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Sitting exams

Entering the exams is a separate process. All exam entry (except CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting) must be made online via the link ---here--- [New Window].

CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting Computer Based Assessment (CBA) exams can be taken at any time at an approved centre near you.

Please click ---here--- to request information about exam centres worldwide. [New Window]

Please note that no exam entry forms will be sent out to any students.

Full details regarding the November Exam Entry were published in the June CIMA Insider and they will be published again in the July/August edition of the CIMA Insider. All students will also receive an email giving further details of the November exam entry.

Get online with CIMA:

CIMA Online also offers a quick, easy and convenient way to administer your own details ONLINE, including:

Registration as a CIMA Student
Entering of exams and viewing results
Updating of personal details
Setting up Direct Debits (UK & ROI only)
Pay Annual Subscription/Exemption/Examination fees using debit/credit cards.

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If you are currently a CIMA student or member, create your CIMA ONLINE account by clicking on the 'Create a web account now' link, after clicking --here--. [New Window]

If you are not a student or a member, but would like to register to become a student with the Institute, please click the 'Start now' link, after clicking the above link.

Exemption guidance given prior to registration is offered provisionally and is given with the understanding that you have provided CIMA with accurate details at the time of your enquiry"

We suggest you do not book courses until your exemptions entitlement is confirmed after registration.

Most students have a number of commitments, so the CIMA training and examination process has been designed to be as flexible as possible. The pass mark is 50% and there is no limit to the number of times you can re-sit a failed exam, however exam fees will have to be paid each time. You can chose when to take your exams, and there is no time limit within which you must finish them all.

You can sit between one and six papers from the Foundation and Intermediate levels (subject to some progression rules) at any single exam sitting. You must complete the Foundation and Intermediate levels before you can sit exams for the Final level.

The first time you sit the Final level exams you must take the three management accounting strategy papers at the same exam sitting. You can choose to sit the case study exam at the same time, or at a later sitting.

CIMA hold exams twice a year, in May and November of each year. If you plan to take your first exam in May, you must register as a new student by 31 January of that year. If you plan to take your first exam in November, you must register as a new student by 31 July of that year.

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