The reputation for excellence in the ACCA Course qualification and training is acknowledged around the world, and this will have a positive impact on your reputation in the profession. This ACCA qualification is examined in over 170 countries around the world.
But going global doesn’t mean that one size has to fit all. Griffith College offer adapted ACCA course papers in financial accounting and auditing, and variant papers that test local law and tax. So you can feel confident knowing that you will have a globally-recognised ACCA qualification that will also be relevant locally too.
As a professional you will be expected to ensure your knowledge and skills are relevant to the constantly changing needs of the market. Professional development will play a major part in your career, giving you opportunities to further enhance your skills and knowledge. And we will be supporting you on your way to ACCA qualification and beyond.
There are 16 ACCA Exam Papers in all and, to qualify as an ACCA member, you will need to complete and sit ACCA exams for 14 of these ACCA Exam Papers, together with relevant practical experience for a minimum of three years. Students must complete the Professional Ethics module also. Some students will have exemptions from certain ACCA exam papers, depending upon what degree, etc., they may hold. This can be checked from the ACCA website www.accaglobal.com
link: http://www.accaglobal.com/join/exemptions/ but then needs to be confirmed with ACCA Ireland directly.
ACCA Ireland Contact details in Dublin are:-
ACCA Ireland, 9 Leeson Park, Dublin 6, Ireland
Phone (01) 4988900
e-mail info@ie.accaglobal.com
web: www.accaglobal.com/ireland
Within Griffith College, for the ACCA Part-Time Courses, classes consist of one evening per paper per week. There will also be the odd weekend ACCA day class for some papers (not every weekend) but maybe once or twice during the term. These will be listed on the timetable.
ACCA Distance Learning courses, in the Irish variant, are also available at Griffith College.
For your ACCA course, students can take a minimum of one ACCA exam paper per term or a maximum of four exam papers per term. We would never recommend that students take the maximum of four as this would mean attending the College for your ACCA lectures four evenings per week and also some weekend ACCA lectures.
The ACCA course takes places twice per year:-
February to June For the June examinations
August to December For the December examinations
On average, students might enrol for two to three ACCA exam papers per term. If they were starting from the first ACCA exam Paper (F1) they would probably then take approx. 3 years to complete the course, i.e. 2 for each term (4 each year) = 3 + years.
If, however, students have exemptions, the ACCA course will take much less time to complete.