ICSA Qualifications

Variety of Study
 
The ICSA offer a number of Certificate Level programmes. These are usually run by external education institutions that provide the tuition and set the exam. The ICSA moderates the programmes and awards an ICSA Certificate to those who pass. Most students who take these do so because they are working in niche areas. These specialist Certificates can be taken by individuals who are keen to develop their knowledge in particular areas and there is no expectation that they will go on to qualify to become Chartered Secretaries.

• Certificate in Offshore Finance.
• Certificate in Company Secretarial Practice and Share Registration Practice
• Certificate in Employee Share Plans
• Certificate in Further Education Governance
• Certificate in Irish Company Secretarial Practice and Share Registration Practice
• Postgraduate Certificate in Charity Management

These specialist Certificates can be taken by individuals who are keen to develop their knowledge in particular areas and there is no expectation that they will go on to qualify to become Chartered Secretaries.

ICSA is no longer registering new students for the Certificate in Business Practice and this qualification will cease after the November 2010 exam session.

 

Diploma Options

At Diploma level, students can study either  or the Diploma in Offshore Finance and Administration.

We are no longer registering new students for the Diploma in Business Practice and this qualifiacation will cease after the November 2010 exam session.

For information about which Certificate or Diploma option is best suited to your career plans please contact us.

The Professional Programme

The ICSA Professional Programme Part I and Part II each comprise four exams and lead to Grad.ICSA status. As an alternative to the Professional Programme, a range of courses have been accredited by ICSA with a number of universities which provide Postgraduate Diploma, MA or MSc programmes. Students graduating from these will get a joint award of the MA (or other) and Grad.ICSA status. The full list of University Programmes is:

• Anglia Ruskin University
  MA Corporate Governance / Grad ICSA
• Bournemouth University
  MSc Corporate Governance / Grad ICSA
• Kingston University
  MA Corporate Governance / Grad ICSA
• London South Bank University
  MSc Corporate Governance / Grad ICSA
• University of Birmingham
  MSc Corporate Governance and Corporate Responsibility/ Grad ICSA
• University of Hertfordshire
  MSc Finance and Corporate Governance/Grad ICSA
• University of Portsmouth
  MA/LLM Corporate Governance and Law / Grad ICSA
• University of Ulster at Jordanstown (course also available part-time in Dublin)
  PgDip / MSc in Management & Corporate Governance / Grad ICSA