About our course
The leading accountancy educator
With our high caliber lecturing team, quality study materials, on the ground support, flexible fee options, easy-to-follow timetables, and multiple study locations, we feel that Chartered offers you the very best in professional accountancy education in Ireland.
No other accountancy body has the student in mind as much as we do – you are the future of the profession, and we’ll ensure that you get to the top of your career by providing you the very best educational experience.
Our approach to education
Finding out information about courses and programmes can be daunting, so we’ve prepared this handy reference webpage for you. You’ll begin to get a flavor as to what makes Chartered Accountancy different from other professional accountancy bodies when you take a look at how the education is provided.
Our approach to education is unique in Ireland, compared to the other accountancy bodies. The main difference lies in the fact that we don’t outsource the education to third party colleges, which makes Chartered Accountants Ireland the largest educator of accountancy students in Ireland.
Everything is provided for you in-house – lecturers, courses, exams, and support. We won’t ask you to select an education provider, or try and find out which private college would provide you with the best education. We ensure that we retain the best lecturers across the island of Ireland, experts in their field, who deliver the best syllabus to the highest standards.
What does this mean for our students? It means they have a better educational experience, better interaction with the lecturers and the professional body, more support on the ground, and most importantly, they enjoy the highest pass rates of all the main accountancy bodies in Ireland. That’s right; a higher percentage of students pass the Chartered exams.
Course breakdown
There are three academic levels in the Chartered Accountancy programme. Each of these can be completed in a single year, meaning you can be finished your education in just three years. With our Flexible Route, you can split CAP1 and CAP2 over more than one year if you’d prefer, depending on your own requirements.
CAP1
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Finance
Management Accounting
Financial Accounting
Law for Accountants
Taxation 1
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CAP2
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Auditing & Assurance
Taxation 2
Strategic Finance & Management Accounting
Financial Reporting
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FAE
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FAE Core:
Merging accounting excellence with business leadership skills
FAE Elective (choose one):
Advanced Auditing
Advanced Taxation
Advisory
Financial Services
Public Sector
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Exams
CAP1 and CAP2 exams take place in summer and autumn, and students can take their exams in either sitting, or spread them over both. There is one exam paper per subject taken, and we’ll make sure you are well prepared for your exams by providing you with revision classes, as well as optional mock exams. We won’t ask you to sit exams at Christmas-time, nor will we rush you into an exam sitting shortly after enroling – we want you to be ready and well prepared.
Students who are splitting exams must take a minimum of two subjects at each sitting, and we’ll ask you to take Financial Accounting in your first exam sitting at CAP1 (unless exempt).
FAE is taken in August, and there is a repeat sitting in January.
Fees and payment options
We’ve benchmarked our fees and are confident that they represent excellent value in comparison to other professional accountancy qualifications available in Ireland.
You only pay for the subjects you take – so if you’re exempt from an exam, you don’t pay for it.
Fees listed will cover everything – the full course, first exam attempt, and all books, course notes, and other study materials. We won’t charge you a registration fee, nor do we charge you to be a student – unlike other accountancy bodies, there’s no student subscription fee.
Fees are payable either upfront for the year, or using our flexible payment option. You only have to pay for what you are doing each year, so if you are only taking two subjects, you only have to pay for two subjects.
View full fees for 2023 / 2024
Our flexible payment option allows you to pay your fee in three interest-free instalments over the course of the year.
Please note, if you are exempt from any particular subjects then you can reduce your course fees accordingly.
We’ve benchmarked our fees and are confident that they represent excellent value in comparison to other professional accountancy qualifications available in Ireland.
You only pay for the subjects you take – so if you’re exempt from an exam, you don’t pay for it.
The fees you see below will cover everything – the full course, first exam attempt, and all books, course notes, and other study materials. We won’t charge you a registration fee, nor do we charge you to be a student – unlike other accountancy bodies, there’s no student subscription fee.
We’ve benchmarked our fees and are confident that they represent excellent value in comparison to other professional accountancy qualifications available in Ireland.
You only pay for the subjects you take – so if you’re exempt from an exam, you don’t pay for it.
The fees you see below will cover everything – the full course, first exam attempt, and all books, course notes, and other study materials. We won’t charge you a registration fee, nor do we charge you to be a student – unlike other accountancy bodies, there’s no student subscription fee.
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