Accelerated routes
University
graduates can benefit from a series of Accelerated Routes into
the CIMA Professional Qualification:
Graduate
Accelerated Route 1
The route for
graduates of CIMA accredited programmes as listed on the CIMA
database.
Graduate
Accelerated Route 2
The route for
graduates of related - but not CIMA accredited - programmes
who may be eligible for a specified range of CIMA exemptions.
Graduate
Accelerated Route 3
The route for
all other graduates - CIMA Computer Based Assessment.
Follow the
following step by step guide to find out if you are eligible
for exemptions and to see which Graduate Accelerated Route you
should follow.
Step 1 - Check if your
qualification is CIMA accredited
Visit CIMA's
database [New window]
of accredited programmes.
If your
qualification is listed and you completed it in the years
stated, you will see which CIMA papers you will be exempt
from. Check carefully that the qualification title is
identical to your own and that your graduation date is
included in the years given. Some exemptions are awarded on
the basis of option modules. Please check whether you have
successfully completed the options specified for each
individual paper.
Registering
with CIMA and applying for exemptions
To be
considered for exemptions you will need to send certified
copies of your highest level educational certificates and
transcripts to CIMA - details of the subjects you studied and
the marks you achieved. To certify the copies of your
certificates and transcripts you will need to get a
responsible person - such as your manager or a lecturer - to
sign them as true copies of the originals. All certified
certificates and transcripts must be in English. Please do not
send original documents as CIMA cannot guarantee that these
will be returned to you. Before sending certified copies of
your certificates and transcripts, please make sure that you
have read CIMA's
guidelines (New
window; PDF 494KB) for
sending CIMA your educational documents. Once CIMA assessed
the certified copies of your certificates and transcripts they
will contact you with details of any exemptions awarded. You
will also be able to view these when you log into your
MY CIMA [New window]
student account.
CIMA strongly
recommend that you wait until you have received written
confirmation of your exemptions before you sign up for a CIMA
study course. If you do sign up for a course before receiving
this confirmation - and you then learn that you are exempt
from this subject - CIMA will not accept liability for any
course fees. If you are expecting exemptions and it has been
over 20 days since you sent your certified certificates and
transcripts, please email or call .
You can then start your
studies on Graduate Accelerated Route 1
Step 2 - My qualification is
not on the CIMA database
If you
studied a related qualification at first degree or
postgraduate level you may be awarded some exemptions from the
CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting. There are fewer
exemptions available than for accredited programmes as they
don't have the same level of understanding of the programme
you followed. Your qualification will be assessed based on
your degree certificate and transcripts, against a number of
CIMA subject groupings each of which corresponds to a defined
range of exemptions.
If CIMA
consider that your qualification falls within one of the
groupings, CIMA will contact you with details of any
exemptions awarded. You will also be able to view these when
you log into your
MY CIMA [New window]
student account.
CIMA strongly
recommend that you wait until you have received written
confirmation of your exemptions before you sign up for a CIMA
study course. If you do sign up for a course before receiving
this confirmation - and you then learn that you are exempt
from this subject - CIMA will not accept liability for any
course fees. If you are expecting exemptions and it has been
over 20 days since you sent your certified certificates and
transcripts, please email or call .
If you
are awarded exemptions, you can then start your studies on
Graduate Accelerated Route 2.
Step 3 - My qualification
does not fall into a CIMA grouping for exemptions
CIMA is
unable to exempt you from any CIMA papers but as a graduate,
CIMA would expect you to complete the five CIMA Certificate in
Business Accounting computer based assessments (CBA) within
three to nine months.
To complete
the registration process you will still need to send certified
copies of your highest level educational certificates and
transcripts with details of the subjects you studied and the
marks you achieved to CIMA. To certify the copies of your
certificate and transcript you will need to get a responsible
person – such as your manager or a lecturer - to sign them as
true copies of the originals. All certified certificates and
transcripts must be in English. Please do not send original
documents as CIMA cannot guarantee that these will be returned
to you.
Before
sending your certified copies of your certificates and
transcripts, please make sure that you have read CIMA's
guidelines (New
window; PDF 494KB) for
sending CIMA your educational documents.
CBA is a
unique route to completing the CIMA Certificate in Business
Accounting. CBA offers flexibility and convenience and
students are not confined to dates of examinations. Results
are available as soon as you complete the assessment and you
can attempt the assessment as often as you need.
Go to CIMA
CBA [New window]
area for full details
about this method of assessment.
You are now on Graduate
Accelerated Route 3. |
