Professional
qualifications accelerated route
If you are
studying for or have successfully completed another professional
qualification, you should check the web database of accredited
programmes to see if you are eligible for exemptions from
any CIMA papers.
If your qualification
is listed on the web database, and you qualified in the
years stated and took any required modules, you will be
awarded exemptions from the CIMA papers listed.
Please note that exemptions are a concession and are only
awarded at the discretion of CIMA.
Registering
with CIMA and applying for exemptions
To be considered
for exemptions you will need to send the certified copies
of your professional certificates and transcripts - 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 the original documents
as CIMA cannot guarantee that these will be returned to
you.
Before sending
the your certified copies of your certificates and transcripts,
please make sure that you have read CIMA's
guidelines (New
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sending the your educational documents.
Once received
certified copies of your certificates and transcripts CIMA
will contact you with details of any exemptions awarded
and your exemption fees. You will also be able to view these
when you log into your
MY CIMA [New window]
student account.
This is the
time when you will need to seriously consider whether you wish
to accept your exemptions, and you will need to think about
your method of study.
You can find
full details about how to register from the
Become a student area. [New
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Accepting
your exemptions
To make an
informed decision about accepting your exemptions please make
sure that you do the following:
-
Check the
last two CIMA exam papers of the subject you've been exempt
from. You can access them from the exclusive password
protected student area of the website once you are
registered. Please make sure that you make this a priority.
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Familiarise
yourself with the relevant areas of the CIMA syllabus and
the assessment approach.
You need to
be confident that you could have successfully attempted any
papers that you may be exempt from as the material will be
built upon in the later stages of the qualification. This is
crucial to your future success in the CIMA exams.
If you are
unsure whether to accept an exemption - perhaps because
it is some years since you covered key topics - CIMA strongly
advise you to waive the exemption and attempt the CIMA paper.
You will need to tell CIMA Contact in writing or by email
within eight weeks of receiving confirmation of your exemptions
if you wish to do this.
If you do not
accept an exemption and then fail the relevant CIMA exam, you
can't get back the original exemption.
CIMA
Certificate in Business Accounting and CIMA Advanced Diploma
in Management Accounting
You will be
awarded the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting when you
have completed the five Certificate level papers. To get the
Certificate you must successfully sit and pass at least one of
the papers. If you are exempt from the Certificate level you
must waive an exemption and complete at least one Certificate
level exam in order to be eligible for this award. If you
choose to accept exemptions from all five Certificate level
papers you will not receive the CIMA Certificate in Business
Accounting.
The same
rules apply to the CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management
Accounting. You will be awarded the Advanced Diploma when you
have completed the Managerial level. If you are eligible for
exemptions from all six Managerial level papers you will not
receive the Advanced Diploma unless you waive an exemption for
at least one paper and complete it by sitting the CIMA exam.
My
qualification is not listed on the CIMA's database of
accredited decisions
If your
qualification is not listed you will not be awarded any
exemptions. You must complete the five CIMA Certificate in
Business Accounting computer based assessments (CBA) before
progressing to the CIMA Professional Qualification.
CBA is a
unique route to completing the CIMA Certificate level. 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 to. |
