MIT Sloan Offering IMCA CIMA Certification Online Courses

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning June 1, 2015, the Investment Management Consultants Association (ICMA) will offer an online education program through MIT’s Sloan School of Management, leading to CIMA certification. Three other business schools offer the in-person education components for CIMA certification: The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

Peter Hirst, executive director at MIT Sloan Executive Education, said in a statement that, “By offering this program online, we are providing a much-needed solution to today’s time-constrained financial advisors and consultants, while still providing them with access to some of the brightest financial minds in the world.” Among those minds will be Sloan Professor Andrew Lo, who will serve as the new program’s faculty advisor.

Sean Walters, executive director and CEO of IMCA, said in a statement that the agreement “increases access to high quality education for advisors seeking to distinguish their expertise in today’s global and highly sophisticated marketplace.”

CIMA students in the MIT Sloan program are required to complete 40 hours of online work and pass section quizzes and an exam within a 60-day window to complete the course. The MIT agreement will make CIMA certification more affordable. While the on-site programs range in price from $5,100 to $6,500, the MIT Sloan program tuition is $3,995.

For more information on the MIT Sloan CIMA courses, visit the MIT Sloan Web site.

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