Professional Accounting Qualification (PAQ), CIPFA

This course prepares candidates for the examinations of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). CIPFA is the premier accountancy body for all public sector organisations including Central and Local Governments, the National Health Service, and the charitable sector.

The CIPFA qualification is recognised by the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) and all public sector and many private sector employers. It is the leading public service Accounting qualification.

This course prepares you for the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) examinations.

Nottingham Business School is an accredited provider of CIPFA training and has an excellent reputation for preparing candidates for the Institute's exams. This is reflected in the high pass rates achieved and the number of prize winners in recent years.

Contact us
Email
Telephone: +44 (0)115 848 4460
Visit the Nottingham Business School website.

Course content
There are three stages: Professional Certificate, Professional Diploma and Strategic stage.

Candidates must hold both the Certificate and Diploma stages before they can progress to the Strategic stage.

For details of the current syllabus coverage please visit the CIPFA website.

CIPFA Professional Certificate

• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Financial Reporting
• Audit and Assurance

CIPFA Professional Diploma

• Public Finance and Taxation
• Public Sector Financial Reporting
• Governance, Public Policy and Ethics
• Financial Management
• Business Strategy
• Business Management

Strategic

• Strategic Leadership
• Strategic Financial Management

How do you study?
The Professional Accounting Qualification is a modular day-release course. All stages are supported by CIPFA’s online learning centre and students have the option to attend as many modules as desired.

You will attend one of our day release classes and be taught by an expert in CIPFA tuition. The day release classes and revision courses provide you with relevant course materials and face to face tuition where you will have difficult concepts explained to you as well as the opportunity to raise queries with the module tutor.

Assessment
The Certificate, Diploma and Strategic stages all incorporate externally assessed examinations, which are sat in June and December. Nottingham Business School is a CIPFA examination centre.

At Nottingham Trent University, we provide first-class learning facilities for our students. The transformed Newton building is the home of Nottingham Business School and marks the next phase in the School’s development. In Newton, students have an abundance of teaching space, a range of lecture theatres of different sizes, and masses of space for social learning. With wireless connection throughout, students will be able to work on their laptops in any part of the building.