The ACCA exams are split into two levels: Fundamentals and Professional. There are 14 exams in total, and it is possible to obtain exemptions for prior learning for a maximum of the 9 Fundamental level papers. No exemptions are granted for the Professional level.

The ACCA exams are structured as follows:

In addition to completing the exams, students are required to complete a module in Professional Ethics, and are also required to fulfil a Practical Experience Requirement (PER).

Rules Regarding ACCA Qualification Exams:

• You need to be registered with ACCA in order to be able to register for any of the exams.

• You may write a maximum of four exam papers per exam cycle. There are two exam cycles per year: 1 February to 31 July and 1 August to 30 January.

• You have a maximum of 10 years in which to complete all of your exams.

• You must take the exams in the following order:

  • • • Knowledge

      • Skills

      • Essentials

      • Options

Within those categories, however, you may take the exams in any order.

• • You need to make sure that you register for your exams before the closing dates. The closing dates are available on ACCA’s website.

  • The pass mark for exams is 50%

Exam Centres in South Africa:

There are ACCA exam centres in the following South African cities:

• • • Cape Town

    • Durban

    • Johannesburg

There are also special exam centres in:

• • • Bloemfontein

    • Port Elizabeth

If you want to write at a special exam centre, you need to make a special application to that effect.

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Last updated: December 13th, 2016