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ACCA

ACCA, mapped from your first exam to chartered status.

ACCA is one of the world's most portable accounting qualifications, recognised across 180+ markets. It runs three levels and up to 13 exams, with generous exemptions that can shorten the journey considerably. Here's the full structure, the entry requirements, and how exemptions work.

3 levels Up to 13 exams (fewer with exemptions) Ethics & Professional Skills module Recognised in 180+ countries

Overview

Three levels, one chartered destination

ACCA is structured so you build from the fundamentals of accounting up to strategic, professional-level decision-making:

Applied Knowledge — the foundations: business, management accounting and financial accounting.
Applied Skills — the technical core: law, performance management, taxation, reporting, audit and financial management.
Strategic Professional — two Essentials plus two Options, where you specialise and think like a senior finance leader.

Alongside the exams you complete the Ethics and Professional Skills module and, for membership, the Practical Experience Requirement (PER) of 36 months in a relevant role.

How exemptions work

Depending on your prior study — a relevant degree, a diploma, or another professional qualification — ACCA may award exemptions from some Applied Knowledge and Applied Skills exams, so you start further up the ladder. We help you check your exemptions before you register so you only pay to study what you actually need to sit.

The full structure

Every level, expanded

Click any level to see its exams and the entry requirements to begin it.

BTBusiness and Technology

MAManagement Accounting

FAFinancial Accounting

Entry requirements

Open entry for most students — begin ACCA with no formal qualifications via the Applied Knowledge exams, or enter through the ACCA Foundations in Accountancy route. Graduates typically start here or skip ahead with exemptions.

LWCorporate and Business Law

PMPerformance Management

TXTaxation

FRFinancial Reporting

AAAudit and Assurance

FMFinancial Management

Entry requirements

Completion of Applied Knowledge (or equivalent exemptions). Graduates with relevant degrees and holders of other professional qualifications may be exempt from some or all Applied Skills exams. We confirm your exemptions before you enrol.

Essentials (both required)

SBLStrategic Business Leader

SBRStrategic Business Reporting

Options (choose two of four)

AFMAdvanced Financial Management

APMAdvanced Performance Management

ATXAdvanced Taxation

AAAAdvanced Audit and Assurance

Entry requirements & membership

Completion of Applied Skills. Complete both Essentials and any two Options, finish the Ethics and Professional Skills module, and meet the 36-month Practical Experience Requirement to become an ACCA member.

The Ethics and Professional Skills module develops the judgement, communication and professionalism expected of an ACCA member. It's best completed before or during the Strategic Professional level, and is a requirement for membership. Our materials include guidance on working through it efficiently.

Why ACCA with us

Built for ACCA's exam style

ACCA's professional-level exams reward structure, application and exam technique. Our support targets exactly that.

Complete materials

Study texts, exam-focused notes, practice kits and mock exams for every paper, with worked examples in a South African context.

Exam technique focus

Our live consultation sessions concentrate on application and answer structure — where SBL, SBR and the Options exams are won or lost.

Exemption guidance

We help you confirm exemptions before you enrol, so you only pay to study the papers you actually need to sit.

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