The BSc Professional Accountancy programme is open to all current ACCA registered students, affiliates and members who meet the eligibility criteria.
If you are considering applying for the BSc Professional Accountancy programme, you will firstly need to check that you can meet the eligibility criteria. Depending on your circumstances, you may need to consider these criteria before applying for ACCA exemptions and/or as part of your ACCA exam planning.
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If you meet all of the criteria below you will be eligible for the programme.
You have no outstanding debt or legal flags on your ACCA account.
You have passed or gained exemptions for all of the Applied Knowledge (Business and Technology, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting) and Corporate and Business Law exams.
You have passed, with ACCA, the Financial Reporting, Taxation, and Audit and Assurance exams. Should you have an exemption for any of these exams, you will need to forfeit the exemption and pass the exam with ACCA. You will not be able to forfeit any exemption if you have already passed a Strategic Professional exam.
From the date of when you start the BSc programme, no more than five years have passed since the achievement of your first ACCA passes, the achievement of the qualification that provided your eligible exemptions or your FIA transfer date (whichever is earliest). This 5 year time period being calculated on a month-to-month basis. For example, to be eligible for the March 2026 BSc programme start date, your first relevant achievement must have occurred in or after March 2021.
If you meet all of the criteria below you will be eligible for the programme.
You have no outstanding debt or legal flags on your ACCA account.
You have passed or gained exemptions for all of the Applied Knowledge (Business and Technology, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting) and Corporate and Business Law exams.
You have passed, with ACCA, the Financial Reporting, Taxation, and Audit and Assurance exams. If you received an exemption for any of these exams, you will not be eligible.
From the date of when you start the BSc programme, no more than five years have passed since the achievement of your first ACCA passes, the achievement of the qualification that provided your eligible exemptions or your FIA transfer date (whichever is earliest). This 5 year time period being calculated on a month-to-month basis. For example, to be eligible for the March 2026 BSc programme start date, your first relevant achievement must have occurred in or after March 2021.
If you are interested in studying for an academic qualification with ACCA and the University of London, you may also wish to consider the MSc Professional Accountancy programme. Available to all ACCA affiliates and members, this programme is designed for career-minded finance professionals who wish to complement their professional skills with master’s level understanding and skills, applied to accountancy and finance subject areas.
Access more information on the MSc Professional Accountancy qualification
In order to apply for the BSc Professional Accountancy programme you must first be a registered ACCA student and meet the student eligibility criteria.
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