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Uniform Final Exam (UFE)

The uniform evaluation (UFE) consists of three papers written over three days, one each day. The exam tests your competence by having you respond to business scenarios that represent challenges you have faced during your work experience, or will soon face as a recently qualified CA. The first paper is a five-hour paper consisting of a single comprehensive scenario. The second and third papers are four-hour papers, each consisting of more than two scenarios.

2011 BDO UFE Award Winner: Sunny Cheung

2010 BDO UFE Award Winners: Marc Priestley and Eric Van Dyk

2009 BDO UFE Award Winners: Sumeet Sangha and Joel Russell

2008 BDO’s UFE Award Winners: Xavier Richard and Jessica Jang

UFE Preparatory Program

Our UFE Preparatory Program provides you with all the support you need to excel. We begin your preparation with a workshop, taught by highly respected facilitators, where study and exam writing techniques are extensively covered. Exam preparation includes writing practice exams and answering questions, some of which are independently marked by specially trained and experienced exam markers. BDO also provides financial assistance for you to take preparatory programs offered through the provincial CA institute, the CASB or other external providers.

UFE and the provincial CA Institutes

Sample schedule of a UFE Student

Awards

BDO is pleased to announce that Jessica Jang from our Vancouver office has been selected to receive CASB's Exemplary Young Professional Award for 2009! Congratulations!

This award has been established through the generosity of the firm of Kouri Berezan Heinrichs Chartered Accountants of Edmonton in their gift to the Chartered Accountants’ Education Foundation of Alberta. The award recognizes a recent CASB graduate who demonstrates the qualities of a Chartered Accountant: — professionalism, integrity and sound judgment, and commitment to the profession and the community. It takes the form of a $1,000 prize and appropriate plaque suitable for display in your place of employment.

Jessica will receive the award at the ICABC convocation ceremonies on May 29, 2010.

Congratulations once again. You have set a high standard for future years' candidates.

Click here to learn more about BDO's awards for outstanding achievements in the UFE.

FAQ no.10

How does BDO support its UFE writers?

Every UFE finalist gets a "buddy" who will be a recently-qualified CA, someone who has gone through the same process successfully. You will get on-going counselling, and be able to write practice exams and have them marked locally and through National Office. BDO also provides help paying for you to take preparatory programs offered through the provincial CA institute, or externally.