Requirements

You may complete the CCIM Designation requirements in three different ways:

  • CCIM General Candidacy Program
  • Fast Track Program
  • University Fast Track Program

CCIM General Candidacy Program

To get started, you must enroll in CI Intro or CI 101, submit an Application for Candidacy and successfully complete CI 101.

Next, you must complete the following requirements:

  1. Become a Candidate of the Institute.
  2. Successfully complete the four Designation Courses.
  3. Successfully complete CCIM Online Ethics Course
  4. Earn three elective credits. These can be earned through multiple sources including completing the Introduction course, attending the Course Concepts Review program, attending a CCIM Networking Event, attending a CCIM Conference or Symposium, Candidacy (one credit for every year of continuous candidacy up to three credits), completing a CCIM Online Education course, or Transfer Elective Credits (pdf).
  5. Submit the Portfolio of Qualifying Experience any time after completing CI101, but before taking the final exam. The Portfolio of Qualifying Experience is a standardized means for Candidates to verify the quality of their work as commercial-investment professionals and to document having achieved at least the minimum level of experience required to qualify for the CCIM designation. Students must be a Candidate in order to submit their portfolio and sit for the final exam.
  6. Successfully pass the Comprehensive Exam presented twice a year

Fast Track Program

The Fast Track Program is available to professionals who already have earned the following designations: CPM, CMB, CRE, MAI/SRPA, RPA or SIOR. The Canadian designations, AACI, CLO, CRF and the FRI are also eligible. The Fast Track Program must be completed within a twenty-four month time period. All Fast Track Candidates are exempt from the elective credit requirement and from the Portfolio of Qualifying Experience.
Become a Fast Track Candidate.

University Fast Track Program

Under this agreement, a person completing the Master of Real Estate Development Degree program from a participating university and wishing to become a CCIM designee will need to:

  1. Submit the appropriate University Fast Track Application and apply for Candidacy.
  2. Successfully complete the online CCIM Ethics Course.
  3. Successfully complete CI 103: User Decision Analysis Course. (Upon approval of the University Fast Track Application, the following three courses will be waived:  CI 101 Financial Analysis, CI 102 Market Analysis, and CI 104 Investment Analysis).
  4. Prepare and submit the Portfolio of Qualifying Experience before taking the final exam.
  5. Successfully pass the Comprehensive Exam presented twice a year.
  6. Registration for the Comprehensive Examination will only be accepted if the core class requirement is met and the Portfolio of Qualifying Experience has been approved by the Designation Committee.