ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business

You’ll be happy to hear that there are no entry requirements – you can start at any level. ACCA Foundations begins at GCSE level and goes up to the equivalent of the first year of a bachelor’s degree.

Diploma in Accounting and Business (Level 4) includes:

• Business and Technology (FBT)*
• Management Accounting (FMA)
• Financial Accounting (FFA)

You’ll also need to complete a professionalism and ethics module called Foundations in Professionalism before you can be awarded any of the Foundation-level qualifications.

*Accountant in Business (FAB) is changing its name to Business and Technology (FBT) from September 2020. The change better reflects the existing exam syllabus and the increasing role technology has in the accounting profession.

These exams are all 2-hour Computer Based Exams (CBEs) and you will need 50% or more to pass.

Getting your results

Upon completion of the exam, your provisional result is displayed on the screen. Your result will be transferred to your myACCA records within 72 hours.

Grading

To pass your exams you will need to achieve 50% or more.

Resits

If you are unlucky in your first attempt, the ACCA has specific resources aimed at directing students on where to focus their studies to get back on track in the study resources section, and you can book your exam with MyACCA as soon as you are ready to give it another go.

ACCA approved venues

You can book your exams via MyACCA and see the full list of approved venues launch.

• We’re always on hand when you need us
• You’re fully supported with access to expert tutors, 7 days a week responding via email within 4 working hours.
• You’ll also be assigned a mentor to help and guide you through the order of subjects to study. You can also contact them wherever you need to throughout your course and get a response within 24 hours Monday to Friday
• For full details on Academic and Mentor support opening hours, please visit the contact us page.

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After completing this level, you could go onto job roles such as a Junior accounts or cost clerk, or a junior bookkeeper in a small or medium-sized business. Or go into a range of junior or cost accounting administration roles in an accounting department of a larger organisation. If you want to continue studying, you can move onto ACCA Applied Knowledge.

You will need to register with ACCA as a student and pay a registration and annual student membership fee, as well as exam fees. Find out more about fees on the ACCA website launch