Programme Details

Course Structure

The Elevation Programme is delivered by Chartered Accountants Ireland on a part-time basis, from October to May each year.

Your commitment to the programme will involve lectures every second weekend, and on occasional evenings. Naturally, there are the usual holiday breaks, and no lectures take place over bank holiday weekends.

In Dublin, lectures will be based in Chartered Accountants Ireland's new, state of the art training facility on Pearse Street. Courses in Northern Ireland are offered in Chartered Accountants Ireland's offices in Belfast. Nationwide centres are run in local universities or Institutes of Technology. Courses are currently on offer in Athlone, Belfast, Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Sligo and Waterford. All courses are subject to local demand.

As the largest accountancy education provider in Ireland, Chartered Accountants Ireland has access to the best lecturers from Ireland and the UK. The team on the Elevation Programme, drawn from both academia and business, has extensive experience lecturing on executive and professional education programmes.

Approach to Education

Chartered Accountants Ireland's education programme provides a focus on business management and ethical issues, together with core technical accountancy areas. You will be empowered to take responsibility for your own learning, encouraged to develop critical and analytical skills; and to apply your knowledge in unstructured settings.

Each course has a ‘blended learning’ approach with pre-reading and online elements to each subject. Students are given web and CD based study aids which introduce and explain topics. The Elevation Programme will also utilise the latest AV facilities to support your learning, with online delivery complementing face-to-face lectures.

Some subjects contain continuous assessment, taking some pressure away from the end of year exams. With the exception of CAP2 taxation, all CAP2 and FAE subjects are assessed by open book exam, allowing you to bring any paper-based materials into the exam hall.

This education model allows for maximum flexibility and support. You will learn gradually over an 8 to 9 month period, without the need to cram or rote-learn for examinations.This results in enhanced learning and higher pass rates. Current 1st attempt pass rates for the Final Admitting Exam are above 80%.