Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Accounting

The Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (PDA), which has been running in ATU since 2010, is designed to fast-track graduates who wish to pursue careers in Accountancy or Taxation.It is a one-year conversion programme aimed at non-accounting graduates from disciplines such as Arts, Computers, Education, Engineering, and Science. Business or Commerce graduates, who have not majored in Accountancy, may also find the programme beneficial.The PDA is a dedicated postgraduate course. The small class size facilitates greater interaction for students with lecturers who are experts in their respective fields; this results in an excellent learning environment.Successful completion of the course will give graduates full CAP1 exemptions from Chartered Accountants Ireland, seven of the nine Fundamental ACCA papers and three of the four part 1 Irish Tax Institute papers.This programme includes practical training in computerised accounting packages.A number of prizes are available to graduates of this programme: Grant Thornton awards a prize to the best overall studentThe Irish Taxation Institute recognises the best tax studentBDO Limerick sponsors the prize for the best student in the financial accounting moduleDHKN Limited sponsors the prize for the best student in the management accounting module