Imperial College of Business Studies announces new BA (Hons) in Int’l Business and Finance

The revo l u t i o n a r y program provides students with an Honours Degree in three years from the point of completion of Advanced Level examinations compared to the usual five years in the Sri Lankan market. The Degree program also comprehensively covers both the CIMA and ACCA curriculums together with significant additional content. This unique feature has enabled the BA (Hons) in International Business and Finance awarded by UWS to gain 11 examination exemptions from CIMA and nine examination exemptions from ACCA at the end of the second year of the Degree. This is significantly dif ferent to what is available in the market where, the Degree programs are only eligible for exemptions from either CIMA or ACCA upon the completion of the Degree. This is there fore a global first where both CIMA and ACCA have provided the maximum exemptions at the end of the second year of the Degree, prior to the completion of the Degree. Receiving the exemptions at the end of the second year would provide students the opportunity to complete the Degree and the professional qualifications at the end of the three years. The degree program will accept students with pending Advanced Level results into year one. Present CIMA and ACCA students too have the opportunity of entering directly to the year 2 and year 3 of the BA (Hons) in International Business and Finance. Imperial College of Business Studies, Sri Lanka is one of the fastest growing education providers in Sri Lanka. Incorporated in 2002, Imperial College of Business Studies is headquartered in Colombo with a branch in Kandy and part - nerships in India and Bangladesh. Imperial Col lege of Business Studies is the only CIMA College in South Asia, Middle East and Africa to have two Premium Lear ning Pa r t n e r Co l l e g e s . Imperial College is a future ALP college for ACC A and is the only College in Sri Lanka having the privilege of training the armed forces in CIMA.

University of the West of Scotland (UWS)

The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) is one of United Kingdom’s l a r g e s t m o d e r n u n ive r s i - ties. According to the Complete University G u i d e 2 0 1 7 r a n k - ings UWS ranks 1st in Sc o t l and, 62nd for Accounting and Finance and 67th for Business Studies in the UK. (http://www. thecompleteuniversityguide. co.uk/leaguetables/ rankings?s=). The university ranks high for most improved student experience in nat ional survey and ranked four t h for most improved UK University in the latest Times Higher Educat i o n S t u d e n t Experience Survey.

The syllabus

The program allows S r i L a n k a n s t u - dents study for a UK (Honours) degree at home. It covers a full range of finance and international business subjects such as financial and management accounting, ethics, corporate governance, supply chain management, international marketing, project and relationship management, financial management, taxation, auditing and ancillary areas. The curriculum incorporates interactive sessions with one-on-one guidance through each module with experienced and qualified lecturing faculty both locally and from UK. With globally recognised qualifications, graduates are prepared with specialist and generic skills relevant to global careers in International Business and Finance. T h e BA ( H o n s ) International Business and Finance is validated by The University of the West of Scotland and approved by the Unive r s i t y G r a n t s Commission (UGC) of Sri Lanka. The students after completing their degree can simultaneously obtain exemptions for both ACCA and CIMA making this a unique platform equipped with a triple qualification in the shortest time frame.