CIMA Chartered Institute of Management Accountants 2010 Professional Qualification (Operational, Managerial and Strategic levels)
Part-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Accounting, banking and finance
Related subjects • Business and management
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This course is for anyone wishing to qualify as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and develop a career in management accounting. The course aims to go beyond accounting. It develops your financial skills and knowledge to enable you to focus on the future success of your organisation rather than just assessing past performance.
You become skilled in preparing accounts and managing budgets. And as the course progresses we show you how to interpret financial and management information by applying advanced mathematical and statistical techniques. You study in detail the financial and legal environment in which business work. These include • banking • taxation • laws • regulatory frameworks for governing businesses in the UK and worldwide.
The CIMA 2010 Professional Qualification consists of three progressive levels, operational, management and strategic. Each level contains a paper from three learning pillars, enterprise, performance and financial.
The operations and management level papers can be sat concurrently but CIMA advise you to sit and pass the operations level before progressing to the management level papers. You must also pass all the papers at operations and management levels before you can sit the strategy level.
The final stage before you are accepted as a member of the Institute is the Test of Professional Competence in Management Accounting (T4) which consists of two parts
• you must show evidence of three years relevant practical work-based experience
• pass a case study exam where you apply your knowledge to a business problem
Our courses are run by experienced staff, many of whom have strong links with the Institute, and substantial experience of working in accountancy and associated professions. We have an established reputation for providing courses that prepare you for all stages of the CIMA examination.
We are a Learning Through Partnership quality partner of CIMA, which formally endorses our commitment to providing you with high quality tuition and support. The CIMA User Group, includes representatives from the local branch of CIMA, employers, students and staff in Sheffield Business School. This group monitors our courses to make sure we meet the needs of students and employers.
CIMA fast track route
International students who are CIMA passed finalists or qualified accountants can convert their CIMA qualifications to a UK masters on our MSc Financial Management – CIMA Fast Track Route.
The pass rates achieved by our students are higher than the national average.
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Part-time – we offer 36 hours tuition per paper
Typically in three hour sessions one evening a week over 10 weeks, plus revision sessions of six hours. The final three papers which are technically more difficult are delivered over an academic year.
Download the full CIMA timetable and revision schedule.
The institute’s examinations are very demanding so around 10 hours of private study per subject per week are required. Examinations are sat in November and May.
Classes are subject to change or cancellation.
Download the CIMA application form and return it to us.
2013/14 academic year
Typically £570 – £600 a module
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
The Institute’s examinations are held in November and May. You typically take one paper in the first semester (November examinations) and two papers in the second semester (May examinations). This study pattern allows the first six papers to be completed within 24 months and the final three papers in 12 months. Therefore the whole professional course can be completed in 36 months.
Fully qualified members of CIMA may be able to claim significant exemption against MBA programmes.
Stoddart lecture theatre
This is the Stoddart lecture theatre. The lecture theatre is housed within the Stoddart Building, which is home of the Sheffield Business School.
