The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) is a professional body dedicated to excellence in Corporate Governance and Public Administration. It is an offshoot of the international body established in Britain in 1891, Chartered 1902 and which presently has 44,000 members and 2800 students in over 70 countries.

The institute’s Examinations include:

• ICSAN Professional Examination
• ICSA UK Examination

Exemption Policy

Non-degree holders will start from the foundation stage. They must however possess the minimum entry requirement which is five O-level credits that must include English Language and Mathematics.

Graduates with related degrees (ICSAN’S CPA, B.Sc./HND Accounting, LL.B, and B.Sc/HND Finance) are exempted from all subjects in Foundation, Pre Professional and Professional Programme Part One(1) stages, such degree holders shall be required to write and pass all the subjects in Professional Programme Part Two(2).

Non-related degrees holders are exempted from Foundation, Pre Professional, Strategic and Operations Management and Management Accounting in Professional Programme Part 1 and shall be required to write and pass six subjects i.e. Corporate Law and Financial Accounting in Professional Programme Part1 and the subjects in Professional Programme Part 2.

Holders of professional qualifications (ACA, ACCA, CIMA and CIBN) are exempted from all subjects in Foundation, Pre Professional and Professional Programme Part 1 stages, such degree holders shall be required to write and pass all the subjects in Professional Programme Part 2.

ICSAN Professional Examinations

The institute’s Professional Examination is made up of 16 modules (subjects) separated into 4 stages. The courses are integrated and progressive, so that knowledge gained at an early stage is a necessary foundation for later parts.

The 16 subjects which makes up the professional examination scheme are:

Foundation Courses

1. Economics
2. General Principles of Law
3. Quantitative Techniques
4. Communication Sills

Pre-Professional Courses

1. Management Information Systems
2. Management Principles and Practice
3. Business Law
4. Introduction to Accounting

Professional Programme I

1. Strategic and Operations Management
2. Corporate Law
3. Financial Accounting
4. Management Accounting

Professional Programme Part II

1. Corporate Administration
2. Corporate Secretaryship
3. Corporate Financial Management
4. Corporate Governance