The Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting (type 3) will start in May 2016 and will be delivered by the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management.  Students who complete the G.Dip.P.A. will receive advanced standing in Chartered Professional Accountant Professional Education Program (CPA PEP), required prior to writing the Common Final Examination (CFE).   The diploma curriculum will cover four of the six CPA PEP modules.  The diploma will be offered in a 12 week session annually from May to July and consist of 5 half courses (2.5 FCE) taken full-time.  The diploma program is distinctive for the highly integrative nature of both its structure and delivery and this approach will culminate in the capstone course, Integrative Thinking for Professional Accountants.  The courses will be delivered through face-to-face instruction, facilitation and online elements and will use a case-based approach.   All recent graduates from the University of Toronto tri-campus undergraduate programs in accounting will be eligible to apply to the G.Dip.P.A. if they meet the specific admissions requirements.  Students from other universities from undergraduate accounting programs that cover the same curriculum as the tri-campus University of Toronto programs, may be admitted to the G.Dip.P.A. on a case-by-case basis.