List of Universities or Institutions Recognised for Admission to Singapore CA Qualification (Foundation)
The degrees conferred by (at least a Bachelor’s degree equivalent) the universities or institutions listed below are recognised for admission to the Foundation Programme (FP). If your university is not in the list, assessment will be conducted on a case-by-case basis. To apply for FP, please submit the Online Application Form.
Exemption criteria:
Academic qualification(s) eligible for exemption assessment must be completed within the recent 5 years at the point of FP application.
Recognised Local Universities
No. Institution Country 1 Nanyang Technological University (NTU)* Singapore 2 National University of Singapore (NUS)* Singapore 3 Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)* Singapore 4 Singapore Management University (SMU)* Singapore 5 Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)* Singapore 6 Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Singapore
Note: * For applying Undergraduates and Graduates from these local universities, you could refer to the Module Exemption Guides published on the SAC website under the “Module Exemption” section of the Foundation Programme.
Recognised Overseas Universities or Institutions
No. Institution Country 1 RMIT University# Australia 2 Curtin University of Technology# Australia 3 James Cook University# Australia 4 Macquarie University# Australia 5 Monash University# Australia 6 Murdoch University# Australia 7 Swinburne University of Technology# Australia 8 The Australian National University# Australia 9 The University of Melbourne# Australia 10 The University of New South Wales# Australia 11 The University of Queensland# Australia
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No. Institution Country 12 The University of Western Australia# Australia 13 Central Queensland University Australia 14 Deakin University Australia 15 La Trobe University Australia 16 Queensland University of Technology Australia 17 The University of Adelaide Australia 18 The University of Newcastle Australia Australia 19 The University of Sydney Australia 20 The University of Western Sydney Australia 21 University of South Australia Australia 22 University of Tasmania Australia 23 University of Technology Sydney Australia 24 University of Wollongong Australia 25 Victoria University Australia 26 The University of British Columbia# Canada 27 University of Toronto# Canada 28 Kwantlen Polytechnic University Canada 29 Trinity Western University Canada 30 University of Waterloo Canada 31 York University Canada 32 Fudan University China 33 Guang Zhou University Sontan College China 34 Guangdong University of Technology China 35 Hefei University of Technology China 36 Huali College Guangdong University of Technology China 37 Hubei University of Technology China 38 Jilin Normal University China 39 Jinan University China 40 Lanzhou University China 41 Qingdao University China 42 Shanghai University China 43 Sichuan University China 44 Southwest University China 45 Tianjin Polytechnic University China 46 Wuhan University of Technology China 47 Hanken School of Economics Finland 48 Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD)# France 49 Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers France 50 SKEMA Business School France 51 University of Bayreuth Germany © 2019 Singapore Accountancy Commission Updated as of 4 October 2019
No. Institution Country 52 University of Mannheim Germany 53 University of Madras# India 54 Algappa University India 55 Amity University India 56 Anna University India 57 Annamalai University India 58 Bharathiar University India 59 Bharathidasan University India 60 Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya India 61 Indira Gandhi National Open University India 62 Madurai Kamaraj University India 63 Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University India 64 Mahatma Gandhi University India 65 Mangalore University India 66 Nagpur University India 67 Osmania University India 68 Panjab University India 69 SASTRA University India 70 University of Calicut India 71 University of Delhi India 72 University of Kerala India 73 University of Mumbai India 74 Visveswaraiah Technological University India 75 Bina Nusantara University Indonesia 76 Tarumanagara University Indonesia 77 Trisakti University Indonesia 78 Universitas Indonesia Indonesia 79 Universitas Internasional Batam Indonesia 80 Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atmajaya Indonesia 81 University Pelita Harapan Indonesia 82 National University of Ireland Ireland 83 University College Dublin Ireland 84 Bocconi University Italy 85 University of Turin Italy 86 Meiji University Japan 87 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Japan 88 The University of Tokyo Japan 89 Waseda University Japan 90 Universiti Utara Malaysia# Malaysia 91 Multimedia University Malaysia © 2019 Singapore Accountancy Commission Updated as of 4 October 2019
No. Institution Country 92 National University of Malaysia Malaysia 93 Nilai University Malaysia 94 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Malaysia 95 Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Malaysia 96 University of Malaya Malaysia 97 Universiti Putra Malaysia Malaysia 98 Universiti Sains Malaysia Malaysia 99 Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia 100 Yadanabon University Myanmar 101 Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Netherlands 102 The University of Auckland New Zealand 103 University of Canterbury New Zealand 104 University of Otago New Zealand 105 University of Karachi Pakistan 106 Polytechnic University of the Philippines# Philippines 107 University of the Assumption# Philippines 108 Bicol University Philippines 109 Central Philippine University Philippines 110 De La Salle University - Manila Philippines 111 Holy Angel University Philippines 112 Lyceum of the