Discounts for Full-Time Students/Professors

The IIA offers reduced CIA application and exam registration fees to candidates who are full-time students or professors (educators), as outlined below. This offer does not apply or the CCSA, CFSA, or CGAP exams.

To qualify for discounted pricing, students must:

• Be enrolled as a senior in an undergraduate program or as a graduate student; and
• Be a full-time student as defined by the institution in which the student is enrolled (a minimum of 12 semester hours or its equivalent is required for undergraduate students and nine semester hours for graduate students). Full-time university students who are in their senior (final) year may enter the CIA program and sit for CIA exam parts before completing their education requirement; however, they must complete the education requirement before they can be certified.

To qualify for discounted pricing, professors must:

• Work full-time as a professor with an accredited educational institution; and
• Provide a letter from their local IIA chapter or institute supporting their request for professor status for pricing.

Eligible students and professors must also:

• Complete the special "CIA Application - Student/Professor" in the IIA CCMS. Your application will remain in pending status until the Full-Time Student/Professor Status Form has been received and approved.
• Submit a Full-Time Student/Professor Status Form.

The Full-Time Student/Professor Status Form and associated fees are valid for 180 days from the date that the form is processed/approved at The IIA. Approved students/professors will automatically receive the reduced pricing for registrations completed within the 180-day period. A new form is required after 180 days if the student/professor is still eligible for discounted pricing. The Full-Time Student/Professor Status Form contains details steps that eligible students/professors must follow in order to receive discounted pricing.