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You must be a registered ACCA student, and be in receipt of your student ID card before sitting the following papers by CBE.

• F1 Accountant in Business
• F2 Management Accounting
• F3 Financial Accounting (United Kingdom)
• F3 Financial Accounting (International)

Exam Cycles
ACCA offers two six monthly cycles for taking exams:

June cycle: 1 February to 31 July (including June paper-based exam session)
December cycle: 1 August to 31 January (including December paper-based exam session)

In each of the six-monthly cycles, you will be able to sit a maximum of four exams by paper based or CBE method.

These dual sessions are in line with the exemption closing dates:

Exemption deadlines
31 January – for June exams
31 July – for December exams.

Registration deadlines
31 December – for June exams
15 August – for December exams.

You only need to complete the exam entry form if you intend to sit paper-based exams, or paper-based exams and CBEs. If you only wish to sit CBEs you do not need to complete the exam entry form and should contact your licensed CBE centre for details*.

* - See Sections 'Sitting exams' and 'Computer based exams'.

Mature student entry route (MSER) exams
The following exams are available via CBE:

• MMA Management Accounting (equivalent to F2)
• MFA Financial Accounting (United Kingdom) (equivalent to F3)
• MFA Financial Accounting (International) (equivalent to F3)

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