CGMA FLP - Route to CIMA Professional Qualification

CGMA Finance Leadership Program (FLP)

The quick route every students should know about gaining a CIMA professional accounting qualification.

CGMA FLP – Fast Track Your CIMA® Professional Study

Same Syllabus – Different Assessment Methods

You may gain CIMA® Professional qualification via TWO routes:

(1) follow the CIMA 100% EXAM Track, you need to pass 12 exams, OR;

(2) follow the CGMA FLP Track, you need to pass 3 case study examinations, and the rest 9 competency subjects are based on self-assessment quizzes.

The CGMA Finance Leadership Program (FLP) minimizes the number of exams and converts assessments of the remaining syllabus via competency quizzes. The program offers a fully digitalized educational experience for accountancy and finance learning. The FLP track offers an online path for students to complete their studies at the CIMA® Professional level. CIMA introduces the FLP track for studying CIMA professional level, in the spirit of leveraging on the huge benefits of online learning to students.

Why Choose CIMA® Professional Accounting Qualification

CIMA is one of the world’s largest professional accountancy body with 689,000 members and students worldwide. CIMA delivers you the cornerstone knowledge and skills you’ll need to succeed in business or finance. You’ll be capable of working in just about any type of enterprise, small or big, private or public entities. The industry-led examinations and constantly revised curriculum made sure that you have a competitive advantage in the employment market. You won’t simply learn to crunch numbers studying CIMA; instead, you’ll gain the vital skills and techniques which employers all over the world are desperately searching for. Click here to learn more about CIMA.

A Comparison – Frequently Asked Questions

CGMA FLP Track

CIMA® 100% Exam Track

FLP – Assessments: Exams + Competency Quizzes

  • Written Exams – 3 Case Study (3 hours each)
    • Operational Case Study
    • Management Case Study
    • Strategic Case Study
  • Quizzes – 9 subjects (unlimited time)

FLP – Learning: Guided via CIMA Portal

  • All learning materials are available within the digital platform of CIMA®.
  • Students may self-study for the CIMA® professional qualification at their own pace.
  • Be guided by a local FLP-authorised tuition provider.
  • Students may opt to join classes of the FLP-authorised tuition provider.

CIMA® Assessments: 100% Exams

  • Written Exams – 3 Case Study (3 hours each)
    • Operational Case Study
    • Management Case Study
    • Strategic Case Study
  • Objective-based Exams – 9 Subjects (90 minutes each)

CIMA® Learning: Self-managed

  • Students would source learning materials on their own or from the tuition providers.
  • Students may join classes from authorised tuition provider.

FLP – Budgeted Cost: By subscription

Students may choose a year, two-year, or three-year subscription depending on the duration needed for completing CIMA® professional qualification.

The subscription covers all fees, including registration fees, annual subscriptions, exam fees, resit fees, and learning materials.

CIMA® Budgeted Cost: By event

  • Register with CIMA® as a student.
  • Pay registration fees, annual subscriptions, exam fees, and resit fees whenever relevant.

FLP – Where to get learning support?

CIMA® Where to get learning support?

Dual Awards of World-Class – ACMA & CGMA

CIMA® grants similar awards to students who complete CIMA® Professional level via CGMA FLP Track. Graduates of CGMA FLP are eligible for dual awards upon fulfillment of practical requirement experience. The awards are the ACMA/FCMA (Associate/Fellow Members of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and CGMA designation (Chartered Global Management Accountants). The CGMA designation makes up the most relevant global finance qualification for a business career and there are over 140,000 finance professionals worldwide who have the CGMA designation. Jump-start your career with the benefits of CGMA designation.

Becoming Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)

Following the FIRST SCHEDULE of Accountants Act 1967, Malaysia, a member (ACMA/FCMA) of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (United Kingdom) is eligible to apply to become a member of MIA under the category of Chartered Accountant. Click here for details at the MIA website.

Full-Time/ Part-Time?

Fully Capitalised on Digital Learning

It’s flexible! You enjoy the flexibility to decide if you would like to pursue CGMA FLP on a full-time or part-time basis. With CGMA FLP, you could master the subject and take the online assessments at your own pace. Examinations are only for case studies, and all other subjects are competency quizzes based. Good news, you can study whenever you want, wherever you are, and in any order you desire. CIMA® allows students to take case study exams in person at an assessment center or remotely online. Hence, CGMA FLP is the only online education that offers a prestige professional accounting qualification of worldwide recognition. Graduates via the FLP track benefited from the power of digitalisation and are ready to take up challenges in times of rapid changes augmented by Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Removing Barriers to a Professional Accounting Qualification


CGMA FLP – A Switch to Student-Centered, Flexible Learning

The CGMA Finance Leadership Program (FLP) is an innovation by the CIMA® to bring professional accounting learning at the ease of students’ pace via its comprehensive platform of digital learning and assessment. Under the CGMA FLP, you could master the competency subjects and take online assessments at your own pace. In addition, there is no examination for the competency subjects, so you can study whenever you want, wherever you are, and in any order you desire. You may take exams for case studies in person at an assessment center or remotely online, making the FLP a truly digital educational experience.

25% Exams - Minimum exams via case study to assess students' skills related to business problem-solving.
75% Quizzes - Via accumulation of competencies, aims at enhancing students' learning experience.
100% online learning and online exams - fully capitalized on the power of digitalization.

Same Syllabus – Different Assessment Methods

The CGMA FLP track is based on exactly the same syllabus as the CIMA® professional qualification. The syllabus comprises 3 levels of study: Operational, Management & Strategic. Each level comprises THREE competencies subjects and ONE case study.

The entry-level is via Certificate level or other academic qualifications, such as graduates from degree. Degree holders may be eligible for exemptions. Click here to check your eligibility for exemptions for CGMA FLP or CIMA Professional qualification.


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