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ACCA Strategic Professional Exam Dates and Sessions

Checked against ACCA's official pages, as of 12 October 2026. Rules and fees change; confirm on the official site before you act.

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Strategic Professional exams are held in four sessions a year: March, June, September and December.

When the exam is held

  • March, June, September and December. Only limited variants are offered in March and September; all variants are offered in June and December.
  • In India, exams are taken at exam centres; ACCA has withdrawn remote exams in countries with exam centre provision.
  • SBL pre-seen information is released two weeks before the exam.

Upcoming sessions

SessionExam datesRegistration
December 20267 to 11 December 2026Entry opened 4 August 2026; standard entry closed 2 November 2026; late entry closes 9 November 2026Results released 18 January 2027, as announced by ACCA
June 2027To be announcedTo be announcedACCA says June 2027 is the final sitting of the current Strategic Professional exams
September 2027To be announcedTo be announcedFirst sitting of the redesigned Strategic Professional exams, per ACCA's future qualification timeline

Official sources