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BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis
A professional SFIAplus Level 4 certification from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, designed to demonstrate your understanding of business analysis best practice. Combine four accredited modules into the full diploma — study online at your own pace, with your official exams included.
Modules
4 BCS courses
Level
SFIAplus 4
Study
~30 hrs each
Format
100% online
About this qualification
What Is the BCS International Diploma?
A globally recognised business analysis qualification from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT — built from four accredited courses you can take one at a time or as a full pathway.
What this diploma is
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is a respected certification body among IT professionals around the world, with over 90,000 members holding one or more of its certifications. The BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis is its flagship business analysis credential.
The Diploma is a professional SFIAplus Level 4 certification designed to demonstrate your understanding of business analysis best practice. It’s offered by BCS — a professional body that holds royal charter recognition — and SFIA, the Skills Framework for the Information Age, is recognised internationally, so the credential travels with you.
The programme consists of four BCS-accredited online courses. You can study them separately, leading to several individual certifications, or combine them to work toward the full international diploma. In Australia, business analysis is in demand across technology, finance, government, and consulting.
Completing the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis lets you earn and append AMBCS (Associate Member) post-nominals to your name, boosting your visibility and credibility within the professional community.
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SFIAplus Level 4 professional certification
4
BCS-accredited courses make up the diploma
100k+
BCS-certified business analysts worldwide
AMBCS
post-nominals on certification, plus a year of BCS membership
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Is this for me?
Who Is the Diploma For?
The diploma caters to all levels of experience among business analysts and IT professionals. None of the courses require prior experience or certification.
Practising Analysts
Already working in BA and want to formalise your skills with the full diploma and AMBCS post-nominals.
IT Professionals
Moving into analysis from a wider IT role and want the analysis skills employers value.
Project & Change Teams
Project, product and change professionals who want stronger requirements and process-modelling skills.
Career Changers
Moving into business analysis from another field and want a recognised qualification to make the switch credibly.
Consultants & Contractors
Independent and agency analysts who want the credibility of a globally recognised BCS qualification and AMBCS status.
Course structure
The Four Modules
The diploma is made up of four BCS-accredited online courses, each around 30 hours of study. Take them individually, or combine them to work towards the full diploma.
Business Analysis Practice · Core
A practitioner module on investigating a business situation, building the business case and recommending improvements — the analytical core of the BA role.
Business strategy · stakeholder analysis · business process improvement · making the business case · solution identification
Requirements Engineering · Core
Teaches you to elicit, document, validate and manage requirements, so projects deliver what the business actually needs.
The requirements engineering process · elicitation and communication · writing user stories · requirements management
Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis · Knowledge-based
The knowledge-based grounding in business analysis principles, roles and techniques — the recommended starting point for the diploma.
14 topics spanning BA fundamentals, investigative techniques, stakeholder management and requirements documentation
Modelling Business Processes · Practitioner
A practitioner module on modelling, documenting and improving business processes using recognised modelling techniques.
Business process modelling techniques · documenting tasks · evaluating improvements
Achieving the diploma
How the Diploma Is Awarded
To earn the full diploma, you complete four modules and then sit an oral examination.
You complete four business analysis modules in total: both core modules — Business Analysis Practice and Requirements Engineering — plus one knowledge-based module and one practitioner module. Once those are complete, you sit an oral examination conducted by two BCS oral examiners.
The oral exam is entirely spoken, taken online, and lasts around 50 minutes. It assesses your knowledge and your ability to apply business analysis techniques to real-world scenarios. Exemptions are available if you already hold CBAP®, CPRE Foundation, or the Organisational Context module.
You don’t have to commit to the full diploma up front. Each course can be taken on its own for an individual BCS certification, and you can build towards the diploma at your own pace.
What’s included
What You Get
All four accredited courses and the support to study them — exams are arranged separately (see below).
Four BCS-Accredited Courses
All four online courses that make up the diploma — Business Analysis Practice, Requirements Engineering, the Foundation Certificate and Modelling Business Processes.
Self-Paced Online Study
Around 30 hours per course, studied entirely online on any device, at whatever pace suits you.
12 Months’ Access
A full year of access to all four courses, so you can fit your studies around work and life and progress at your own pace.
AMBCS Membership
Earn AMBCS (Associate Member) post-nominals on certification, plus a year of BCS membership benefits.
Business Analysis AI Tutor
Instant answers from our AI tutor — trained on business analysis best practice and available 24/7 across all four courses.
Oral Exam Preparation Workshop
An exclusive workshop that gets you ready for the BCS oral examination — the final step to the full diploma.
Exam details
Exams & the Oral Examination
The course fee covers your training and full exam preparation — including an exclusive oral exam preparation workshop that gets you ready for the BCS oral examination. The module exams and the oral examination itself are arranged separately — contact our team and we’ll talk you through adding them.
The four module exams
Each of the four courses is assessed by its own straightforward online exam, sat remotely whenever you’re ready. Pass all four to progress to the final oral examination.
The final oral examination
Format
Spoken, online
Examiners
Two BCS oral examiners
Duration
About 50 minutes
Modules first
Complete all four
Exemptions
CBAP®, CPRE Foundation, Organisational Context
Booking
We help you arrange it
The oral examination assesses both your knowledge and your ability to apply business analysis techniques to real-world scenarios.
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The Courses in This Diploma
Take any module on its own for an individual BCS certification, or combine all four towards the full diploma.
Pricing
Simple, Transparent Pricing
All four accredited courses in one bundle, at better value than buying them separately.
Diploma Courses — Sale Price
$1,890
$1,320
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All four BCS-accredited online courses that make up the International Diploma. Module exams and the BCS oral examination are arranged separately.
All Four BCS-Accredited Courses
BA Practice · Requirements Engineering · Foundation · Modelling Business Processes
~120 Hours of Study
Around 30 hours per course, fully online
12 Months’ Access
Study all four courses at your own pace
Full Exam Preparation
Everything you need to prepare for each module and the oral exam
Business Analysis AI Tutor
Instant answers 24/7, trained on BA best practice
Exams Available as an Add-On
Module exams and the BCS oral examination booked separately
Finance available at checkout · exams arranged separately
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