Professional Accounting

This Professional Accounting program atMaynooth University is a 1-year intensive conversion course designed so as to mirror in terms of standard and complexity the critical areas of the accounting syllabi of a 3-year undergraduate accounting program.

Graduates will, on successful completion of the program, have entitlement to CAP1 exemptions from Chartered Accountants Ireland. Successful graduates also have exemption from LW, PM, TX, FR and FM of the ACCA professional examinations, and equivalent exemptions from other Accounting Bodies.

Graduates are very well placed to enter the work force as a trainee accountant with just two sets of professional exams required to complete to qualify as a chartered accountant. Successful graduates from the Professional Accounting program at Maynooth University will have an option of enrolling for the 1-year Masters in Accounting at Maynooth University, the successful completion of which, will enable them to qualify for exemption from a further level of examinations (CAP 2) of Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Career Options

While graduates are likely to be primarily focused on a professional accountancy qualification, the accounting programs prepare students for a variety of careers both in the private and public sectors in every industry.

Graduates are typically employed by the leading accounting firms. Career options also include accountant in industry, management consultant, regulatory agencies, NGO’s and Government services.

Courses include:

• Management and Cost Accounting

• Business Law and Legal Process

• Personal and Business Taxation

• Financial Accounting

• Management Accounting