High quality online course offers worldwide appeal and flexibility.
CIMA has supported Hibernia College, Ireland's online college, in the development of a new online Master of Science degree in Financial Management and Control.
The programme has been formally accredited by us, whereby active CIMA students who have achieved CIMA Advanced Diploma status will be entitled, on graduation from the MSc, to full exemption from CIMA's three strategic level examinations:
Paper 3 Management accounting risk and control strategy
Paper 6 Management accounting business strategy
Paper 9 Management accounting financial strategy.
The programme is the latest addition to our portfolio of postgraduate degree associations.
Retain your CIMA student status
By remaining fully subscribed CIMA students during the course of their master's studies, students will continue to benefit from access to our wide range of support materials. They will also receive one free entry to the TOPCIMA examination as the exam fee will be waived.
Online tuition offers worldwide availability and flexibility
Because tuition is solely online, the programme will appeal to students worldwide, particularly in countries where access to quality postgraduate education is restricted to larger cities.
Robert Jelly, CIMA's director of education, is an advocate of the programme. He says: 'The ability to study a master's online will be a great benefit to many of our Advanced Diploma students and also to CIMA members throughout the world who wish to gain a master's degree as part of their continuing professional development.'
The course is delivered 100% online through downloadable lectures, live online tutorials and online discussion forums. Exams are held on site at local exam centres. This flexibility ensures that students can receive world class tuition regardless of their location. It also allows students to structure their lectures and study around their existing work and family commitments.
In addition, there is an option to study the module 'Leadership in financial management' onsite at the world-renowned Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Because the course spans 18 to 24 months, it can be studied at a steady pace and students will benefit from the additional skills typical of master's level study, including the opportunity to relate their thesis to their current employment.
Patricia Michael, CIMA's head of education partnership, has been working with Hibernia College over the last two years to ensure the syllabus meets CIMA's high standards.
'Hibernia College has quickly established itself as a leading edge provider of online tuition,' says Michael. 'It set itself a major task in creating a high quality master's programme that would satisfy Ireland's strict qualifications standards and also match the depth, breadth and rigour of the three papers in CIMA's strategic level. By collaborating closely at every stage of the programme's development, and involving a number of established subject specialists - including many CIMA members - in devising the content and assessment strategy, the result is a pioneering programme focused on meeting tomorrow's business needs. Graduates will benefit from the extensive use of case studies and will be well placed to move on to TOPCIMA.'
Dedication to quality and technology
Dr Seán Rowland, president of Hibernia College, said: 'This new programme represents an exciting new strategic alignment between Hibernia College and CIMA. Both organisations share a dedication to providing the highest quality of education and training to students worldwide and employing the latest learning technology to achieve their goals.'
The programme is accredited by the Irish Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC). HETAC is a public body accountable to the Irish government that awards internationally recognised and respected qualifications at all levels of higher education and training up to PhD. Hibernia College is recognised as a world leader in online learning provision having been awarded Best E-Learning Company in 2007 and Ernst and Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, Ireland in 2008.
For further information on the qualification visit Hibernia College's website.
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