Application For Exemption From Examination

It is hereby notified for information of all registered students of Business Level & Operational Level in July-December, 2019session that the applications for Exemption from examination will be started from July 02, 2019 and will continue till October 7, 2019. Exemption fee (nonrefundable) is Tk. 500/= (five hundred) only per subject.

Exemption Policy
1. Exemptions for Approved Academic Qualification (Regular): Students from the all public universities and selected private universities will be granted 4 (four) subjects exemption in Business Level (except paper GE 05) fulfilling the following conditions:

Universities	Degree	Concentration	Result	Exemption
All Public Universities	BBA	Any	CGPA 3.00 out of 4.00	GE01, GE02, GE03 and GE04
	4 years B.Com /BBS (Hon’s)	Accounting or Finance	3.00 or 50% marks
	3 years B. Com (Hon’s) Plus 1 year Master	Accounting or Finance	50% marks (separately)
	3 years B. Com (Hon’s) Plus MBA	Accounting or Finance	50% marks and CGPA 3.00 out of 4.00
Selected Private Universities	BBA	Accounting or Finance	CGPA 3.20 out of 4.00	GE01, GE02, GE03 and GE04

* List of selected Private Universities are kept in the office.

2. Exemptions for Approved Academic Qualification (Advanced): This exemption is only allowed if the degree offering entity is an independent department of approved university. For example, students with BBA Degree from the Department of Accounting and Information Systems of the University of Dhaka are eligible to avail this benefit.

Universities	Degree	Department	Result	Exemption
Public or Private Universities	BBA	Accounting or Accounting and Information Systems	CGPA 3.50	GE01, GE02, GE03, GE04 and E1

3. Exemptions for Approved Academic Qualification (Documentation based): If an incumbent failed to avail the benefits mentioned in point 1 above due to CGPA or marks below the threshold, they can apply for exemption from respective papers subject to the following conditions:

i. Students need to submit attested detailed course outline from the organizations they studied for mapping by ICMAB authority.

ii. Contents of the submitted course outline should match at least 75% contents of the corresponding ICMAB paper to qualify the eligibility.

iii. Minimum GPA of the equivalent paper is 3.00 out of 4.00 for public university and 3.20 out of 4.00 for private universities or 50% of average marks under traditional assessment system.

iv. The decision of ICMAB authority is final in whole mapping process.

Note: For the purpose of allowing exemptions, Approved Academic Qualification means such qualifications which are approved by ICMAB authority based on the mapping of respective academic curriculums with that of ICMAB.

4. Exemptions for Members of Professional Bodies
a. Qualified Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) & Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) will be granted 4 (four) subjects exemption in Business Level (except paper GE 05).
b. The member of CIMA (UK) / CPA (USA) / CGA (Canada) / other equivalent foreign Professional Accounting body may be granted exemption on different subjects / level recommended by the Education Committee and approved by the ICMAB National Council.]

Application Procedure:

1. Go to www.icmab.gov.bd and click on My ICMAB at the top right corner.

2. Login with your Registration Number as user name & Password.

3. Select Exemption from the menu bar; choose Subjects you are asking for exemption & click on Submit.

4. Pay the fees and submit relevant documents (mentioned above) along with deposit slip to ICMAB office from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on every working day.

Note:
 Conditions mentioned in serial nos. (1), (2) & (3) will only be applicable for newly admitted students from July-December, 2015 session and onward.

 Original Certificates and Transcripts of Bachelor Degree (Pass/Hon’s), Master Degree/MBA Degree, Professional Degree should be shown and a photocopy of the same should be submitted to ICMAB. In this case, the applicants also required to submit the detailed course outline of relevant subjects from the respective Universities attested by a faculty of at least Assistant Professor Level.

 It is to be mentioned that payment of exemption applications does not mean that exemption will be granted. Granting exemption depends on the fulfillment of all the conditions of ICMAB.