How Do You Book an ACCA Exam?
Booking an ACCA exam is done through myACCA, but timing and deadlines matter. Here's how the process works, the exam sessions available, and how to avoid the late-entry fee.
Once you're a registered ACCA student, you book your exams through your myACCA account. You choose the exam, the session, the delivery method and, where relevant, a test centre, then pay the exam entry fee. The process is simple, but the deadlines and fee tiers are worth understanding so you don't pay more than you need to. As always, exact fees and dates change, so confirm the current details on the ACCA website.
The exam sessions
The Applied Skills and Strategic Professional exams run in four sessions a year — typically March, June, September and December. The Applied Knowledge exams are on-demand computer-based exams you can sit at many points throughout the year. Plan which papers you'll take in which session before you book.
Watch the entry deadlines
Exam entry fees usually rise the closer you book to the exam. There's an early entry deadline with the lowest fee, a standard deadline, and a late deadline with a premium. Booking early is the simplest way to save money — and it also commits you to a date, which is good for motivation.
Computer-based, remote or centre
Applied Knowledge exams are on-demand and computer-based. Applied Skills and Strategic Professional exams are sat as session computer-based exams, at a test centre or, for some papers in some locations, via remote invigilation. Check which options are available for your paper and location when you book.
The takeaway
Book through myACCA, choose the right session for your paper, and enter early to get the lowest fee. The admin is quick; the important decision is which papers to sit together and whether you'll be ready.
Being ready is the part booking can't buy. The 50% Club marks your practice ACCA answers against the official ACCA scheme in the weeks before your session, showing exactly where you'd gain or lose marks — so the exam you've booked is one you're genuinely prepared for.