Philippines University Philippines 113 National College of Science and Technology Philippines 114 San Sebastian College - Recoletos Philippines 115 University of Saint Louis Philippines 116 University of San Carlos Philippines 117 University of Santo Tomas Philippines 118 University of the City of Manila Philippines 119 University of the Philippines Philippines 120 Far Eastern National University Russia 121 Russian State University of Trade and Economics Russia 122 University of Novi Sad Serbia 123 University of South Africa# South Africa 124 Thammasat University# Thailand 125 Chulalongkorn University Thailand 126 Donetsk State University of Management Ukraine 127 University of London# United Kingdom 128 The University of Manchester# United Kingdom 129 The University of Sheffield# United Kingdom 130 University of Birmingham# United Kingdom 131 University of Bradford# United Kingdom © 2019 Singapore Accountancy Commission Updated as of 4 October 2019
No. Institution Country 132 University of Bristol# United Kingdom 133 University of Essex# United Kingdom 134 University of Exeter# United Kingdom 135 University of Hertfordshire# United Kingdom 136 University of London Royal Holloway and Bedford New College# United Kingdom 137 University of Nottingham# United Kingdom 138 University of Portsmouth# United Kingdom 139 University of Reading# United Kingdom 140 University of Warwick# United Kingdom 141 Anglia Polytechnic University United Kingdom 142 Aston University United Kingdom 143 Cardiff University United Kingdom 144 City University London United Kingdom 145 Coventry University United Kingdom 146 Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom 147 Imperial College London United Kingdom 148 Loughborough University United Kingdom 149 Manchester Metropolitan University United Kingdom 150 Middlesex University United Kingdom 151 Nottingham Trent University United Kingdom 152 Sheffield Hallam University United Kingdom 153 Staffordshire University United Kingdom 154 Teesside University United Kingdom 155 The Open University United Kingdom 156 The University of Lancaster United Kingdom 157 University of Aberdeen United Kingdom 158 University of Abertay Dundee United Kingdom 159 University of Bath United Kingdom 160 University of Bedfordshire United Kingdom 161 University of Bolton United Kingdom 162 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 163 University of Durham United Kingdom 164 University of East London United Kingdom 165 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 166 University of Glasgow United Kingdom 167 University of Gloucestershire United Kingdom 168 University of Greenwich United Kingdom 169 University of Kent United Kingdom 170 University of Leeds United Kingdom 171 University of Liverpool United Kingdom © 2019 Singapore Accountancy Commission Updated as of 4 October 2019
No. Institution Country 172 University of Newcastle Upon Tyne United Kingdom 173 University of Northumbria at Newcastle United Kingdom 174 University of Oxford United Kingdom 175 University of Plymouth United Kingdom 176 University of Southampton United Kingdom 177 University of Strathclyde United Kingdom 178 University of Sunderland United Kingdom 179 University of Sussex United Kingdom 180 University of the West of England United Kingdom 181 University of Wales United Kingdom 182 Hofstra University# United States 183 San Francisco State University# United States 184 Tulane University# United States 185 University of California, Berkeley# United States 186 Arizona State University United States 187 Boston University United States 188 Brigham Young University United States 189 Claremont McKenna College United States 190 Cornell University United States 191 Florida State University United States 192 Indiana University United States 193 Miami University United States 194 Michigan State University United States 195 New York University United States 196 Northeastern University United States 197 Northern Illinois University United States 198 Oklahoma City University United States 199 Purdue University United States 200 Southern Methodist University United States 201 Stanford University United States 202 State University of New York at Buffalo United States 203 Texas A&M University United States 204 The City University of New York United States 205 The Ohio State University United States 206 The Pennsylvania State University United States 207 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 208 The University of Texas at Austin United States 209 University at Buffalo United States 210 University of California, Los Angeles United States 211 University of Chicago United States © 2019 Singapore Accountancy Commission Updated as of 4 October 2019
No. Institution Country 212 University of Florida United States 213 University of Georgia United States 214 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States 215 University of Iowa United States 216 University of Michigan United States 217 University of Mississippi United States 218 University of Missouri at Columbia United States 219 University of Notre Dame United States 220 University of Oregon United States 221 University of Pennsylvania United States 222 University of Southern California United States 223 University of Utah United States 224 University of Virginia United States 225 University of Washington United States 226 University of Wisconsin United States 227 Wake Forest University United States 228 Yale University United States 229 Academy of Finance Vietnam
Notes: # For applying Undergraduates and Graduates from these foreign universities, you could refer to the Module Exemption Guides published on the SAC website under the “Module Exemption” section of the Foundation Programme.
The above list of recognised universities or institutions is not exhaustive, and is subject to subsequent reviews and changes.
© 2019 Singapore Accountancy Commission Updated as of 4 October 2019