First City University College, CIMA forge academic partnership | Latest News

Petaling Jaya: First University University College (UC) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic collaboration and mutual cooperation.

By virtue of this association, students who enrolled for the Diploma in Administration and Bachelor's (with honors) in Accounting and Finance in the first city UC conditional exemption received for the professional qualification CIMA before leaving for the CIMA exam.

The Graduate in Business Administration graduates have the opportunity to obtain the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting, and Accounting (Hons) and Finance also received conditional exemptions to obtain the CIMA diplomas in the management accounting, while studying to the First Commission of the city.

In addition, CIMA scholarships for a value of 2,350 £ (RM13,000) offers students the first city of the UC who want to take a CIMA degree.

In the ceremony of the signature yesterday the first city UC represented by the director of First Corporation of the City Tan Sri Dato Dr. Teo Chiang Liang and general manager Yeong Yin Cheng, while CIMA is represented by the market manager of CIMA Southeast Asia Malaysia Ginny Lim.

This MoU is another milestone for the first UC city, as it is recognized as a college in 2015.

Teo said: "This cooperation is favorable to our curriculum, the BSC (Hons) Accounting and Finance and our Diploma in business management programs.

"Graduates of our BSc (Hons) Degree in Accounting and Finance, who have decided to complete the CIMA qualification and become (with appropriate experience), will automatically bring the CGMA-Member of Global Account Management a member of CIMA.

"First City UC will work in close collaboration with the CIMA to develop programs that our students can quickly find to certify with CIMA titles without compromising the quality of the results."

The students of Accounting and Finance and Business Administration, according to Teo, are therefore very fortunate to have this CIMA subject exemption agreement, since it will prepare the graduates and will be used immediately after graduation.

"I would like to thank CIMA for this collaboration and look forward to a long-term partnership," he added.

To keep up with the landscape and constantly changing business trends, the Faculty of Sciences of Art and Social Sciences of First City, UC, is presenting new degree programs, specially designed to meet the needs and Industry demands, which will improve the employability of its graduates.

Four of his Bachelor's degrees (Hons) Business Management, BSc (Hons), Accounting and Finance, BA (Hons), Marketing and Master of Business Administration (MBA) have been made available, working with the partner university of the United Kingdom. Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).

Students taking these programs will receive two-way certificates: one from First City UC and one from ARU. This dual prize will provide them with the recognition and validation of two higher education providers, which will give them an advantage that distinguishes them from their peers.

In addition, the teaching staff launched three new titles as of this month of September, which is the BA (Hons) Mass Communications as a pathway for their existing diploma program in the same field of study; the international business of BA (Hons); and a degree in Business Sciences with Psychology (Hons).

Students who request these new programs may benefit from the 'Inaugural Incentive', subject to the terms and conditions.