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Mature age
ACCA is open to everyone. If you are over 21 and have no formal qualifications, you can commence ACCA via the Mature Student Entry Route (MSER).
The MSER does not require any academic qualifications. Instead you must pass the equivalent of Papers F2 - Management Accounting and F3 - Financial Accounting within two years. After that, you are eligible to take the rest of the ACCA Qualification and gain professional status.
If you have been working in an accountancy related career, you may also be able to count some of your experience to date towards ACCA’s Practical Experience Requirements.