the ACCA exams.  Further details please visit: https://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en.html

Course Fee

£695 per paper

Fees do not include ACCA registration, your annual ACCA membership or ACCA exam fees.

Location: Online and/or Peterborough Campus
Start Date: Various, depending on module/paper

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