Program Overview

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Key Information

Duration

10 weeks, plus an examination

Start of Programme

October / January / April / July

Attendance Mode

Distance learning

Fees

• IPA (1 module): £1,820

Entry Requirements

• You should have a recognised UK Bachelor's degree, or international equivalent, in an appropriate discipline depending on the modules you are interested in undertaking.
• Your application may be considered if you have previous education and experience, equivalent to a degree-level qualification, which includes suitable preliminary training.
• See English language requirements

Course Overview

For those looking to update their professional skills, specialise in a particular area, or see if distance learning is right for them without the commitment of a full programme, an Individual Professional Award (IPA) is the perfect option.

IPA graduates will be awarded a University of London certificate, and will then have the option of extending their IPA into a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or Master's programme, providing they have achieved a pass mark of 50% or more on modules already taken that are relevant to the subsequent Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or Master's.

Structure

You can choose a module from any of the CEFIMS Distance Learning programmes available. You may select one module per session only.

For each module that you choose to study, you will complete two assignments each worth 15% of your total marks. You will be expected to submit your first assignment by the Tuesday of Week 5, and the second assignment at the end of the module, on the Tuesday of Week 8.

You will also sit a 3-hour examination held on a specific date in October, worth 70% of the total mark.

Module and Study Calendar 2024/25

Module	S1	S2	S3	S4
	Oct 2024	Jan 2025	Apr 2025	Jun 2025
Bank Financial Management	X		X
Bank Regulation and Resolution of Banking Crises			X
Banking Strategy	X		X
Banking and Capital Markets			X
Corporate Finance		X		X
Corporate Governance			X	X
Corporate and Investment Banking	X	X		X
Decentralisation and Local Governance	X		X
Econometric Analysis and Applications				X
Econometric Principles and Data Analysis				X
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment		X
Finance in the Global Market			X
Financial Econometrics	X
Financial Engineering	X
Financial Law				X
Financial Reporting	X
Human Resource Management and Development		X
International Business Strategy				X
International Finance		X		X
Introduction to Law and Finance	X
Introduction to Valuation		X
Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets	X		X	X
Managing Organisational Change			X
Managing the Transnational Corporation			X
Microeconomic Principles and Policy		X		X
Modelling Firms and Markets	X
Portfolio and Fund Management		X
Privatisation and Public Private Partnerships				X
Project Appraisal			X
Project, Programme and Policy Evaluation		X		X
Public Financial Management: Audit and Compliance				X
Public Financial Management: Planning and Performance		X		X
Public Financial Management: Revenue	X	X	X
Public Policy and Management: Development Assistance	X	X
Public Policy and Management: Perspectives and Issues			X
Public Policy and Strategy	X		X
Research Methods	X		X	X
Retail Banking and Household Finance		X
Risk Management: Principles and Applications		X	X
The IMF and Economic Policy		X		X

Teaching and Learning

Each module lasts 10 weeks and examinations are held in late September/October. Students are registered for a maximum of 2-years.

Key Dates and Calendar

To find out when a particular module is running, please view the study calendar on each individual module page.

• See our online and distance learning key dates.

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees 2024/25

• IPA (single module): £1,820

Fees are inclusive of all required resources. Whilst we incorporate all of the costs into your module fees, depending on your country of residence, you may incur local costs such as: fees paid to local examination centres for sitting your examinations.

Fees may increase each year, therefore may be higher in subsequent years of study. See online and distance learning fees for further information.

Pay as You Learn

Our distance learning programmes can be paid in full at the time of enrolment (thus avoiding any subsequent rise in fees). or on a pay-as-you-learn basis. Pay as you learn means you only pay for the module you are enrolling on.