Details on the Graduate Diploma in Accounting program.
The Graduate Diploma in Accounting program is offered by the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies through the Ivey Business School (Ivey) and the DAN Department of Management & Organization Studies in the Faculty of Social Science (DAN).
The program is accredited by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPA Ontario) and enables you to accelerate your CPA and accounting career with a 13 week summer program. Western is the best place to start your pursuit of the CPA designation!
Learn by tackling real-world business challenges through interactive case-based simulations that strengthen your analytical thinking and case-writing abilities. Combining advanced accounting expertise, ethical decision-making, experiential learning, and emerging technologies, the program prepares you for the CPA pathway, including the CPA Professional Examinations, and empowers you to lead with confidence in today’s dynamic business environment.
You will benefit from the expertise of industry practitioners who have CPA designations, and who are highly rated and continuously recognized for teaching excellence. The program has been designed and is taught by faculty who are involved with CPA Ontario and CPA Canada and its legacy professional accounting designations, including developing the CPA Accredited Online Graduate Program. You will interact with facilitators and your peers on a face to face basis who ensure you understand the material throughout the program and provide the opportunity to learn in an interactive and collaborative group setting. You will receive feedback throughout the program on your case writing techniques from our experienced our marking team.
Build lifelong relationships with top accounting students and leading CPA professionals, and become part of a high-performing network of peers and alumni that extends across Canada.
Build lifelong relationships with top accounting students and leading CPA professionals, and become part of a high-performing network of peers and alumni that extends across Canada.
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Eligibility: Applicants must be current or graduated students from Ivey Business School, HBA Program.
- CPA Qualifying Courses: Applicants must have completed the following seven CPA Qualifying courses:
- Intermediate Financial Reporting 1
- Intermediate Financial Reporting 2
- Advanced Financial Reporting
- Corporate Finance
- Audit and Assurance
- Taxation
- Intermediate Management Accounting
- Additional Business Courses: Applicants must have completed eight additional business courses. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the eight business courses recommended by their post-secondary institution.
- Academic Average: Applicants must have achieved a minimum overall average of 72% across their undergraduate degree (120 credit hours)
- Statement of Interest: A 250-word Statement of Interest outlining the applicant’s interest in the program
- Resumé: A current resumé
- Additional Assessment: Applicants may be asked to provide references or participate in an interview as part of the evaluation process.
Note: Admission requirements are subject to change in accordance with requirements established by CPA Ontario.
CPA Qualifying Courses
- Intermediate Financial Reporting 1 – BUS 4417
- Intermediate Financial Reporting 2 – BUS 4477
- Advanced Financial Reporting – BUS 4902
- Corporate Finance – BUS 3303
- Audit and Assurance – BUS 4497
- Taxation – BUS 4479
- Intermediate Management Accounting – BUS 4624
Required Business Courses
- Accounting and Business Analysis – BUS 2257
- Accounting and Financial Fundamentals – BUS 3321
- Leveraging Information Technology – BUS 3322
- Decision Making with Analytics – BUS 3316
- Strategy – BUS 3300
- Business Law – BUS 4450
- Global Macroeconomics for Managers – BUS 4505
Other Recommended Courses
- Choose one additional business course from the range of available HBA courses.
The program runs from end of April - July 31 each year.
Students must meet the minimum requirements for admission, however meeting the minimum does not guarantee admission.
The Application window is open from November 1 to January 15. Successful applicants will be notified by March 30.
For information or to apply, visit the Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies website.
Details on program requirements.
The Graduate Diploma in Accounting program is designed to accelerate your CPA and accounting career.
- 1 term; the Ivey Program runs from the end of April to end of July.
- Full-time study
- Course-based
Tuition and fee schedules (per term) are posted on the Office of the Registrar's website at http://www.registrar.uwo.ca/student_finances/fees_refunds/fee_schedules.html
Use this helpful tool, although designed to reflect costs associated with in person programs, to estimate how much money you will need to pay for your tuition, fees, and other expenses for a 12-month (three term) academic year.
