Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting

Designed for non-accounting graduates, this full-time eight-month conversion course fast-tracks students towards becoming a qualified accountants and focuses on the fundamentals of financial accounting, management accounting, corporate finance, audit, taxation and related areas. The programme provides significant exemptions from the examinations of professional accountancy bodies. It is fully accredited by ACCA, Chartered Accountants Ireland and CIMA.

This programme fast-tracks non-accounting graduates and gains significant exemptions from the examinations of professional accountancy bodies. Ranked 1st in Ireland and 1st in Western Europe for Accounting (Eduniversal 2022).

• Start Date: September 2023
• Duration: 8 months
• Delivery: 12 taught modules. You will be assessed through a mixture of written exams and continuous assessments. A dissertation is not required.
• NFQ Level: 9
• Ranked 1st in Ireland and 1st in Western Europe for Accounting (Eduniversal 2022)

After eight months of study, graduates may claim the following professional exemptions:

• ACCA: Various papers at the Applied Knowledge and Applied Skills levels;
• Chartered Accountants Ireland (ACA): Full CAP 1 exemption;
• CIMA: Papers BA1-BA4, E1, P1, F1, E2, P2 and F2;
• Irish Tax Institute: Group 2 exemptions;
• CPA Ireland: Foundation Level (Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Taxation), and Professional Level (Financial Reporting, Advanced Taxation, Corporate Law, Audit & Assurance and Managerial Finance).