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International Students
We welcome applications from overseas candidates and have special arrangements in place for students in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Hong Kong Students
Hong Kong Institute of Bankers
As a result of a mutual recognition agreement with Hong Kong Institute of Bankers, AHKIB holders can gain Chartered Banker status by passing examinations in Professionalism & Ethics and UK Financial Services. For further details, please click here.
Chartered Banker Accountancy Conversion Course in Hong Kong
We work with the Success Institute in Hong Kong to offer local support and tuition for the Chartered Banker and Advanced Diploma in Financial Services courses. For further details, please click here.
Singapore Students
We work with Lincoln Business School in Singapore to offer local support and tuition for the Chartered Banker Accountancy conversion and the Chartered Banker MBA conversion courses. For further details please, click here.
All other Students
Qualifications for Entry
The minimum entry qualification to our Chartered Banker programme for overseas candidates is a post school qualification. You should also have a good standard of English, evidenced by holding one of the following qualifications:
Evidence of having sat previous examinations in English will also be acceptable.
Graduate entrants may be entitled to an enhanced entry position.
Candidates who meet the minimum entry qualifications can enrol for the following courses:
Enrolment Procedures
You must complete an application form, which can be downloaded from this website. It must be signed and returned to us before your application for admission can be processed.
Included with the application form should be all the relevant documentation providing proof of meeting our minimum entry qualifications. These should be certified by a member of staff at your local British Council office.
Membership and Subject fees must be paid before entry to any of our qualifications will be allowed. However, you should wait for confirmation that your qualifications are acceptable before sending any monies. It is recommended that you do not enrol for any more than 3 subjects at a time.
Fees
The subject fees from 2010 are as follows:
Fees are payable in GBP only.
The fee includes:
Student Support
Our Academy is dedicated to supporting you throughout the period of your studies including:
Allocated Tutor for marking assignments and additional support
Examination Entry
Examinations will be held at the nearest available British Council examination centre. Please ensure that there is an exam centre accessible to you before you enrol for the examinations.
Examination dates are flexible, subject to agreement with the local British Council examination centre.
Institute Rules and Regulations
You must abide by the Institute's Rules and Regulations which cover admittance to the Institute and examination behaviour, except where these rules are replaced by specific rules governing overseas students.
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Graeme Hartop, Managing Director, Scottish Widows Bank
“We rely on the broad range of skills that the Institute provides.”
Jim Lindsay, General Manager, Airdrie Savings Bank