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CPA Professional Qualification - Honours or Masters

  • 30-03-2011 07:17PM
    #1
    mike2084
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    Hi everybody does anyone here know whether the CPA qualification is taken as a Honours Degree or a Masters Degree when applying for further education? I'm currently waiting on a decision on a PGDE application at the moment. I actually put it down as a 2nd Primary Degree but I am hoping it might be taken as a Masters Degree to push up my points. I'm hoping this because I know that ACCA & ICAI are Masters Degrees. Thanks


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  • #2
    smcgiff
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    Michael Walsh wrote: »
    Hi everybody does anyone here know whether the CPA qualification is taken as a Honours Degree or a Masters Degree when applying for further education? I'm currently waiting on a decision on a PGDE application at the moment. I actually put it down as a 2nd Primary Degree but I am hoping it might be taken as a Masters Degree to push up my points. I'm hoping this because I know that ACCA & ICAI are Masters Degrees. Thanks

    AFAIK, it has not as yet been graded, and until it is CPA are doing the likes of you a disservice. I'm sure it would get a Masters designation, but in fairness it will take the likes of you to get onto the CPA to get it sorted, imo.


  • #3
    ssbob
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    Michael Walsh wrote: »
    Hi everybody does anyone here know whether the CPA qualification is taken as a Honours Degree or a Masters Degree when applying for further education? I'm currently waiting on a decision on a PGDE application at the moment. I actually put it down as a 2nd Primary Degree but I am hoping it might be taken as a Masters Degree to push up my points. I'm hoping this because I know that ACCA & ICAI are Masters Degrees. Thanks

    I was always under the assumption that all professional accoutnacy qualifications are are equivalent to level 9 on the National Framework for Qualifications. Level 9 is Masters Degree or Post Graduate Diploma.


  • #4
    smcgiff
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    ssbob wrote: »
    I was always under the assumption that all professional accoutnacy qualifications are are equivalent to level 9 on the National Framework for Qualifications. Level 9 is Masters Degree or Post Graduate Diploma.

    Nope - ACCA and CAI applied to the NQAI and were judged to be level 9. CPA didn't apply and I assume we'd have heard about it by now if they had.


  • #5
    ssbob
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    smcgiff wrote: »
    Nope - ACCA and CAI applied to the NQAI and were judged to be level 9. CPA didn't apply and I assume we'd have heard about it by now if they had.

    I suppose we had better contact them to see what they are doing about this.


  • #6
    mike2084
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    smcgiff wrote: »
    AFAIK, it has not as yet been graded, and until it is CPA are doing the likes of you a disservice. I'm sure it would get a Masters designation, but in fairness it will take the likes of you to get onto the CPA to get it sorted, imo.

    I will pretty much find out for sure tomorrow if I get an offer or not


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  • #7
    smcgiff
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    Eeek - best of luck :)


  • #8
    ssbob
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    Rang the institute about this and they said they are in teh process of applying but that it takes a long time. They also said that if anyone is applying for a post grad or masters that they can seek a letter from the institute if the qualification is not being recognised as equivalent to level 9.

    Spoke to Paul Heaney about it.


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