Accelerate Program
What is the Accelerate program?
The ACCA Accelerate program is a scheme that allows outstanding students with an aspiration and commitment to begin their professional qualification journey with us before completing their degree at an Australian and New Zealand institution.
This not only gives you a competitive edge to an exciting career in accounting and finance, but also allows you to utilise your knowledge of professional and technical skills you learn in your ACCA qualification to enhance your employability and excel at job interviews.
Recognising the rigour and content of accounting degree programs in this region, students in the accelerate program receive conditional exemptions (check exemption calculator) and the opportunity to register and start your Strategic Professional level exams prior to graduation.
What are the benefits of the Accelerate program?
Eligible students will be able to access exclusive benefits such as:
- Discounted registration and exemption fee
- Waiver of subscription fee while studying at university (up to 2 years)
- Access to ACCA learning platform, Approved Learning Partners
- Subscription to Student Accountant Newsletter
- Access to ACCA events (global and local)
When should I start?
To start the ACCA accelerate program, you need to be confirmed in an accounting major. This would generally be in the second or third year of a Bachelor degree. For Master degree students, we recommend you starting only after your first or second semester, so you’re well settled into your degree before considering a professional qualification.
While ACCA does not specify any academic grades requirement, we suggest you consider the accelerate program only if you have a credit average and are excelling in your university subjects as the ACCA professional exams are more demanding than academic exams.
Students must not start a professional qualification at the expense of their degree. Testimonials from previous accelerate students indicate that doing a professional qualification complements their university studies and helped them better understand their learning.
Who can apply?
Our current list of Australian and New Zealand universities and programs are based on university achievements as well as demands from students and academics. Please check if your university is in the current approved list below. Universities not in the list can contact anzinfo@accaglobal.com to discuss your options.
How to apply?
Contact the ACCA Australia and New Zealand office at anzinfo@accaglobal.com for support on application to the accelerate program. Upon assessment of your eligibility, you will receive an authorisation letter (with a discount code) plus instructions to apply online.
Alternatively, you can speak with our Approved Learning Partners for assistance.
Can existing ACCA students apply for the accelerate program?
Unfortunately, you can no longer go through the accelerate program if you have signed up with ACCA prior either by yourself or through your institution. However, if you are still keen to start your strategic professional journey, you may be eligible to apply for conditional exemption if you are studying towards one of the approved programs in the list. Contact anzinfo@accaglobal.com to discuss your option.
View our current approved programs below:
NEW SOUTH WALES
Australian National University (ANU)
- Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Accounting
- Master of Professional Accounting / Master of Accounting
Macquarie University
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting / Professional Accounting)
- Bachelor of Professional Accounting (Dual Degree with Law)
- Master of International Accounting / Master of Accounting (Professional) / Master of Professional Accounting
University of Canberra
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) / Bachelor of Accounting
- Master of Professional Accounting
University of Newcastle (UON)
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Majors)
- Master of Professional Accounting
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
- Master of Professional Accounting / Extension
University of Sydney (USYD)
- Bachelor of commerce (Accounting) / (Accounting & Finance) / (Professional Accounting)
- Bachelor of Economics
- Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
- Master of Professional Accounting (Accelerate)
- Master of Professional Accounting and Business Performance
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
- Bachelor of Accounting (Accelerate)
- Bachelor of Business (including dual degree with law)
- Master of Business Administration (Professional Accounting) / Master of Professional Accounting
Western Sydney University
- Bachelor of Accounting
National Academy of Professional Studies (NAPS)
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
- Bachelor of Business (Islamic Business)
VICTORIA
Deakin University
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting, Single & Double Majors)
- Master of International Accounting / Master of Commerce (Professional Accounting/Accounting) / Master of Professional Accounting
Monash University
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting) / Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting & Finance) / Bachelor of Accounting
- Bachelor of Business / Economics / International Business / Business Adminstration
- Master of Professional Accounting
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
- Bachelor of Business (Accountancy)
- Bachelor of Accounting
- Bachelor of Accounting/Bachelor of Buiness double degree
- Master of Professional Accounting
University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Majors)
- Master of Management (Accounting) / Master of Management (Accounting & Finance)
La Trobe University
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting Majors)
- Bachelor of Accounting
- Master of Accounting and Financial Management
- Master of Professional Accounting/ Master of Extended Professional Accounting
QUEENSLAND
Griffith University
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting/Accounting Majors)
- Master of Professional Accounting / Master of Commerce (Professional Accounting)
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting / Accountancy)
- Master of Business (Professional Accounting)
University of Queensland (UQ)
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) / (Accounting & Finance)
- Master of Commerce / Master of Professional Accounting
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Curtin University
- Bachelor of Commerce (including all accounting single & double majors)
- Master of Accounting / MPACC / Master Of Commerce (Professional Accounting) (Accelerate)
University of Western Australia
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Master of Professional Accounting
Sheridan Institute of Higher Education
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide
- Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)/ Bachelor of Accounting
- Master of Commerce (Accounting) / Master of Professional Accounting
University of South Australia
- Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
- Master of Accountancy / Master of Business in Accountancy/Master (Professional Accounting)
TASMANIA
University of Tasmania
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting) / Bachelor of Economics (Accounting)
- MBA (Professional Accounting) / Master of Professional Accounting
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting major) (Accelerate)
- Master of Professional Accounting (Accelerate)
Massey University
- All Bachelors (Accounting Stream) (Accelerate)
- Master of Professional Accountancy (Accelerate)
University of Auckland
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting / Accounting Majors)
- Master of Professional Accounting
University of Waikato
- Bachelor of Management Studies
- Bachelor of Business
- Master of Professional Accounting
Victoria University of Wellington
- Bachelor of Commerce (Accelerate)
- Master of Professional Accounting (Accelerate)
Important Information
This section will contain useful information that will assist you with the Accelerate journey.
Prerequisites
The Accelerate Program is designed to give you a head start in your career by having the competitive edge. We encourage you to consider using this opportunity to prepare and sit for Strategic Professional exams during your term break or alongside your degree.
However, the exams are quite challenging, so we strongly advise that a weighted average mark of Credit and above at university would be a good foundation. To help you with deciding which exam is right for you take, we have put together a summary of prerequisite knowledge for each exam:
- For Strategic Business Leader, the prerequisite knowledge is Business & Technology
- For Strategic Business Reporting, the prerequisite knowledge is Financial Accounting and Financial reporting
- For Advanced Financial Management the prerequisite knowledge is Financial Management
- For Advanced Performance Management, the prerequisite knowledge is Management Accounting and Performance Management
- For Advanced Taxation, the prerequisite knowledge is Taxation*
- For Advanced Audit and Assurance, the prerequisite knowledge is Audit and Assurance
* note there is no Australian or New Zealand tax variants at this stage
Exam Sittings
There are 4 exam sessions per year (March, June, September & December) and three stages of exam entry fees depending on the time you book: early entry, standard entry and late entry.
Access our Exam Planner Tool here.
View different types of exam fees here.
Textbooks & Study kits
ACCA’s global approved content providers Kaplan and BPP both offer comprehensive and localised learning materials and online learning options to suit your learning needs and style.
**BPP learning materials can now also be purchased locally from Booktopia
Past exam papers
You can also access our past papers (questions and answers) for free.
Visit our Exam Resources Centre to download these materials.
ACCA Embedded Masters Program
If you wish to obtain a postgraduate qualification at the same time as getting tuition for the Professional papers, we offer a few programs in collaborations with our world-class partner universities.
