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 18,000 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 43% 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, Perth 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 three stages:

Stage 1: Face-to-Face Classes

The first stage of the Accounting Professional Year Program consists of seven 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, Perth 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 training division, Readygrad. We work with 5,000 host companies across Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane, and tailor your placement to your training needs and career goals. View some of our accounting Professional Year Internship placement opportunities.

Stage 3: Practical Applications

This is where it all comes together. During the final stage of your program with PE you will combine your Professional Year classroom studies and accounting internship placement experiences in preparation for the next stage of your life – a professional accounting career in Australia. Practical Applications is run on campus in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.

Practical Applications is unique to the Performance Education Professional Year program, and gives you an unfair advantage over other graduates in a competitive accounting job market.

Entry Requirements

Accounting Professional Year Program: Entry Requirements

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

Completed a recognised accounting degree in Australia that provides a minimum of two years credit points. This must be completed over a minimum of 18 months.
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.
A Migration Skills Assessment outcome letter from an accounting professional association.

Unsure if you qualify for the course? Contact one of our Professional Year consultants today.

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, while Adelaide offers them on Mondays, Tuesdays and Sundays, the Perth campus offers classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays - while the Brisbane campus offers classes on 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, Sunday.
Perth Accounting Professional Year Course Days: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday.
Brisbane Accounting Professional Year Course Day: Saturday, Sunday.

That means there are 23 guaranteed intake dates every month. We encourage students to apply sooner to ensure they get their preferred day of study.

View our 2017/2018 SMIPA (Accounting) Professional Year Program start dates.

Next Intake Dates: Weeks commencing 11 November 2018, 9 December 2018, 6 January 2019

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

Pricelist

*These promotions are for the upcoming intake. Adelaide classes and prices are only for Monday, Tuesday and Sunday. Perth prices are only for Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday. Brisbane prices are only for Saturday and Sunday. To access this offer, students must submit all the required documents and have the appropriate visa at time of application. The price is only valid for applications received between 1st January 2018 and date of commencement. The Perth Monday and Tuesday promotional price is valid for applications received after 20th April 2018. 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.

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.