Students who take the Level 6 Diploma in Applied Islamic Finance and Banking (Graduate) which includes the Level 7 unit the Essentials of Islamic Finance and Banking are eligible for advanced entry with 105 credits onto the Markfield Institute of Higher Education (MIHE) Distance Learning MA in Islamic Banking Finance and Management awarded by the University of Gloucestershire.

This represents outstanding value for ABP Islamic finance students, particularly those outside the UK, who wish to go on to gain a UK university awarded Masters degree. Markfield Institute of Higher Education is an esteemed provider of Islamic finance education and its distance learning students benefit from a wealth of online support.

Click here  for details of the agreement with MIHE.

Click here for more information about the Islamic finance qualifications administered by ABP. These qualifications are regulated by Ofqual and appear on the QCF.

ABP is pleased to announce that holders of Extended Level 7 qualifications are eligible for advanced entry with 75 credit exemptions on the Markfield Institute of Higher Education MA in Islamic Banking, Finance and Management awarded by the University of Gloucestershire.

This agreement applies to the following programmes:
International Finance Management
Marketing Management
International Human Resource Management

Click here for details of the MIHE agreement.

Click here for more details about the ABP administered Level 7 qualifications. These qualifications are regulated by Ofqual and appear of the QCF.

This agreement also applies to the now discontinued Extended Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management.

We are delighted to announce that ABP will be attending the Star Education Fair on 7th and 8th of January 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Hall 1, on stand A097 and A098).

The Star Education Fair 2012, is the country's premier education fair, will provide the ideal platform or students to explore education and career options, both locally and abroad.

The Association of Business Practitioners (ABP) is a not-for-profit UK awarding organisation which develops and accredits business related, professional qualifications, from short courses to postgraduate diplomas, delivered through accredited colleges around the world.

If you are a student or education provider in Malaysia please come and talk to ABP at the star Education Fair.

To discover the qualifications we offer to help your career or organisation please visit the ABP qualifications page.

If you are a centre or training provider and want to gain accreditation with ABP please take the first step and complete and submit the ABP Accreditation Enquiry Form.

Earn £500 For Your Centre

Do you already work for an active* ABP Approved Centre?

If the answer is yes you can now recommend a new centre to ABP by using the ABP Centre Referral form and if based on your lead they go on to become an approved centre and register students we will credit your centre’s account £500.

All you need to do is complete the ABP Centre Referral form and email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will do the rest.

ABP Privacy Policy: As with all ABP data, we shall not pass on any of the details of the recommended names to any third party.

*The centre must have registered students with ABP in the last 12 months to be classed as active.

If you work for a training provider and they are not accredited by ABP take the first steps now by completing and submitting the Accreditation Application Form.

Further Information

ABP Centre Referral Form

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