ICWAI - MOU - CIMA

ICWAI qualified candidates who have successfully completed the Final Examination of ICWAI will be able to register for CIMA under the "Gateway Scheme” with immediate effect;
The CIMA Professional Gateway Assessment (CPGA) Examination will be a 3 hours written Examination of 100 marks consisting of:

a) 3 compulsory questions (the topics will be identified and fixed for 2009). Each compulsory question will carry 25 marks.
 

b) In addition there will be a series of Objective Test Questions worth a total of 25 marks.
 

c) A student must score at least 50 marks to pass the paper;
 

The CPGA in May 2009 will take place on 20th May 2009 in normal CIMA examination centres in India. Details of these will be available when examination entry opens on February 2, 2009;
 

The Fees for the CPGA Examination will be £40 per sitting;
 

The course content has been drafted been drafted by CIMA and awaits the approval of the Education Committee of CIMA. This will be posted on the CIMA global website by the end of next week and a pilot paper will follow soon after.
 

The admission procedure will be available in a special link from the home page of the cimaglobal.com website early next week
Students on the "CPGA" scheme will be EXEMPT from paying any exemption fees for the 11 exempted papers available to ICWAI Qualified students;
 

Registration fees and annual subscripttions are the same as all other CIMA students and details are available on CIMA website;
 

The CIMA HQ in London will directly co-ordinate admission and registration related matters and queries throughout 2009.
 

For admission and registration as also to appear in the CPGA Examination, the Student Registration Team of CIMA will require authorised examination transcriptts from ICWAI and proof that they are members of ICWAI. A candidate has to retain his membership with ICWAI to maintain membership with CIMA and vice versa.
 

https://www.icwai.org/icwai/institute-cima-info.asp