ACCA
ACCA Online Courses and Exam Preparation
Start or continue your ACCA journey with online tuition. Explore subjects, fees, entry requirements and a study plan that fits your goals.
Your route into accounting
What is ACCA?
ACCA stands for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. The current qualification includes up to 13 exams, depending on exemptions, plus ethics and practical experience. Roots Global Institute supports your studies with online tuition, mock exams and feedback. Your starting point depends on your qualifications.
Current ACCA Levels and Subjects
- 1
Applied Knowledge
BT, MA and FA — three exams before exemptions.
- 2
Applied Skills
LW, PM, TX, FR, AA and FM — six exams before exemptions.
- 3
Strategic Professional
SBL and SBR, plus two options from AFM, APM, ATX and AAA.
ACCA syllabus and tuition fees
Choose Your ACCA Subject
Compare paper-by-paper tuition fees and course lengths below. Check your exemptions before choosing subjects, and ask what each tuition package includes.
Applied Knowledge
3 coursesApplied Knowledge
Business and Technology
Understand business organisations, governance, technology, leadership, communication and professional ethics.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 6 – 8 weeks
Applied Knowledge
Management Accounting
Learn costing, budgeting, variance analysis and performance measurement to support management decisions.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 6 – 8 weeks
Applied Knowledge
Financial Accounting
Build skills in double-entry bookkeeping, financial statements, basic group accounts and interpretation of results.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 6 – 8 weeks
Applied Skills
6 coursesApplied Skills
Corporate and Business Law
Understand business law, company formation, finance and insolvency. Confirm the law variant that matches your exam and study plan.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 1 – 2 months
Applied Skills
Performance Management
Develop skills in costing, decisions, budgets and performance evaluation, including transfer pricing and data analysis.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: ≈ 3 months
Applied Skills
Taxation (UK)
Learn UK income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, National Insurance and VAT for the relevant exam year.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: ≈ 3 months
Applied Skills
Financial Reporting
Apply accounting standards to prepare and interpret individual and group financial statements.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: ≈ 3 months
Applied Skills
Audit and Assurance
Learn audit planning, risk assessment, internal controls, audit evidence, review and reporting within an ethical framework.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: ≈ 3 months
Applied Skills
Financial Management
Learn investment appraisal, business finance, working capital, valuation and financial risk management.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: ≈ 3 months
Strategic Professional
6 subjects offered: 2 Essentials + 4 Options; take both Essentials and 2 Options under the current structure.Strategic Professional — Essential
Strategic Business Reporting
Apply reporting standards and ethical judgement to corporate reporting, group accounts and stakeholder information needs.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 3 – 4 months
Strategic Professional — Essential
Strategic Business Leader
Apply leadership, strategy, governance, risk and technology knowledge to an integrated business case, using professional skills.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 3 – 4 months
Strategic Professional — Option
Advanced Financial Management
Evaluate investment, financing, acquisitions, restructuring and treasury decisions using advanced financial techniques.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 3 – 4 months
Strategic Professional — Option
Advanced Performance Management
Evaluate strategy, value creation, performance improvement and reporting, using data and technology for business insights.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 3 – 4 months
Strategic Professional — Option
Advanced Taxation (UK)
Advise on UK tax planning, interacting taxes and the tax consequences of personal and business decisions for the relevant exam year.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 3 – 4 months
Strategic Professional — Option
Advanced Audit and Assurance
Apply professional judgement to complex audit and assurance work, ethics, quality management and reporting. Confirm your exam variant.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: 3 – 4 months
Explore a Degree Alongside ACCA
1 degree pathway to exploreDegree pathway — eligibility applies
University of London BSc Professional Accountancy
Eligible ACCA students can explore the University of London BSc Professional Accountancy. Check admission requirements and approved study options with the university.
- Study mode: Recorded + Weekly Live · Live Online
- Duration: Duration depends on your study plan
Benefits
Why Study ACCA with Roots Global Institute?
- Work towards an internationally recognised accounting qualification
- Build your knowledge from Applied Knowledge to Strategic Professional
- Practise mock exams and learn from marker feedback
- Revisit recorded lectures and e-notes through your learning portal
- Build confidence with bilingual tuition and exam-technique practice
- Explore an eligible degree route alongside your ACCA studies
Outcomes
Build Skills for Your Accounting Career
- Develop reporting, audit, tax, finance and management skills
- Work towards membership through exams, ethics and supervised practical experience
- Explore further study and career options based on your eligibility and goals
Study options
Choose How You Study ACCA Online
Live Online
Join scheduled online classes, ask your tutor questions and replay recorded sessions through the Roots learning portal.
LMS Recorded + Weekly Live
Study recorded lectures at your own pace, then join weekly live sessions to review topics and ask questions.
Revision and Exam Practice
Prepare with revision, mock exams and exam-technique feedback. Confirm the support included in your selected course.
ACCA changes in 2027
Redesigned Foundations and Knowledge exams become available in July 2027; Expertise and Strategic Professional exams begin in September 2027. Existing students receive credit for equivalent completed elements. Use ACCA’s transition guidance to plan your exams. ACCA transition guidanceFAQs
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