Unit Availability

2025 - Trimester 1	2025 - Trimester 2
Start Date: Monday 3 March 2025 End Date: Friday 23 May 2025 Exam Period: Monday 2 June - Friday 13 June 2025 Applications close: Sunday 16 February 2025	Start Date: Monday 7 July 2025 End Date: Friday 26 September 2025 Exam Period: Monday 6 October - Friday 17 October 2025 Applications close: Sunday 22 June 2025
2025 - Trimester 3
Start Date: Monday 3 November 2025 End Date: Friday 30 January 2026 Exam Period: Thursday 5 February - Friday 13 February 2026 Applications close: Sunday 19 October 2025

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The Graduate Certificate of Public Accounting (GCPA) is a specially tailored award program designed to underpin Public Accounting practice. It consists of a core unit of competency in ethics, and 3 electives in the practice of accounting, taxation and financial planning. Completion of the GCPA will enable eligible members who have the required qualified experience, to become MIPA.

Core Units

Electives

Option 1 (special flexible option)
MAA 763 Governance and Fraud (core)
(RPL to be obtained upon completion of the Ethics CPD credential from DeakinCo*)
Plus 3-electives
(Only 1 unit of RPL will be permissible for electives under Option 1)
Option 2 (GCPA pathway)
MAA 763 Governance and Fraud OR MAA 769 Ethics for Financial Services (core)
Plus 3-electives
(Up to 2 units of RPL will be permissible for electives under Option 2)

Elective units can be chosen from any combination of accounting, tax law or financial planning units.

*The Ethics CPD credential from DeakinCo must be completed in its entirety in order to be eligible for RPL for MAA 763 under Option 1. It consists of:

3 X 6hr ethics modules + annual ethics refresher + Deakin Practising Certificate assessment. The total approximate costs for 2025 is $750 for members.
With the exception of the Ethics CPD credential from DeakinCo above, the tuition fee for all GCPA units is charged at $2,382 per unit in 2025. This is the discounted fee for IPA members.

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If you are a Member (MIPA) or Fellow of the IPA (FIPA), you may be eligible to join Deakin University MBA program, subject to Deakin’s MBA entry requirements. Whilst Deakin’s MBA Program consist of 12 units of study, qualified IPA members may be considered for Recognition of Prior Learning for four to six units - reducing the number of units to study. The MBA units are highly strategic in nature, and are suitable for those who aspire to senior management or leadership roles. The MBA units are highly strategic in nature, and are suitable for those who aspire to senior management or leadership roles.

Also through Deakin’s unique residential MBA classroom workshops, based in Geelong, Victoria, you can even complete selected MBA units in just six days. This is a great way to complete a unit in a week and fast track your MBA.