Fundamentals Level*

Applied Knowledge:

• Business and Technology
• Management Accounting
• Financial Accounting

Applied Skills:

• Corporate and Business Law
• Performance Management
• Taxation
• Financial Reporting
• Audit and Assurance
• Financial Management
• Business Research Project (if undertaking internally-assessed route)

Strategic Professional

Essentials:

• Strategic Business Leader
• Strategic Business Reporting

Options Papers (two from four):

• Advanced Financial Management
• Advanced Performance Management
• Advanced Taxation
• Advanced Audit and Assurance

Students studying the course on a full-time basis are required to enter at Applied Skills Level upwards, i.e. they must have passed or be exempt from Applied Knowledge level papers. They must also choose the externally examined or internally examined (BSc) route at point of application.

Students studying the Applied Knowledge and Applied Skills Levels can choose between sitting external ACCA exams or internal university assignments and exams. Those who obtain sufficient internal credits can be awarded a university Diploma of Higher Education or BSc (Professional Accounting) as part of their ACCA studies (BSc only for full-time students). Those undertaking the BSc are required to complete an end of course Business Research Project. The internal scheme leads to ACCA exemptions on a module-by-module basis as the University modules are passed. Strategic Professional exams are sat externally.

ACCA’s Practical Experience Requirements

In addition to completing their exams and the Ethics & Professional Skills module, all ACCA students are required to complete the PER (Practical Experience Requirement) before they can become a full ACCA member. See more information about the PER here and on the ACCA website.

Study Duration

Students who need to complete all elements part-time can generally do so over a 4-5 year period. Students with exemptions will take less time than this, while others may opt for a longer period of study. Note that study of Applied Skills and Strategic Professional Levels on a full-time basis will generally take 2-2.5 years (dependent on exemptions and choice of internally or externally-assessed route). Tuition hours are between 50 and 60 hours per paper, depending on level. The exception is Strategic Business Leader, which has approx. 84 tuition hours.

Workshops are delivered in various combinations of morning, afternoon or evening sessions (session availability subject to student demand). Tuition occurs in weekly slots, with students attending one day per week part-time and multiple days full-time. Our brochure(Opens in a new tab) gives details of tuition offered for December and June exams. September-December deliveries also include one to three additional whole study days. Students can commence their studies in either September or January.

Delivery of our ACCA course has been designed to offer an excellent platform to learn, with knowledge built up gradually and sustainably through exam question practice which is undertaken week-on-week.

This mode of delivery also ensures that part time students are not required to be absent from their work place for long periods of time.

Tuition includes all key elements that you need, for one price per paper. Our teaching team impart the required knowledge (syllabus content), engage you in question practice, and undertake revision sessions close to exam time. Progress tests are included for all papers; mock examinations are included for externally examined papers.

We offer tuition for all 15 papers of the Professional Qualification (Applied Knowledge, Applied Skills and Strategic Professional papers) on a part-time basis, and some papers are offered on either a day release or afternoon-evening basis, subject to sufficient student demand.

Fees, timetables and the next available entry points can be found in our brochure.

Note that our tuition fees include the provision of study texts, but exclude fees paid directly to the ACCA Professional Body.

For the latest information about fees payable directly to ACCA, (including student membership, exemption and exam entry fees) visit the ACCA website.

The internal papers are assessed by coursework (30%) and an end of module examination (70%).

The coursework is designed to test soft skills such as group work, report writing and presentations. The external papers are assessed by end of session examination.