Yesterday the news of ACCA changing their pathway qualification has shocked of across all the accounting industry, for good and bad

previous u need pass 13 paper , in Sept 27, u just need 11 paper , u read that right, drop 2

KNOWLEDGE LEVEL (3 Papers)
* K1 Financial Accounting
* K2 Management Accounting
* K3 Business Law

EXPERTISE LEVEL (5 Papers) (previous 6 paper )
* E1 Taxation
* E2 Financial Reporting
* E3 Audit, Risk and Control
* E4 Finance and Investment
* E5 Performance with Data Analysis

STRATEGIC PROFESSIONAL LEVEL (3 Papers) ( previous 4 paper )
TWO (2) Papers Compulsory
* S1 Business and Sustainability Reporting
* S2 Strategic Business Leader
Any ONE (1) Paper chosen from below:
* SAA Audit and Assurance Professional
* SCF Corporate Finance Professional
* SPI Performance and Insights Professional
* STA Taxation Advisory Professional
* SDS Data Science Professional

* Papers reduced from current 13 to 11 only

* Fully exempted Accountancy degree students only need to attempt 3 more papers instead of 4


Since the news is still developing, some say if u pass 12 paper, u can auto qualify already , gotta wait for ACCA new announcement.

This post has been edited by nelson969: Jun 25 2025, 08:27 AM

Now, they partner with UoL for the undergraduate degree too.

No longer just doing the final year project but need to take two courses too.