Exam certificates
Issuing of exam certificates
ACCA issues certificates for certain ACCA and CAT exams twice a year after the exam results are released.
Please see below for a summary of exam certificates awarded.
ACCA Qualification
Certificate of Achievement
Students are awarded a Certificate of Achievement if they achieve a pass mark of 85% or above for individual passes in Papers F1, F2 and F3.
Fundamentals Level Certificate
Students are awarded a Fundamentals Level Certificate when they have successfully completed all of the exams in the Fundamentals level of the ACCA Qualification (Papers F1–F9).
Professional Level Certificate
Students are awarded a Professional Level Certificate when they have successfully completed all of the exams in the Professional level of the ACCA Qualification (P1–P3 and any two of the Options papers from P4, P5, P6 and P7).
CAT Qualification
Introductory Level Certificate
Students are awarded an Introductory Level Certificate when they have successfully completed all of the Introductory level exams (Papers T1 and T2) of the CAT Qualification.
Intermediate Level Certificate
Students are awarded an Intermediate Level Certificate when they have successfully completed all of the Intermediate level exams (Papers T3 and T4) of the CAT Qualification.
Advanced Level Certificate
Students are awarded an Advanced Level Certificate when they have successfully completed all of the Advanced level exams (Papers T5–T7 and two of the three options papers from T8–T10) of the CAT Qualification.
Passed Finalist Certificate
Students are awarded a Passed Finalist Certificate when they have successfully completed all of the papers of the CAT Qualification.


