If you meet our application criteria, you can apply for ICAEW membership via Pathways to Membership. Download the Pathways to Membership application pack and send the registration form to us with your Examination of Experience.
Extension granted for UK-based Pathways applicants
Council agreed at their meeting on 7 December to extend until 31 December 2012 the period for allowing Pathways applications for ICAEW membership from UK-based applicants.
Council was concerned that some firms and individuals had not realised that the UK route under Pathways was scheduled to close at the end of 2011 and wanted to ensure that they had the opportunity get their applications in before the route closed.
Examination of Experience
The Examination of Experience is a series of questions that are equivalent in standard to the ACA Advanced Stage Case Study, which asks you to review your own work experience and demonstrate your professional competence, skills and expertise.
Complete the Examination of Experience and send this along with your completed registration form and fee (as stated on the application pack) for review at the next available marking panel.
Next submission dates
- 16 May 2012
- 14 December 2012
There are several steps you need to complete for the Examination of Experience.
- Step 1: Register your interest in Pathways to Membership
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Once you have registered your interest, you will have access to a wide range of free support to help you succeed in your application.
This includes:
- Application guidance notes
- Sample scripts
- Hints and tips from examiners
- A free workshop and/or free webinar.
- Step 2: Download the application pack
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Your application pack will contain several items:
- The application pack
- The template you will need to follow to complete the Examination of Experience
- The requirements of your sponsor and the sponsor application form
- Application fees.
There is also important information on the audit qualification and applying for a practising certificate (if required).
Please note: You are allowed a maximum of four attempts at the Examination of Experience.
- Step 3: Attend a workshop or listen to the webinar
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We run regular workshops for applicants. These workshops are free and will help you understand how to approach the Examination of Experience and what the examiners will look for in your answers. Applicants who attend workshops tend to be more successful in their application.
If you cannot attend a workshop, you can download our free workshop recording. This will provide you with the same guidance and information that is available at workshops.
- Step 4: Submit your completed application
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You will need to submit a fully completed application form and Examination of Experience and submit the appropriate fees. Please see your application pack for details of where to send your completed information and fees.
You are allowed a maximum of four attempts at the Examination of Experience.
The next submission dates are:
- 16 May 2012
- 14 December 2012
If you have any queries before you submit your application, you can contact us on
T +44 (0)1908 248 070
E bds@icaew.com
- Step 5: What happens next?
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Once you have submitted your completed application and appropriate fees, your Examination of Experience will be assessed and marked by professional examiners.
Once all of the applications have been marked, we will then send a letter to each applicant to advise you if your application has been successful.
You can find exam results release dates in the prices and dates section [insert relevant link when new page is constructed] of the website as well as within the application pack.
If you have been successful
We will send you a letter of congratulations and confirm your result. This letter will also give you a date on which you will be officially admitted into ICAEW membership. It is from that date that you are then entitled to use the ACA designation after your name and can access the full range of ICAEW members benefits.
An ICAEW membership certificate will automatically be issued to you six-eight weeks after your ICAEW admission.
We will also publish an online Pathways to Membership pass list. Your name will appear on this list (unless you opted out of this at the time of application).
If you have been unsuccessful
We will send you a letter to advise you of your result. You will also receive detailed feedback from the examiners as to which questions you have failed and why your application has been unsuccessful. Your assessment fee will be refunded (minus an administration and assessment cost of £275.00 including local taxes). The refund process takes from 15 -35 working days and all refunds are issued in the same manner in which the original payment was made.
You all allowed a maximum of four attempts at the Examination of Experience.
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