Professional Accreditation
The Faculty of Finance and Accounting provides a unique chance for the students to receive a professional certification to gain competitive advantage. The Faculty cooperates with the following institutions:
Accreditations
ICAEW
The ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) chartered accountancy qualification, the ACA, is one of the most advanced learning and professional development programmes available. It has integrated components which give students an in-depth understanding of accountancy, finance and business. Combined, they help build the technical knowledge, professional skills and practical experience needed to become an ICAEW Chartered Accountant.
ACA exam structure consists of 15 accountancy, finance and business modules in three different levels: Certificate Level, Professional Level and Advanced Level. Credits for prior learning (CPL) is available for up to eight of the Certificate and Professional Level modules:
Accounting, Assurance, Business and Finance, Law, Management Information, Principles of Taxation, Business Strategy and Financial Management.
ICAEW awarded CPL to selected courses in programme MIFA.
The table below shows 6 CPL awarded to the MIFA programme:
| ICAEW PAPER | Passed MIFA courses |
| Accounting | Accounting I (Note1) |
| Assurance | Auditing and Assurance |
| Business and Finance | Intermediate Accounting
Performance Management Business Ethics Microeconomics Macroeconomics Corporate Finance |
| Management Information | Performance Management |
| Principles of Taxation | Taxation in the Czech Republic and the EU |
| Financial Management | Corporate Finance
Business Valuation International Finance OR Financial Derivatives |
Note1: A student on the Master degree who has previously undertaken the Bachelor in Accountancy programme at the Faculty of Finance and Accounting at the VŠE Prague, and therefore passed the module Accounting I, will be able to claim CPL for Accounting.
CFA Institute
The Faculty of Finance and Accounting is cooperating together with CFA Instute in order to provide its students a global portfolio and gain the highest possible success.
Currently the CFA Institute also offers participation in the CFA Research Challenge – local which offers students a unique chance to analyse a given company and present the outcome of the team during a presentation event for both Czech and Slovak students. The winning team enters the CFA Research Challenge – global and gives students another chance to explore their opportunities. MIFA class ends up every year on one of the top three positions !
For further information please visit the CFA Institute website or contact the MIFA coordinator.
ACCA
The Faculty of Finance and Accounting is the first Czech university receiving accreditation from the professional body, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). ACCA offers exemptions to students who have studied relevant accountancy qualifications prior to starting ACCA’s accountancy qualifications. This means that students may not have to take all of the exams in the ACCA Qualification or at the foundation level and they can start their studies at the right level. The ACCA Qualification has two levels, Fundamental level (F) and Professional one (P). A maximum of nine papers at the Fundamentals level of the ACCA Qualification can be awarded. To preserve the integrity and rigour of the ACCA Qualification and to ensure that all students share a common experience, the ACCA does not award any exemptions at the Professional level.
Master Finance and Accounting MIFA holds the ACCA accreditation for a period of 5 years. All MIFA graduates will receive exemptions from the ACCA qualification exams in fundamental part F1-F4:
F1 – Accountant in Business (AB)F2 – Management Accounting (MA)F3 – Financial Accounting (FA)F4 – Corporate and Business Law (CL)
MIFA is currently working on further recognitions of courses and is looking forward to offer its students more possibilities for their success in their future careers.