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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 current ‘Business Technology and Finance’ exam?

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Question 3

Have you passed the Next Generation ACA 'Sustainability and Ethics' exam?

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Question 4

Other than 'Sustainbility and Ethics', do you have any other exams left to pass at Certificate Level?

Overall, you must pass six exams at Certificate Level.

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To complete the Certificate Level, you will need to:

Pass the Next Generation ACA 'Sustainability and Ethics' exam

You will also need to:

Pass the equivalent Next Generation ACA exams in place of any former Certificate Level exams you have outstanding, as shown in the below table:

Existing Certificate Level exam Equivalent Next Generation ACA exam
Accounting Accounting and Fundamentals
Assurance Assurance and Risk Fundamentals
Law Business Law
Principles of Taxation Tax fundamentals
Management Information Business Insight and Performance
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To complete the Certificate Level, you will need to:

Pass the equivalent Next Generation ACA exams in place of any former Certificate Level exams you have outstanding, as shown in the below table:

Existing Certificate Level exam Equivalent Next Generation ACA exam
Accounting Accounting and Fundamentals
Assurance Assurance and Risk Fundamentals
Law Business Law
Principles of Taxation Tax fundamentals
Management Information Business Insight and Performance
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To complete the Certificate Level, you will need to:

Pass the Next Generation ACA 'Sustainability and Ethics' exam