Direct Entry route

For qualified accountants currently working in internal audit and aspiring to be CAEs, or internal auditors with advanced business degrees, we offer a direct entry route to our Chartered by Learning programme.

The direct entry route allows you to enrol on the Chartered by Learning programme as an aspiring CAE moving into senior management.

Eligibility

If you hold any of the following designations, then you can enrol on the Chartered by Learning programme and will achieve the standard exemption from Module 1: Strategy, completing only Module 2: Leadership and the Professional Conferral.

ACA or FCA (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)
CA (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland)
ACA or FCA (Chartered Accountants of Ireland)
ACCA or FCCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
CPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)
CGMA or FCMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)

We also offer the standard exemption routes to those candidates who hold full 180 credit MBAs, or Masters degrees in business, provided the syllabus included Strategic management.

Undergraduate degrees and Executive MBAs are not eligible.

To enrol on the Chartered by Learning programme via the Direct entry route, you will need to join us as a student member. Click here to join.

Fees

If you are enrolling with a standard exemption
Exemption fee: £670 + VAT

Module 2: Leadership learning programme and exam fee: £1,970 + VAT
Professional Conferral: £420 + VAT

If you are undertaking both modules:

Module 1: Strategy learning programme and exam fee: £1,970 + VAT
Module 2: Leadership learning programme and exam fee: £1,970 + VAT
Professional Conferral: £420 + VAT