Study end date - Graduate
You are entitled to benefits as a new graduate if you join CA or change status to new graduate within 14 days of the end of your studies.
Your studies are deemed to end when all study programme activities have been completed, and you have received your final grade.
Final study activity |
Your studies are deemed to end |
Oral exam: |
The date of your exam |
Oral defence of your dissertation or thesis |
The date your oral defence |
Written exam: |
The date of publication of your grade |
Dissertation or thesis without an oral defence: |
The date of publication of your grade Or the date when your tutor and external examiner signs an advance approval of your dissertation. |
If you have not joined an unemployment fund within 14 days after you have received your grade or advance approval, your study end date may also be deemed to be the date when your examination certificate is issued.
The examination certificate must, however, be issued within two months of the end of your study programme.