GAPA — Global Academy of Professional Accountants
Intake 2026 · Limited seatsSeats fill on a first-come basis across all four Mumbai campuses — apply early to lock your preferred campus.
Intake 2026 · Cohort 09
MU
Mumbai University Affiliated

A degree that
earns alongside
your CA, ACCA & FRM.

Mumbai University BBA & B.Com integrated with professional credentials and Python-led financial modelling. Built for the next generation of finance leaders.

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The Career Universe · 8 paths

Where your degree actually takes you.

Eight live career tracks — from Big Four audit to quant trading, equity research to AI-for-markets. Tap any to see roles, recruiters, salary trajectory and the exact GAPA papers that map there.

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§ 02 Day in the Life

Four years. Six scenes. One uninterrupted line from first day to first desk.

Scroll through a GAPA student’s four years — the classroom, the all-nighter, the first lanyard, the live deal, the offer, the stage. No timetables. No theory. Just what actually happens.

You walk in.
SCENE 01Semester 1 · Week 1

“I thought a degree would feel slow. By week three I was reading filings.”

— Aanya · BBA FinTech, Cohort '26

The grammar of business

You walk in.

You are studying · Foundation · Accounting & Economics

Day one is not a lecture — it is a brief. Your cohort meets the faculty mentor who will walk the next four years with you. By Friday, you have opened your first set of books and read your first balance sheet out loud.

You build your first model.
SCENE 02Semester 2 · Late nights

“The first model I built broke twice. The fourth one I built for a recruiter.”

— Kabir · BBA FinTech

Three-statement model · DCF

You build your first model.

You are studying · Financial Modelling in Excel

A real company. A real annual report. You build the model line by line — revenue drivers, working capital, debt schedule, DCF. It takes a weekend. It takes a second weekend. By the third, the muscle is yours for life.

You walk into your first office.
SCENE 03Semester 4 · Summer

“The lanyard felt heavier than the laptop. I never took it off the whole week.”

— Meher · B.Com Professional Accounting

Internship — lanyard, not lecture

You walk into your first office.

You are studying · Equity Research · Business Communication

GAPA's placement cell opens the door before the resume does. Six weeks at a BKC desk — sitting in coverage meetings, owning a small piece of a sector note, watching how the work actually gets done.

You sit in the deal room.
SCENE 04Semester 6 · A live deal

“Nobody in the room cared what year of college I was in. They cared if my numbers tied.”

— Rehan · BBA FinTech

Live transaction · real screens

You sit in the deal room.

You are studying · M&A · Algorithmic Trading · AI in Finance

By third year the simulations end. You are inside a live data-room — building the analyst pack, stress-testing the trade, sitting beside the senior who signs off the model. The classroom and the desk start to look the same.

You shake hands on it.
SCENE 05Semester 7 · The offer

“Final year felt different. I was studying to be better, not to be hired.”

— Anvi · B.Sc FinTech

Pre-placement offer

You shake hands on it.

You are studying · Capstone · Career Atelier

The internship turns into an offer letter. Or a different firm reads the work you did and writes one. Either way, your final year begins with the seat already booked — and you spend it sharpening, not searching.

You walk across the stage.
SCENE 06Semester 8 · Convocation

“My parents got a degree day. I got a head-start.”

— Ishaan · BBA Professional Accounting

Degree + credential · in parallel

You walk across the stage.

You are studying · Mumbai University degree · Industry credential

You leave with a University of Mumbai degree in one hand and a real credential — CA progress, ACCA papers, FRM, NISM, or a Python-shipped portfolio — in the other. The next role is already chosen. Four years compressed into the only outcome that matters.

This is not a brochure timeline. It is the actual one.

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§ 02 Programmes

Two tracks. Multiple doors in. One promise — degree + credential, in parallel.

01Professional Accounting & Financial Management

CA / ACCA / CFA-grade rigour — built for the AI era.

