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Registration

Once you have decided that you would like to study for CIMA you will need to register as a student with CIMA. You can register online via the CIMAglobal website and you will be asked to pay the registration fees during this process.
 

Member registration closing dates

31 January (to write the May exam)

31 July (to write the November exam)

There are no cut-off dates for the Certificate level. Enrol and do your exam any time throughout the year.

 

Pay your first-time CIMA member registration fee in Rands! IBTC assists those students registering for the first time with our CIMA Membership Registration Assist. Simply include your CIMA registration fee in your IBTC course booking and IBTC will pay your CIMA membership registration fee on your behalf.

CIMA Registration Step-by-step

To register with CIMA you would need to follow these steps below:

Step 1

Register online as a CIMA student: Click here to go directly to the CIMA registration page.

Payment options: If you have a credit card you can pay online. If you do not
have a credit card then click 'pay later' on the registration form. You must
then obtain a 'bank draft' (in British Pounds Sterling) from your bank.

Step 2

Register for any exemptions you are eligible for (if you have completed a
relevant degree, diploma etc)

Post or fax your bank draft to CIMA SA together with the following
documents:

• a certified copy of academic records (and transcripts if degree not listed with CIMA)

• print out of registration form with student number (after registering online)

               CIMA Head Office
               Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
               1st Floor, South West Wing, 198 Oxford Road, Illovo
               P.O. Box 745, Northlands, 2116
               C: 27 83 383 1630
               T: 27 11 788 8723
               F:  27 11 788 8724

Step 3

Register for your May or November exams.
Exam registration cut-off dates: 14 March (May exam) and 14 September (November
exam)

 

Step 4

Contact IBTC for tuition support info@ibtc.co.za / 021 4612203 / 0861 111 411

Fees

The initial registration fee is 60 British Pounds. You also need to register for your exams for each subject online and the fee for those will depend on which level you are writing.

 

Cut-off dates

If you want to sit managerial or strategic exams you must have registered and sent in all your supporting evidence by 31 January for the May exam sitting, and 31 July for the November exam sitting.

For the certificate level exams that are done via Computer Based Assessment there is no deadline. You can sit them as soon as you have registered.

Before registering make sure that you can attend one of CIMA’s exam centres or if you are starting with the certificate in business accounting, that you know where the nearest computer based assessment centre is.

 

In order to find out more information on the registration process and the fees involved, you should consult the CIMA website.

 

Should you experience any problems registering please contact CIMA South Africa:
Tel: 27 (0)11 788 8723
Fax: 27 (0)11 268 2556
e-mail: cima.contact@cimaglobal.com

No registration is needed for studying through IBTC. You can simply book classes or a home study course.

 

Entry requirements

The CIMA qualifications are open to everyone. Your entry level will depend upon your previous experience.
The qualifications are similar in standard to undergraduate and postgraduate studies. You will need a good standard of mathematics and to be proficient in the English language. 

Exemptions

You could be eligible for exemptions from selected CIMA papers, depending on your previous studies. If you’ve already studied a relevant qualification - such as a degree or a professional qualification in accounting or business subjects - you may not need to sit all the exams.

Once you’ve registered with CIMA you can apply and pay for exemptions. You can search for your qualification and find out more about accelerated routes to the CIMA qualification on the CIMAglobal website here.

Exams

Certificate Level

Computer Based Assessment (CBA) is used to assess all 5 Certificate level subjects. Each of the 5 assessments can be taken flexibly whenever you are ready. There is no registration cut-off time.

IBTC is the registered CBA centre for the Western Cape. To book an exam, make a booking on this site now. For Johannesburg and all other areas contact CIMA directly on 011 7888 723.

All the exams are two hours.

Computer Based Assessments use objective test questions. The most common type is 'multiple choice', where you have to choose the correct answer from a list of possible answers, but there are a variety of other objective question types that can be used within the system. These include true/false questions, matching pairs of text and graphic, sequencing and ranking, labelling diagrams and single and multiple numeric entries.

The pass mark for each subject is 50% and you will receive your results and a Certificate of Achievement immediately after the assessment. If you are unsuccessful, you will receive some feedback on your performance in the assessment.

Operational, management, strategic and professional competence exams

The professional level of CIMA is examined via traditional paper-based examinations which are held at CIMA exam centres throughout the country. All exams are 3 hours long and take place during the last week of May and November each year. There are also two computer based sittings for the test of professional competence each year in March and September. Strategic level rewrites can also take place then.

The pass mark for all exams is 50%.

Exam entry takes place online via 'MyCIMA'

 

Exam entry closing dates

14 March (to write the May exam)

14 September (to write the November exam)

NB. Late entries will incur additional fees
You may only enter papers at one exam centre.

You are required to register for each examination by using CIMA's online registration facility ('MyCIMA'), no email or paper entries will be accepted. Within 24 hours of entering you will receive an email confirmation of your entry. If you do not receive this you should check your exam entry carefully. If all the papers you want to sit are displayed you do not need to do anything else apart from post payment - if you did not pay online. If your entry is not displayed then it is likely that you did not complete your entry. You will need to start again.

You need to have completed or be exempt from all Certificate level exams before you are able to enter for any Operational level papers. To enter for Strategic level you need to have completed the Managerial level. To sit the Case Study Exam at the T4 level you need to have completed and passed all 3 Strategic level papers. 

Practical experience requirement

Becoming a CIMA member is not simply a matter of passing the exams. You also need to gain a minimum of three years relevant practical experience before you can call yourself a Chartered Management Accountant or use the letters ACMA after your name. So make it part of your career plan to fulfil the requirements for membership and have your practical experience assessed.

Students must prepare and submit a ‘CIMA Career Profile’ for assessment of their personal work based practical experience and skills development as part of the T4 level Part A. An approved Career Profile is awarded 50 credits.

 

The Career Profile includes:
•    Section 1 - Assessment of Practical Experience/Membership Application Form, signed by a proposer and seconder
•    Section 2 - Employment Summary
•    Section 3 - Detailed record of your experience (extended CV)
•    Section 4 - Record of Skills Development

Experience may be drawn from any of the following three areas (but a minimum of 18 months must be gained within the core area):

 

Area 1 - basic experience    
1a. preparing and maintaining accounting records
1b. statutory and regulatory reporting
1c. IT desktop skills
1d. systems and procedure development

Area 2 - core experience    
2a. preparation of management accounts
2b. planning, budgeting and forecasting
2c. management reporting for decision making
2d. product and service costing
2e. information management
2f. project appraisal    
2g. project management    
2h. working capital content    
2i. risk management and business assurance

Area 3 - supplementary experience
3a. financial strategy
3b. corporate finance
3c. treasury management
3d. taxation        
3e. business evaluation and appraisal        
3f. business strategy    
3g. external relationships        
             
Note: Some or all of the required experience may have been gained before registering as a student.

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