Qualifications Exam centres

Exam centres

The ifs School of Finance offers a large number of venues for you to sit your examinations. Venues differ according to the examination your are sitting.

This page provides details of venues for:

Certificate courses and the Professional and Applied DFSM®

Details of exam centres are available from the Pearson website. If there is no test centre in your area please contact Customer and Student Services on +44 (0) 1227 818609 for alternative arrangements.

Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS)

UK venues

Birmingham
London
Manchester

International examination venue list
(excluding USA, Canada and South America)

Antigua (St Johns)
Australia (Sydney and Melbourne)
Austria (Vienna)
Bahamas (Nassau)
Bahrain (Manama)
Bangladesh (Dhaka)
Barbados (Bridgetown)
Belgium (Brussels)
Belize (Belize City)
Bermuda (Hamilton)
Botswana (Gaborone)
Cayman Islands (Georgetown)
China (Beijing, Cheng Du, Chang Sha, Da Lian, Guangzhou, Shanghai)
Croatia (Zagreb)
Cyprus (Limassol)
Cyprus (Nicosia)
Czech Republic (Prague)
Egypt (Cairo)
Finland (Helsinki)
France (Paris)
Germany (Frankfurt)
Ghana (Accra)

Gibraltar
Greece (Athens)
Guyana (Georgetown)
Hong Kong
Hungary (Budapest)
India (Mumbai)
India (Chennai)
Indonesia (Jakarta)
Iran (Tehran)
Italy (Milan)
Jamaica (Kingston)
Japan (Tokyo)
Jordan (Amman)
Kenya (Nairobi)
Kuwait
Latvia (Riga)
Lebanon (Beirut)
Malawi (Limbe)
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
Malta (Valletta)
Mauritius (Port Louis)
Nevis (Charlestown)
New Zealand (Wellington)
Nigeria (Lagos)
Oman (Muscat)
Pakistan (Karachi)
Poland (Warsaw)

Portugal (Lisboa)
Qatar (Doha)
Russia (Moscow)
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
Seychelles (Mahe)
Sierra Leone (Freetown)
Singapore
South Africa (Johannesburg)
South Korea (Seoul)
Spain (Madrid)
Sri Lanka (Colombo)
St Kitts (Basseterre)
St Lucia (Castries)
St Vincent (Kingstown)
Sweden (Stockholm)
Switzerland (Bern)
Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam)
Thailand (Bangkok)
The Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Trinidad (Port of Spain)
Turkey (Istanbul)
Tunisia (Tunis)
UAE (Dubai)
Uganda (Kampala)
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)
Zambia (Lusaka)
Zimbabwe (Harare)

Degree courses

UK examination venues

Ashford, Kent
Belfast
Birmingham
Blackpool
Bournemouth
Brighton
Bristol
Cambridge
Cardiff
Carlisle
Chester

Croydon
Douglas - Isle of Man
Dublin
Edinburgh
Exeter
Glasgow
Guernsey
Isle-of-Wight
Jersey
Leeds
Lincoln

Liverpool
London City
Luton
Manchester
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Northampton
Norwich
Nottingham
Reading
Sheffield
Southend-on-Sea

International examination venues

Antigua (St Johns)
Australia (Sydney)
Azerbaijan (Baku)
Bahamas (Nassau)
Bahrain (Manama)
Barbados (Bridgetown)
Belgium (Brussels)
Belize (Belize City)
Bermuda (Hamilton)
Botswana (Garborone)
Canada (Toronto)
Cayman Islands (Georgetown GC)
China (Beijing)
Croatia (Zagreb)
Cyprus (Limassol)
Cyprus (Nicosia)
Czech Republic (Prague)
Denmark (Copenhagen)
Egypt (Cairo)
France (Paris)
Germany (Frankfurt)
Ghana (Accra)
Gibraltar
Greece (Athens)
Grenada (St Georges)
Guyana (Georgetown)

Hong Kong
Hungary (Budapest)
India (Mumbai)
Italy (Milan)
Jamaica (Kingston)
Japan (Tokyo)
Jordan (Amman)
Kenya (Nairobi)
Kuwait
Latvia (Riga)
Malawi (Limbe)
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
Malta (Valletta)
Mauritius (Port Louis)
Nevis (Charlestown)
New Zealand (Wellington)
Nigeria (Lagos)
Oman (Muscat)
Pakistan (Karachi)
Poland (Warsaw)
Portugal (Lisbon)
Russia (Moscow)
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)
Seychelles (Mahe)
Sierra Leone (Freetown)
Singapore

South Africa (Johannesburg)
South Korea (Seoul)
Spain (Madrid)
Sri Lanka (Colombo)
St Kitts (Basseterre)
St Lucia (Castries)
St Vincent (Kingstown)
Sweden (Stockholm)
Switzerland (Berne)
Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam)
The Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Trinidad (Port of Spain)
Turkey (Istanbul)
Tunisia (Tunis)
Qatar (Doha)
UAE (Dubai)
Uganda (Kampala)
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)
Zambia (Lusaka)
Zimbabwe (Harare)

Tailored courses

Please note that for some tailored programmes the ifs School of Finance offers alternative examination venues and 'inhouse' examinations. Please contact your line or training manager for further details.