CIMA Courses

CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)

About CIMA
For those who all aiming to develop a truly successful, interesting and diverse career in financial of business management, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) qualification is ideal.
If you want to give a real boost to your career potential, CIMA is exactly what you are looking for.

A qualification recognised and respected throughout the world, CIMA will help you acquire the skills you need to help shape and control the future of organisations. You won’t be an accountant but a key decision maker and strategic planner.
Gaining your Chartered Management Accountant status and having the initials ACMA (Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) after your name will ensure you are recognised as a potential leader of industry and your skills will be a passport to professional success in a variety of business fields.

Entry Requirements
There are a number of entry routes which take into account previous school leaver and graduate qualifications and allow you to study for the CIMA qualification, provide you are 18 or over and meet any of the following criteria:

Criteria

• CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting
• A degree in accountancy or business
• AAT qualification (Association of Accounting Technicians)
• An overseas qualification equivalent to the above.

Exemptions
Some qualifications may offer you exemptions and enable you to enter at an advanced stage of the syllabus.
Contact CIMA for further information.
Exemption application dates
By mid March- for May exams
By mid September – for November exams
There are 2 exam sittings each year:

• May
• November

Registration with CIMA
All students who wish to sit CIMA Examinations must:
1. Register as a student with CIMA.
2. Register to sit specific exams with CIMA
(You will be sent an exam entry form once you have registered with CIMA)
.Enrolment on an LEC courses does not registered you with CIMA.
Note: Exemption, registration and exam entry deadline dates are approximate and should be checked with CIMA.
Registration Deadlines

Syllabus structure
CIMA’s new syllabus, examinable from May 2005, has been introduced to further enhance the status of chartered management accountants and ensure the needs of employers are fully satisfied in today’s dynamic business environment. With this new syllabus, CIMA prides itself on offering a qualification which includes more management accounting and strategy content than other professional accountancy qualifications and more detailed coverage of project management.

Syllabus learning ‘pillars’
The syllabus comprises three learning pillars:

• Management Accounting Pillar
• Business Management Pillar
• Financial Management Pillar

Course awards

The new qualification has three levels:

Five exams

Award: Certificate in Business Accounting

Six exams

Award: CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting

Three exams

Plus
Test of Professional Competence in Management Accounting (TOPCIMA).

Who the courses are for
Which is ideal if you are not in full-time employment or are between jobs.These courses are particularly suitable for overseas student Visa requirements, provided you study for a minimum of three papers at a time.

Special package price-guarantee your fees for the duration of your course!
6 subjects: only £1,500 (deposit: £800)
12 subjects: only £3,200 (deposit: £1,600)
15 subjects: only £4,200 (deposit: £2,100)

Initial Registration Fee £150.