Ivey Business School will only be accepting students from the Ivey HBA program and will consider any applicants that meet the requirements.
Ivey Program deadline: January 15 - Acceptance notification by March 30
Please contact Madison Demelo with any questions regarding the program.
Detail on course requirements.
Complete five specialized courses designed to fulfill the Foundational Development, CPA Core Licensure, and CPA Leadership modules while preparing you for success on the CPA Professional Final Examinations.
- Assurance and Trust
- Advanced Financial Reporting and Non-Financial Reporting
- Performance Management and Finance
- Advanced Taxation
- Leadership
By successfully completing the program, you will:
- Satisfy the Foundational Development module
- Bypass the Foundational Development examination
- Satisfy the CPA-Core Common and CPA-Core Licensure modules
- Satisfy the CPA-Leadership module
- Be eligible to proceed directly to Professional Examination 01 and Professional Examination 02 as early as September of the same year
The Graduate Diploma in Accounting program is offered by the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies through the Ivey Business School (Ivey) and the DAN Department of Management & Organization Studies in the Faculty of Social Science (DAN).
The program is accredited by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPA Ontario) and enables you to accelerate your CPA and accounting career with a 13 week summer program. Western is the best place to start your pursuit of the CPA designation!
Learn by tackling real-world business challenges through interactive case-based simulations that strengthen your analytical thinking and case-writing abilities. Combining advanced accounting expertise, ethical decision-making, experiential learning, and emerging technologies, the program prepares you for the CPA pathway, including the CPA Professional Examinations, and empowers you to lead with confidence in today’s dynamic business environment.
You will benefit from the expertise of industry practitioners who have CPA designations, and who are highly rated and continuously recognized for teaching excellence. The program has been designed and is taught by faculty who are involved with CPA Ontario and CPA Canada and its legacy professional accounting designations, including developing the CPA Accredited Online Graduate Program. You will interact with facilitators and your peers on a face to face basis who ensure you understand the material throughout the program and provide the opportunity to learn in an interactive and collaborative group setting. You will receive feedback throughout the program on your case writing techniques from our experienced our marking team.
Build lifelong relationships with top accounting students and leading CPA professionals, and become part of a high-performing network of peers and alumni that extends across Canada.
Build lifelong relationships with top accounting students and leading CPA professionals, and become part of a high-performing network of peers and alumni that extends across Canada.
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Eligibility: Applicants must be current or graduated students from Ivey Business School, HBA Program.
- CPA Qualifying Courses: Applicants must have completed the following seven CPA Qualifying courses:
- Intermediate Financial Reporting 1
- Intermediate Financial Reporting 2
- Advanced Financial Reporting
- Corporate Finance
- Audit and Assurance
- Taxation
- Intermediate Management Accounting
- Additional Business Courses: Applicants must have completed eight additional business courses. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the eight business courses recommended by their post-secondary institution.
- Academic Average: Applicants must have achieved a minimum overall average of 72% across their undergraduate degree (120 credit hours)
- Statement of Interest: A 250-word Statement of Interest outlining the applicant’s interest in the program
- Resumé: A current resumé
- Additional Assessment: Applicants may be asked to provide references or participate in an interview as part of the evaluation process.
Note: Admission requirements are subject to change in accordance with requirements established by CPA Ontario.
CPA Qualifying Courses
- Intermediate Financial Reporting 1 – BUS 4417
- Intermediate Financial Reporting 2 – BUS 4477
- Advanced Financial Reporting – BUS 4902
- Corporate Finance – BUS 3303
- Audit and Assurance – BUS 4497
- Taxation – BUS 4479
- Intermediate Management Accounting – BUS 4624
Required Business Courses
- Accounting and Business Analysis – BUS 2257
- Accounting and Financial Fundamentals – BUS 3321
- Leveraging Information Technology – BUS 3322
- Decision Making with Analytics – BUS 3316
- Strategy – BUS 3300
- Business Law – BUS 4450
- Global Macroeconomics for Managers – BUS 4505
Other Recommended Courses
- Choose one additional business course from the range of available HBA courses.
