CIA 2025 syllabus · Part 1: Internal Audit Fundamentals
125 questions in 150 minutes; 35% · Foundations of Internal Auditing; 20% · Ethics and Professionalism; 30% · Governance, Risk Management, and Control; 15% · Fraud Risks
IIA · Internal audit
Training for Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
The CIA exam tests three layers of work: the profession’s foundations, ethics, governance and control; running a full engagement; and managing the audit function. The training ties each domain to a real auditor’s decision.
- Credential
- CIA
- Specialty
- Internal audit
- Next step
- Discuss the curriculum and study options with our team.
About the training
Connect specialist knowledge to practice.
The CIA exam tests three layers of work: the profession’s foundations, ethics, governance and control; running a full engagement; and managing the audit function. The training ties each domain to a real auditor’s decision.
What will you learn?
- 01
Apply standards and ethics: When independence is under pressure.
- 02
Plan an engagement: From scope to work program.
- 03
Evaluate evidence: And write a finding with clear cause and effect.
- 04
Build an annual plan: Based on risk, and follow up its results.
Is this training right for you?
- Are an internal auditor: And want a full professional framework for your daily work.
- Work in external audit or accounting: And are considering a move into internal audit.
- Work in risk or compliance: And need to understand the third line’s role.
- Lead an audit department: And want to structure the plan, quality and follow-up.
- Internal auditor
- Carries out engagements, gathers evidence and drafts findings.
- Audit engagement supervisor
- Reviews working papers and guides the engagement team.
- Internal control specialist
- Assesses the design and effectiveness of process controls.
- Internal audit manager
- Builds the annual plan and reports results to the audit committee.
Topics and applications
Your training map in detail.
CIA 2025 syllabus · Part 2: Internal Audit Engagement
100 questions in 120 minutes; 50% · Engagement Planning; 40% · Information Gathering, Analysis, and Evaluation; 10% · Engagement Supervision and Communication
CIA 2025 syllabus · Part 3: Internal Audit Function
100 questions in 120 minutes; 25% · Internal Audit Operations; 15% · Internal Audit Plan; 15% · Quality of the Internal Audit Function; 45% · Engagement Results and Monitoring
Foundations and governance
Internal audit’s mandate and standards, ethics and independence, governance, risk management and control, and fraud indicators. A department head asks for a finding to be dropped before the report.
Running the engagement
Setting scope and objectives, gathering and analysing evidence, evaluating results, supervision and communication. A purchasing sample shows orders split to stay under an approval limit.
Managing the function
The risk-based plan, function resources, the quality program, reporting results and monitoring actions. Last year’s findings are still open with no corrective plan.
How to organize your study
- Settle syllabus and language: 2025 or 2019, Arabic or English, before you register.
- Start with Part 1: Foundations and ethics are the language of Parts 2 and 3.
- Focus on governance and control: The second-heaviest domain in Part 1.
- Move to the engagement: Planning alone is half of Part 2.
- Finish with the function: Engagement results and monitoring are 45% of Part 3.
- Spread the parts over time: Three exams in three years: give each part its date.
Before applying for the credential
Education and experience: A master’s plus one year, or a bachelor’s plus two; without a degree, the IAP route. Program window: All three parts must be passed within three years. After certification: The IIA requires 40 hours of continuing professional education a year.
Credential-owner reference ↗Questions about this specialty
What does CIA training focus on?
The topics cover internal-audit foundations, audit engagements, managing internal audit, judgment and application, with application connecting knowledge to work.
How can I check the level fits me?
Compare your responsibilities with the topics and roles, then discuss your background and internal audit goals with our team.
How should I plan my study?
Set your weekly time and baseline knowledge, prioritize weaker topics and use regular application and spaced revision.
Where do I check credential requirements?
Use the credential-owner reference in this guide. Exam fees and registration are separate from training unless an approved offer explicitly states otherwise.
Training guide
Keep the details in Arabic or English.
Audience, learning outcomes, topics and study approach in one structured guide. Find study and enrolment details on the page or with our team.
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