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CIMA® Certification
Sophisticated Investment Expertise. Delivered.
When you’re ready to advance your career—and retain more high-net-worth clients—choose the Certified Investment Management Analyst® certification.
Apply NowWhat Can CIMA® Do for You?
With markets defined by fixed income volatility and low equity return expectations, deliver the sophisticated advice today's investors demand - and need - with the Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) certification.
The CIMA® designation provides advisors, consultants and analysts with the tools to go beyond investment fundamentals. The program:
Integrates practical knowledge with investment theory, with deep dives into advanced portfolio construction, accounting and risk management.
Delivers a systematic process to put this sophisticated knowledge into action - differentiating services, solutions and outcomes.
Demonstrate and deliver the sophisticated expertise that U/HNW investors need with the CIMA® certification.
CIMA® Certification Process & Costs
Our standards are high. And CIMA® certification is rigorous.
But when you join the community of CIMA® certificants—more than 8,500 around the world—you’re in the company of game changers, influencers, and top executives who are evolving the financial advice profession.
Ready to be part of it?
Get CIMA® Process & Cost DetailsApply and select an education provider
Complete executive education program
Pass the CIMA® Certification exam
Complete three final steps your certification
Premier Education Providers to Guide Your CIMA® Program
Investments & Wealth Institute ensures intellectual rigor, engaging teaching, and cutting-edge research for our standards-based, ANAB-accredited CIMA® curriculum by partnering with Top 10 and Ivy League-quality educational providers.
Yale School of Management
Learn from Yale faculty and industry experts through this fully online program, Investment Management Theory & Practice, which includes comprehensive study materials and exam-prep tools.
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Choose from fully online or hybrid (online with an in-person exam prep workshop) for a flexible experience with top faculty and experienced practitioners.
Portfolio Construction Forum
This synchronous online blended live and on-demand learning program, led by the Forum’s specialist academic research unit, enables convenient access to CIMA® education for students in the Asia Pacific region.
View CIMA® Education Provider DetailsResources to Support Your CIMA® Certification Journey
BROCHUREMake your case to peers and employers.
CANDIDATE HANDBOOKAll-in-one reference to the CIMA certification program.
CIMA® CURRICULUM OVERVIEWAt-a-glance coursework outline.
CIMA® EXAM INFORMATIONWhat to expect at exam time.
SCHOLARSHIPSLearn about financial assistance for CIMA candidates from underrepresented communities.
Why offer CIMA® certifications to your firm’s teams?
Today’s affluent clients don’t come to you for products. They come to you for knowledge. So your client-facing advisors must offer sophisticated investment and financial management capabilities across strategies, styles, products, and behavioral biases.