The program runs from end of April - July 31 each year.
Students must meet the minimum requirements for admission, however meeting the minimum does not guarantee admission.
The Application window is open from November 1 to January 15. Successful applicants will be notified by March 30.
For information or to apply, visit the Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies website.
The Graduate Diploma in Accounting program is designed to accelerate your CPA and accounting career.
- 1 term; the Ivey Program runs from the end of April to end of July.
- Full-time study
- Course-based
Tuition and fee schedules (per term) are posted on the Office of the Registrar's website at http://www.registrar.uwo.ca/student_finances/fees_refunds/fee_schedules.html
Use this helpful tool, although designed to reflect costs associated with in person programs, to estimate how much money you will need to pay for your tuition, fees, and other expenses for a 12-month (three term) academic year.
Ivey Business School will only be accepting students from the Ivey HBA program and will consider any applicants that meet the requirements.
Ivey Program deadline: January 15 - Acceptance notification by March 30
Please contact Madison Demelo with any questions regarding the program.
Complete five specialized courses designed to fulfill the Foundational Development, CPA Core Licensure, and CPA Leadership modules while preparing you for success on the CPA Professional Final Examinations.
- Assurance and Trust
- Advanced Financial Reporting and Non-Financial Reporting
- Performance Management and Finance
- Advanced Taxation
- Leadership
By successfully completing the program, you will:
- Satisfy the Foundational Development module
- Bypass the Foundational Development examination
- Satisfy the CPA-Core Common and CPA-Core Licensure modules
- Satisfy the CPA-Leadership module
- Be eligible to proceed directly to Professional Examination 01 and Professional Examination 02 as early as September of the same year
Details on the tuition fees.
Summer Tuition fees are approximately:
$9,200 plus ancillary fees and case materials for Canadian students;
$17,300 plus ancillary fees and case materials for International students.
Students with offers of employment from accounting firms or approved training offices should inquire with their employer about potential tuition subsidies.
View your Tuition account in the Student Centre.
For up-to-date Tuition fees, visit the Registrar's Office Fee Schedules
Important details and regulations for new and current students.
The contents in this section provide important details and regulations for both new and current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students.
Please review the links carefully. If you have any questions or cannot find what you are looking for, please contact Vaughan Radcliffe and Madison Demelo.
Policies & Procedures
SGPS Regulations
All Graduate programs at Western are subject to these regulations:
Western's School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SPGS) Regulations
Resources
Getting Around
London Transit Commission
Bus schedules and stops as well as route maps
Health and Wellness
Campus Safety
Campus Community Police Service (Dial 911 on Campus Phones)
Summer Tuition fees are approximately:
$9,200 plus ancillary fees and case materials for Canadian students;
$17,300 plus ancillary fees and case materials for International students.
Students with offers of employment from accounting firms or approved training offices should inquire with their employer about potential tuition subsidies.
View your Tuition account in the Student Centre.
For up-to-date Tuition fees, visit the Registrar's Office Fee Schedules
The contents in this section provide important details and regulations for both new and current Graduate Diploma in Accounting students.
Please review the links carefully. If you have any questions or cannot find what you are looking for, please contact Vaughan Radcliffe and Madison Demelo.
Policies & Procedures
SGPS Regulations
All Graduate programs at Western are subject to these regulations:
Western's School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SPGS) Regulations
Resources
Getting Around
London Transit Commission
Bus schedules and stops as well as route maps
Health and Wellness
Campus Safety
Campus Community Police Service (Dial 911 on Campus Phones)
Vaughan Radcliffe, Ivey Business School
A Message from our Director
The Graduate Diploma in Accounting at Western University accelerates your path to the CPA designation. Through expert faculty and a case-based learning approach, you will develop the technical expertise, professional judgment, and case-writing skills needed to succeed on the CPA professional examinations and thrive in today’s evolving business environment.