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Certificate Level: plan your studies

Use our planning tool to help you understand the transitional arrangements for your Certificate Level exams.
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Question 1

Have you passed any Certificate Level exams yet?

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Question 2

Have you passed the existing ‘Business Technology and Finance’ exam?

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Question 3

Do you have any other Certificate Level exams left to pass? (Other than ‘Business, Technology and Finance’)

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To complete the Certificate Level, you will need to:

Pass the existing 'Business Technology and Finance' exam by 31 March 2026

or

Pass the Next Generation ACA 'Sustainability and Ethics' exam, available from 5 January 2026

You will also need to:

Pass any remaining existing Certificate Level exams by 31 March 2026

or

Pass the equivalent Next Generation ACA exams, available from 5 January 2026, as shown in the below table:

Existing Certificate Level examEquivalent Next Generation ACA exam
AccountingAccounting and Fundamentals
AssuranceAssurance and Risk Fundamentals
LawBusiness Law
Principles of TaxationTax fundamentals
Management InformationBusiness Insight and Performance
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To complete the Certificate Level, you will need to:

Pass any remaining existing Certificate Level exams by 31 March 2026

or

Pass the equivalent Next Generation ACA exams, available from 5 January 2026, as shown in the below table:

Existing Certificate Level examEquivalent Next Generation ACA exam
AccountingAccounting and Fundamentals
AssuranceAssurance and Risk Fundamentals
LawBusiness Law
Principles of TaxationTax fundamentals
Management InformationBusiness Insight and Performance
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To complete the Certificate Level, you will need to:

Pass the existing 'Business Technology and Finance' exam by 31 March 2026

or

Pass the Next Generation ACA 'Sustainability and Ethics' exam, available from 5 January 2026