Examination day arrangements

The IRM holds winter and summer examinations for the Certificate and currently summer examinations only for the Diploma.

The examination day arrangements for all centres except those indicated with a * below are currently made by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) who will advise you, on behalf of IRM, where and at what time you should report for the examinations.

Examination centres

The Institute has the following examination centres:

UK exam centres

Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton (Hove), Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Deal, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guernsey, Isle of Man (Douglas), Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Southampton

Overseas exam centres

Australia (Sydney, Melbourne), Barbados (St Michael), Bermuda, Botswana (Goborone), British Virgin Islands (Tortola), Cameroon (Buea), Canada (Toronto), Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman), Gambia (Banjul), Ghana (Accra, Kumasi), Gibraltar, Guyana (Georgetown), Hong Kong, India (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Kollata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Secunderabad), Ireland (Cork, Dublin, Waterford), Jamaica (Kingston), *Jordan, Kenya (Nairobi), *Kuwait, Malawi (Blantyre, Lilongwe), *Malta (Florentine), Mauritius (Reduit), *Netherlands (Amsterdam), New Zealand (Auckland, *Wellington), Nigeria (Abuja, Enugu, Ibadan, Kaduna, Lagos, Port Harcourt), *Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone (Freetown), Singapore, South Africa (Johannesburg), Sri Lanka (Colombo), Tanzania (Dar-Es-Salaam), Trinidad (Port of Spain), Uganda (Kampala), UAE (Dubai), Zambia (Kitwe, Lusaka), Zimbabwe (Harare)

*Indicates that the IRM has details of a special centre and candidates should contact the IRM for further information.

When completing the Certificate or Diploma application form, students must indicate which examination centre they prefer to sit their examinations at. Students that do not indicate their preference will automatically be allocated the nearest centre to their correspondence address. Where centres no longer exist, students will be contacted for an alternative choice.

ICSA special centre

Special Centre Application Form (pdf - 88.1 kb)

If an examination centre doesn't exist in your area, the Institute may be able to assist overseas students in arranging a special centre. To attend a special centre, students MUST download and complete a special centre application form and submit it with their application form. Where such arrangements are made, candidates may be required to pay any local supplementary charges. The IRM and ICSA are NOT liable to cover any additional costs. Special centres are not available in the UK.

The closing date for IRM to receive a special centre application form is 1 March for the summer examinations and 1 September for the winter examinations.

Any questions please email studentqueries@theirm.org