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The steadily expanding worldwide network of partner-educators of the CIMA Institute includes accounting and finance training organizations and business schools. The CIMA® Professional Educator program is for training organizations offering accounting skills development and exam-prep training for global accounting certifications. The CIMA® Academic Affiliation opportunity is open for business schools included in the CIMA® Recognized B-Schools list.

CIMA® Professional Educator Program

Who can Become an Authorized CIMA® Professional Educator?

Training companies/ outfits offering exam preparation and professional learning programs in accounting and finance are ideal candidates for partnering with CIMA® and becoming authorized CIMA® professional educators in their countries and regions. Organizations planning to start accounting or finance training ventures with a strong business plan are also considered.

What is the Key Mandate of CIMA® Professional Educators?

Authorized CIMA® Professional Educators are officially mandated by the CIMA Institute to offer preparatory training for CIMA® exams in their countries and regions. Official CIMA® professional educators are best placed for foraying into the high-profile discipline of investment & management accounting.

How To Become a CIMA® Professional Educator?

Please check if you have received an invite to apply for the CIMA® Professional Educator program. Specialist service-provider organizations have been authorized by the CIMA Institute in various countries to manage partnership applications and recommend and appoint official CIMA® Professional Educators. Leading training organizations are automatically contacted by our service providers in various countries.

In case you have not been contacted yet by any of our authorized representatives, you can

Click Here to apply for the official CIMA® Professional Educator program

CIMA® Professional Educator Program
CIMA® Academic Affiliation Program

CIMA® Academic Affiliation Program

What is the CIMA® Academic Affiliation Program?

CIMA® Academic Affiliation program is open only for institutions included in the CIMA® Recognized B-Schools List. If your institution is included in this list, it pre-qualifies for CIMA® Academic Affiliation. Specialist organizations have been authorized by the CIMA Institute to manage the academic affiliation exercise globally.

In case your institution is a part of the CIMA® Recognized B-Schools list and has still not been contacted by any of our authorized representatives, you can contact us suitably briefing us about your institution in your message. If your institution does not appear in the B-Schools list, and you wish it to be included there, you can click here to let us know.

How Does CIMA® Academic Affiliation Work?

Master’s and MBA students of the listed B-schools get the opportunity to register for the CIMA® charter program at a discounted fee. CIMA® Academic Affiliates can also offer their own exam preparation training, and also award credits to their students for successfully qualifying all the examinations and achieving the CIMA® charter.

Register your request to become a CIMA® Academic Affiliate

What is the CIMA® Recognized B-Schools List?

Accredited business schools across the world offering master’s qualifications like MBA or MS in finance or accounting areas are periodically picked for inclusion in the CIMA® Recognized B-Schools List. Institutions on this list automatically pre-qualify as official CIMA® academic affiliates and are best placed for innovating finance and accounting training, education, learning, and research. Institutions are not required to apply for inclusion in the CIMA® Recognized B-Schools List, as specialist organizations have been authorized by the CIMA Institute in various countries to select and recommend institutions for the CIMA® Recognized B-Schools List.

PLEASE NOTE: CIMA® business schools listing is a voluntary, non-commercial CIMA® initiative aiming at identifying and recognizing champions of advanced disciplines on academic campuses. B-schools are included in the CIMA® Recognized B-Schools List after the CIMA Institute’s own process that does not require institutions to apply. Also, institutions on the Recognized B-Schools List automatically qualify as official CIMA® academic affiliates and do not require to apply or pay any fee. Institutions can opt-out of this list and associated programs if they wish to.



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