IAP 2025
IAP exam
To assist our Internal Audit Practitioner™ (IAP™) candidates, this page was created to provide answers to common questions related to the syllabus and exam updates occurring in 2025.
Information is subject to change.
What is changing?
- The topic areas on the IAP exam syllabus will be updated to:
- Bring the Internal Audit Practitioner program up to date with current global practices.
- Provide more in-depth coverage of internal audit fundamentals.
- Achieve greater alignment among The IIA’s core certifications.
- Create a student pathway to the Certified Internal Auditor designation.
- The IAP is being made a permanent designation with 20 hours of annual CPE required.
- Additional languages are being added to support global accessibility efforts.
- Waiver for CIA Part 1 provides a streamlined pathway into CIA program. (exclusions apply)
Do you already qualify to claim the IAP designation?
Individuals who previously earned the IAP—whether active or expired—can now proudly claim it as a permanent designation.
- Expired IAPs: You have been automatically reactivated, and your IAP designation is now permanent.
- Active IAPs: All currently active IAPs have now been granted permanent status.
If you are a Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) or if you ever passed Part 1 of the CIA exam, you are now eligible to claim the IAP.
- Certified Internal Auditors (CIAs): Please submit an IAP application in CCMS.
- Challenge Exam Pathway: If you earned your CIA through a Challenge Exam, submit an IAP application in CCMS and then open a new case under the Help tab in CCMS to complete the process.
- Part 1 Passers: Please submit an IAP application in CCMS.
These changes provide greater recognition for professionals at various stages of their internal audit careers. Certification renewal requirements begin in 2026.
IAP syllabus
Candidates pursuing the IAP designation will become certified by taking the CIA® part 1 exam.
The version of the CIA part 1 syllabus you are tested on will depend on your chosen exam language and the date you plan to test.
The schedule below outlines when each language will transition from the 2019 to the 2025 CIA part 1 syllabus.
For details on both syllabus versions, visit our dedicated syllabus webpage.
Need IAP exam study materials?
The new IAP Exam Review offered through The IIA and Becker is now available.
The IAP Exam Review prepares you for the Internal Audit Practitioner exam, which is Part 1, Internal Audit Fundamentals, of the CIA Exam.
Language update schedule
The IAP examination will begin using CIA Part 1 in all languages.
Following the schedule below, each language will transition from the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus to the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
- English: 28 May 2025
- Japanese: 28 July 2025
- Thai: 28 August 2025
- Korean: 28 August 2025
- Portuguese: 28 September 2025
- Indonesian: 28 September 2025
- Vietnamese: 28 September 2025
- Spanish: 28 October 2025
- French: 28 October 2025
- Polish: 28 November 2025
- German: 28 November 2025
- Turkish: 28 December 2025
- Russian: 28 December 2025
- Chinese Traditional: 28 January 2026
- Chinese Simplified: 28 September 2026
- Arabic: 28 September 2026
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Yes, if you passed the IAP or CIA Part 1 on or before 30 June 2022:
- If you apply to the CIA program by 30 June 2026, you will receive a waiver for CIA Part 1.
- Effective 1 July 2026, you will no longer be eligible for the CIA Part 1 waiver and will need to take CIA Part 1 to continue in the CIA program.
Yes, if you passed the IAP or CIA part 1 after 30 June 2022:
- You will maintain a waiver for CIA Part 1 for 4 years from the date your IAP was passed.
- Once those 4 years have passed, you will no longer be eligible for the CIA Part 1 waiver and will need to take CIA Part 1 to continue in the CIA program.
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The IAP provides entry into the CIA program and waives the need to take Part 1 of the CIA exam. However, an IAP holder must still meet the CIA’s full experience requirements which vary based on education.
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You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 September 2026:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 September 2026:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 January 2026:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 November 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 July 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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If you sit for your IAP exam on or before 27 September 2025:
- You will take the current IAP exam which is not CIA Part 1.
Effective 28 September 2025:- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 August 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 November 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 September 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 October 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 August 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
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Effective 28 May 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Effective 28 December 2025:
- You will be tested on the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
Candidate scenarios
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The revised Internal Audit Practitioner program will use the CIA Part 1 exam for assessment.
Only the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus has been updated to align with the Global Internal Audit Standards.
Effective 28 May 2025, the IAP exam will become CIA Part 1 in all languages.
However, your chosen exam language will determine if you will be tested on the 2019 CIA Part 1 syllabus or the 2025 CIA Part 1 syllabus.
The language schedule above indicates when each language will transition to the 2025 syllabus.
To access both the 2019 and the 2025 versions of the CIA syllabi, please visit our dedicated syllabus webpage.
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28 May 2025 and thereafter
Program application:
- US $120 (IIA member)
- US $240 (Non-member)
- US $65 (Student)
Exam registration:
- US $310 (IIA member)
- US $445 (Non-member)
- US $245 (Student)
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Your program window expires two years after your Internal Audit Practitioner application is approved.
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Previously awarded Internal Audit Practitioner designations that expired have been restored to Active status.
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Program requirements
Prior to 28 May 2025
- Prerequisite: None
- Exam: Pass current IAP exam
- Work experience: None
- Designation status: Temporary, expires after 3 years
- Annual CPE: None
- Practice questions: Included
- Seat time: 120 minutes
- Exam length: 100 questions
- Question types: Multiple choice
- Available languages: 6
28 May 2025 and thereafter
- Prerequisite: None
- Exam: Pass CIA Part 1 exam
- Work experience: None
- Designation status: Permanent
- Annual CPE: 20 hours
- Practice questions: Not included
- Seat time: 150 minutes
- Exam length: 125 questions
- Question types: Multiple choice
- Available languages: 15