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Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

Postgraduate CertificatePGCertPA
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Complete the CA Program with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) before you enter the workforce with this new fast-track, part-time qualification. The first intake is in January 2025.

60 points, 9 months part-time study

Hamilton

January each year

Why study the Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Accounting?

If you're an accounting masters graduate looking for a fast-track route to complete the CA Program and pass all your exams before entering the workforce, we have the perfect course for you!

Our Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (CA Program) will allow you to achieve the professional requirements of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) in just 9 months of part-time study at university.

This process normally takes up to 3 years while juggling study and exams around a busy full-time job as an accountant.

The PGCertPA (CA Program) is delivered by the University of Waikato in partnership with CAANZ. It's ideal for anyone who has already graduated from our Master of Professional Accounting or our Bachelor of Business in Professional Accounting. Please see 'Entry requirements' below for more details.

The part-time course starts in January each year and finishes in September. Each eight-week module is taught face-to-face in Hamilton by our acounting lecturers at Waikato Management School through a mix of lectures and tutorials.

Exams will be held at the end of each module and externally assessed by CAANZ for quality assurance purposes.

This qualification is accredited by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, so graduates will receive full membership status of CAANZ once they have gained three years' work experience in an accounting role.

60 points, 9 months part-time study

Hamilton

January each year

Degree information

Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Accounting
PGCert in Professional Accounting (CA Program) - 60pts - January intake
Each of the eight modules below is worth 7.5 points. Each module is 8 weeks in duration and there are 4 contact teaching hours per week. The start dates of each module may be subject to change, depending on the timetable set by CAANZ.
Select a tile for more information.
January to March
ACCTP512 Risk & Technology
ACCTP513 Financial Accounting and Reporting
ACCTP517 Audit and Risk
March to June
ACCTP514 Business Performance
ACCTP516 Tax
ACCTP519 Data Analytics and Insights
July to September
ACCTP515 Accounting for Mātauranga Māori and Sustainability
ACCTP518 Integrated Chartered Accounting Practice
This information is provisional and subject to change.
CA Professional Modules

Qualification regulations

Please refer above to the online degree planner for the PGCertPA (CA Program).

You can read the full Regulations for the Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (CA Program) in the University of Waikato Calendar.

 

Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Accounting

If you are looking for full-time study to complete your CA, take a look at out new Postgraduate Diploma In Professional Accounting (CA Programme).

 

 

Contact us

Management Student Centre

Monday to Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
MSB.1.50, Waikato Management School, Hillcrest Road, University of Waikato, Hamilton

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

0800 4 69 422 (New Zealand)(9am to 9pm Monday to Friday (NZ time))