BBAB.Com in Buss. Admn.1-yr Diploma
02FinTech

Markets, code and AI — the new shape of finance.

BBAB.Com in Buss. Admn.B.Sc1-yr Diploma

Same syllabus · same faculty · same classroom — different door in.

Featured · AI-as-pedagogy
Across every cohort · every semester

You graduate fluent in the AI, Python and blockchain tools modern finance is hiring for.

AI is part of every classroom — not a bolt-on elective. We train you on the majority of the latest, most relevant AI tools used in finance today: AI copilots for modelling and analysis, machine-learning workflows for equity research, blockchain for audit trails, and the new wave of agentic tools reshaping accounting. Across BBA, B.Com, B.Sc and the Diplomas.

Tracks
02
Doors in
BBA · B.Com · B.Sc · Diploma
Campuses
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§ Placements

The wall our graduates walk into.

Indicative recruiters across audit, investment banking, equity research, FinTech, AI and risk — the firms that hire the GAPA degree + credential combination.

  • Deloitte
  • EY
  • KPMG
  • PwC
  • Motilal Oswal
  • Razorpay
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Awarding university · Est. 1857

Final degree awarded by the University of Mumbai through the host college.

UGC recognised · NAAC A++ · NIRF top-100 University

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§ 06 Admissions

Admissions 2026 are open.

  1. I.
    Submit application
    20 min · Online
  2. II.
    Studio interview
    Invited candidates
  3. III.
    Offer letter
    Within 3 weeks
Begin · Free counselling

Talk to a GAPA counsellor before you apply.

A 20-minute 1:1 call with someone who actually knows the programmes, the host colleges and the CA/ACCA overlap. Pick a slot, get a Google Calendar invite, done.

  • 20 minOn Google Meet · or in-person at any campus
  • FreeNo fee, no obligation, no sales pressure
  • Next slot todayMon–Sat · 10:00–19:00 IST
Book free counselling Apply directly

Prefer email? Write to admissions@gapa.edu — we reply same day.

Mumbai · 4 host campuses

Four campuses. One degree.

Programmes delivered through four established Mumbai colleges, each affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Pick the campus that fits your commute and your life.

See campus details · commute, intake, fees
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Campus · Malad West, Mumbai

MKES Khandwala

MKES Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal's Khandwala College

MKES's Nagindas Khandwala College, Bhavishya Bharat Campus, Sasmira Road, Bhardawadi, Malad (W), Mumbai 400064

GAPA's main Malad campus — and the only one that runs all four undergraduate degree variants: BBA and B.Com, in both the Professional Accountancy and FinTech tracks. Ten minutes from Malad station, with a dedicated GAPA wing for the finance and FinTech labs.

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Nearest station
Malad (Western)
Established
1983
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Hostel
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§ Ask · Answers

Every question applicants & families ask — answered.

Built from a decade of admissions conversations and a live AI concierge grounded in GAPA's own knowledge base. Six lenses, one promise — no question goes unanswered.

Ask the GAPA concierge · AI

Type your question. Get a grounded answer in seconds.

AI-generated · grounded in GAPA's published knowledge base · counsellors verify edge cases

Eligibility, dates, documents, seat-locking.

Cohort 09 opens in three waves — Early (Nov–Jan, scholarship-eligible), Regular (Feb–Apr) and Final (May–Jun, subject to seats). A seat is locked once the application form, supporting documents and the first instalment are received. Early-wave applicants get a guaranteed campus-of-choice if applied before 31 Jan 2026.

Begin the 2026 application

Still deciding?

A 20-minute call with a counsellor answers what an FAQ can't.

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§ Accommodation partner

Housing sorted. From the day you land in Mumbai.

GAPA students get priority access to Hello Student, India's premium student-accommodation network — gender-specific, fully furnished, safe and walking distance to every host campus.

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    CCTV + on-site staff

  • Doctors on call

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