Accounting Professional Year

Take Control of Your Future with Performance Education’s Professional Year in Accounting!

Are you a recent international accounting graduate from an Australian university looking to start your career in Australia? Are you finding migration options confusing and the competitive job market challenging?

You can achieve your dreams and more with Australia’s leading Professional Year provider – our 30,000 graduates have discovered nothing prepares you better for an accounting career in Australia than a PY with PE.

PE has become Australia’s #1 Professional Year provider by helping our students to achieve much more than just migration points. At Performance Education we know how hard it can be and we are passionate about changing the employment landscape for international graduates.

We focus on helping you become more than just ‘job ready’. Through combining employability training, workplace knowledge and a relevant and practical internship placement, we’ll give you a platform to launch your accounting career in Australia. As a result of Performance Education’s Professional Year program our graduates achieve excellent program and employment outcomes, with more than 1 in 3 students being offered employment by their internship host company!

We were one of the first approved providers of the Accounting Professional Year Program* and today are the largest due to our trusted reputation and outstanding programs outcomes. We have campuses offering the Accounting Professional Year in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

Course Structure

The Accounting Professional Year Program is a Department of Home Affairs initiative which is designed for international graduates with an Australian accounting degree just like you. Developed by CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and the Institute of Public Accountants, the Accounting Professional Year Program provides accounting graduates with a guided pathway from university to employment in Australia.

PE’s Professional Year program is different from Professional Year programs at other providers. We have designed our program content with your end goal in mind. Written by industry experts from an employer perspective and with content you can only find at Performance Education, PE’s Professional Year is all about you and kick-starting your accounting career in Australia.

Accounting Professional Year Program: Course Structure

The Accounting Professional Year Program is a 44 week program with two stages:

Stage 1: Face-to-Face Classes

The first stage of the Accounting Professional Year Program consists of eight four week long subjects. Your training is designed to provide you with the knowledge and communication skills to successfully integrate into a great accounting role in the Australian workplace.

To help you work your study around your life commitments you are required to attend the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide or Brisbane campus just one day a week for training. Find out more about the Professional Year subjects.

Stage 2: Accounting Professional Work Integrated Learning Placement (Internship)

For many of our students this is the most exciting part of the Professional Year program, where you get to put your knowledge into practise and add all-important Australian accounting experience to your resume. You will take part in a 12 week professional internship in the accounting field organised by our specialist internship placements team. We work with 9,000+ host companies across Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane, and tailor your placement to your training needs and career goals. View some of our accounting Professional Year Internship placement opportunities.

Entry Requirements

Accounting Professional Year Program: Entry Requirements

To be eligible for the Professional Year in Accounting you must have:

An accounting degree that you have obtained as a result of at least two years study in Australia.
Obtained or applied for a Graduate (Temporary) Visa (subclass 485) with a minimum 12 months validity.
A current IELTS score of 6.0 overall and not less than 6.0 in any skill, or equivalent English test result.
Students will need to complete a pre-enrolment interview and questionnaire before commencing the Professional Year Program.
A valid passport.

Unsure if you qualify for the course? Click on the “Enquire Now” button on the right and one of our Professional Year consultants will contact you for a casual discussion.

Intake Dates

Accounting Professional Year Program: Intake Dates

We want to help make achieving your dreams easier. For your convenience and work/life/study balance, we offer the flexibility to study one day a week with a choice of weekday and weekend days available.

Our Melbourne and Sydney campuses offer Accounting Professional Year classes every day of the week. Adelaide and Brisbane offer classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays Saturdays and Sundays.

Melbourne Accounting Professional Year Course Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Sydney Accounting Professional Year Course Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Adelaide Accounting Professional Year Course Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Brisbane Accounting Professional Year Course Day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday.

That means there are 24 guaranteed intake dates every month! We encourage students to apply sooner to ensure they get their preferred day of study as classes fill up quickly.

View our 2022 (Accounting) Professional Year Program start dates.

Next Intake Dates (Jan-Dec) – Weeks commencing:

31 January 2022
28 February 2022
28 March 2022
25 April 2022
23 May 2022
20 June 2022
18 July 2022
15 August 2022
12 September 2022
10 October 2022
7 November 2022
5 December 2022

Accounting Professional Year Course Duration: 44 weeks (minimum) including a 12-week Accounting Work Integrated Learning (internship) placement.

Professional Year Class Size: Maximum 25

Fees

To help you reach your career goals in 2021, we are making our programs more accessible*.

Upfront/first instalments are due at time of enrolment. Subsequent instalments are due every 4 weeks, starting 4 weeks after the program intake.

These promotions are for the upcoming intake. Adelaide and Brisbane classes and prices are only for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Students must commit to a similarly priced study day throughout the duration of their Professional Year. If they want to change their study day, the difference in fees must be paid regardless of when the study day is changed.

*Discounted prices applicable to 4th of January intakes only.

Other Information

To support the integration of technology in learning, Performance Education’s Professional Year students are required to bring their own compatible device to specified classes. The device must be capable of internet searches, creation and saving of .docx files and access to MS PowerPoint is desirable. For more information please read our Bring Your Own Device policy.

All students should read and understand the Complaints and Appeals Policy & Procedure prior to confirming their enrolment with PE. The policy is available here.

Find out from our Accounting Professional Year graduates how the PE program has changed their lives.

*The Accounting Professional Year Program was formerly known as ‘SMIPA (Accounting) Professional Year’.