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Leading educator

With our high caliber lecturing team, quality study materials, on the ground support, flexible fee options, and easy-to-follow timetables, 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.

Expert lecture team

Experienced practitioners and academics

Fewer exams

In-house education delivery that delivers quality materials

Study options

Classroom and blended learning options available across the island

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Our approach to education

Our approach to education is unique, we don’t outsource the education to third party colleges. Everything is provided for you in-house – lecturers, courses, exams, and support. We won’t ask you to select an education provider. We have the best lecturers across the Island of Ireland, experts in their field, who deliver the best syllabus to the highest standards.

Our students have a top class 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.

Education & COVID-19

Student education delivery is digitally led since October 2020. Our aim is to deliver the best possible learning experience for students of chartered accountancy, while also ensuring our education model follows government ongoing health policy guidelines.

We will leverage best practice internationally, along with leading technology solutions and an experienced lecturing team to provide students with an excellent education experience online. Students will use a variety of leading online platforms, all brought together in a new learning management system.

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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

CAP1 is the first academic level of the education programme it provides the essential foundation knowledge.

CAP1 overview

CAP2

CAP2 builds on the foundation knowledge studied at CAP1 and follows the cumulative knowledge principal.

CAP2 overview

FAE

FAE is designed to integrate the knowledge, skills and values derived from earlier studies and the work environment.

FAE overview

Education offering

The Institutes education programme is designed to address market and employer needs, anticipate future skills requirements and to deliver supports for its student body.

The education programme includes final year specialist elective subjects making the Chartered qualifications attractive for new graduates and experienced professionals.

Find out more about our education offering

Fees and payments options

Fees are payable either upfront for the academic level, or using our payment plan. 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.

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.

Our payment plan allows you to pay your fee in three interest-free installments. To avail of this you can opt for this plan when you enrol onto the programme.

Fees	EUR	GBP
CAP1 All Five Subjects	2,165	1,495
(CAP1 per Subject)	(433)	(299)
CAP2 All Four Subjects	3,276	2,224
(CAP2 per Module: 2 subjects)	(1,638)	(1,112)
FAE	4,480	3,045