Take the Advantage: Be The Winner with BA (Hons) International Business & Finance from University of the West of Scotland

With the world moving at a fast pace, and people moving at an even faster one, it has become essential that you are always one step ahead in the game. What better way to present yourself as an enthusiastic and driven young person, than by making sure that you are not only academically, but also professionally qualified and possess work experience by the time you enter your twenties?

Acquiring a BA (Hons) Degree in International Business &Finance from the University of West Scotland (UWS), at the end of three years, you would be an Honours graduate and at the completion of your 2nd undergraduate year, be exempted from 11 CIMA examinations and 9 ACCA examinations. This unique feature of the degree program allows you to be professionally qualified as well.

For the first time in Sri Lanka, UWS collaborated with renowned Imperial College of Business Studies to launch this unique program on 18th May 2016. Imperial College, with a history of over three decades is the only CIMA Institute in South Asia and the Middle East to have two CIMA (UK) accredited learning quality partner colleges. With a student body of over 2000, Imperial College has long since established itself as a reliable and resourceful institute for your higher education needs. Joining hands with such a renowned local educational body is UWS, a University that has been offering educational and vocational training to students for over one hundred years. UWS is approved by the UGC Scotland and its qualifications are recognized across the globe.

BA (Hons) International Business &Finance is a degree program unlike any other – locally or globally. Setting itself apart from many other programs which are mere top-ups, this degree program is taught for full three years, at the end of which you would be presented an Honours degree. This being a key differentiation, there are many other factors that make this the ideal degree program: two of the largest professional bodies in the world – CIMA and ACCA both provide up to 20 exemptions to the undergraduates of this program.

What makes these exemptions even more remarkable is that the student is not need to have completed all three years to receive it. The exemptions can be obtained once the student completes the first two years of study. This would mean that during the third year, a student can complete the undergraduate degree and receive a professional qualification of CIMA, ACCA or both. This feature of BA (Hons) International Business & Finance is a global first – a truly groundbreaking advantage for the young, who is waiting to take on the world. The program is recognized to such an extent that you are guaranteed an internship for your third year of undergraduate life. With the BA (Hons) International Business & Finance, you are also given the opportunity to study abroad and expand your horizons. You may move to UK to complete your third and final year of undergraduate life, and attend the convocation at UWS in UK. Most importantly, your certificate of degree completion will be issued from UWS, which is approved by the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka.

The business schools of the University is ranked 63rd for Accounting & Finance, and 68th for Business & Management, which are among the highest rankings for Degree programmes available at present in Sri Lanka. Imperial College’s integrity, your time and finances would be directed to the best possible advantage for a young person entering the bigger world.

Catering to you, who is young and eager to guarantee your success in this immensely competitive world, the cost of the program is quite affordable, being just over LKR720,000/-. To make this high quality programme even more affordable to you Imperial College has partnered with top financial institutions that will provide you with educational loan facilities. In addition, the institute itself allows flexible payment options such as annual, semester and monthly schemes.

If you are ready to take on the world, if you want the best option available so you will be not only academically but also professionally accredited and complete the qualifications backed by work experience within three short years, there are three entry points to the program. Two intakes take place annually, in March and in September, where you can enter year 1, 2 or 3, depending on your current qualifications.

If you are just after A/L, or pending results of the examination, you can enrol directly for year 1, and start your Bachelors program even before the exam results are out. However, if you have already completed level(s) of CIMA, ACCA, AAT, DABF or ICASL you may be able to enrol from year 2 or even 3 of the Degree.

BA (Hons) International Business &Finance is a program that has been specifically designed to cater to the eager young minds of today. Instead wasting years and years of your life on obtaining qualifications and spending thousands upon thousands for several professional and academic qualifications that do not assure you of a job, you can now simply achieve all that in three short years for a minimal cost. UWS guarantees global recognition for your qualification, while Imperial College Assures you of a learning experience of a life time. For more information on the degree program, you can visit Imperial College website (http://www.icbsgroup. com/). To read up on the accreditation of UWS as a highly recognized university, visit http://www.uws.ac.uk/. For further inquiries, regarding enrolment, cost or any other specifics related to the program, drop by Imperial College offices in Colombo or Kandy, or call 077 3 918777 (Colombo) or 077 3 919777 (Kandy).

At Imperial College we always believe, that the difference between failure and success is “doing a thing nearly right, and doing a thing absolutely right”. Make the absolutely right choice for your future by enrolling in the only program in the world that provides exemptions to two of the largest and most popular professional bodies globally.

For the first time in Sri Lanka, UWS collaborated with renowned Imperial College of Business Studies to launch this unique program on 18th May 2016.