9 Islamic Studies Preparatory Programs

This undergraduate certificate program in Islamic Studies offers students an introduction to the history, beliefs, and practices of Islam. It covers key topics such as Islamic theology, law, culture, ...

Cambridge Islamic College is offering a 3 year comprehensive part-time Diploma programme in Essential Islamic Sciences. The programme consists of 3 levels, each level is 1 year in duration and each year has three modules covered in 3 Terms over 12 weeks.

Today, ministry is being engaged in public spaces far beyond the walls of churches. Chaplains are rooted and accountable to their religious tradition, but they serve people and communities who may have different religious backgrounds or have no religious affiliation. Various contexts, including hospital, military, prison, campus, and hospice, need highly trained chaplains with a specialization in Islamic chaplaincy. This concentration is offered in coordination with Bayan. 

In training - Islamic Social Finance (Zakat and Waqf), you will study Zakat, 3rd pillar of Islam; The categories of goods subject to Zakat and the categories of beneficiaries eligible for Zakat; Zakat services; International experiences in organizing Zakat; The Waqf, concepts, and models; The establishment and management of waqfs; Governance of Waqf institutions; The new concepts of Waqf.

Ethica's award-winning CIFE™ is a streamlined training and certification program designed to take complete newcomers to an advanced level of understanding in Islamic finance. Once you understand the 22 core modules listed below that comprise the testable material, you are ready to take the online CIFE™ examination. You can take the exam as soon as you are ready.

The award-winning ACIFE Financial Analysis is Ethica’s advanced certification in the most commonly performed calculations used inside an Islamic bank. Know these and you will be ahead of most bankers already inside an Islamic bank. The ACIFE Financial Analysis assumes a working knowledge of the terms used in the CIFE. For those not familiar with the Islamic banking products covered in the CIFE certification, we recommend doing the CIFE first.

Diploma in Theology, Logic and Philosophy is a unique course dealing with one of the most intellectually demanding subjects in Islamic education. The complexity of these subjects is multiplied by the fact that throughout the Islamic history there have been many different schools of theology at odds with each other. This was given rise by the emergence of different philosophical approaches to knowing God and understanding revelations.

For the first time ever, the award-winning ACIFE Accounting distills the entire AAOIFI Accounting Standards into one accelerated accounting program. Join the elite few who understand the machinery behind the core Islamic finance products covered in the CIFE™ certification. We know accounting isn't easy. That's why we had a chartered accountant with practical experience auditing over 1,000 Islamic banking transactions conduct "Accounting Masterclass" webinars.

The importance of ʿilm al-balāgha for anyone serious about understanding, interpreting and contextualising the Qur’an and its early commentaries, ḥadīth and its early commentaries, and classical jurisprudential (fiqhi), theological, philosophical and literary texts is widely recognised. ʿ