Examinations
Examinations
The Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme (CGQP) examinations are held in the first two weeks of June and the last two weeks of November each year (unless otherwise advised).
Note: Students who are currently taking the Collaborative Course Agreement (CCA) programmes are NOT eligible to take the CGQP examinations during their CCA studies.
Notes to applicant
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Please register as an HKCGI student before submitting the online examination application. Studentship application deadlines for the upcoming examinations:
31 January (yearly) – for the following June examinations, and
31 July (yearly) – for the following November examinationsLate studentship applications shall pay a late administrative charge for enrolling in the upcoming examinations within 15 calendar days after the deadline.
For details, please click HERE. - You can submit an enrolment application only once per examination diet. After successful enrolment, you cannot change the module(s) and/or examination centre that you have selected.
Examination timetable (November 2025)
Reading time: 9.15am – 9.30am
Examination time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Examination enrolment period: 15 July – 29 August 2025
| Date | Module |
|---|---|
| 17 November 2025 (Monday) | Hong Kong Taxation |
| 18 November 2025 (Tuesday) | Hong Kong Company Law |
| 19 November 2025 (Wednesday) | Interpreting Financial and Accounting Information |
| 20 November 2025 (Thursday) | Corporate Secretaryship and Compliance |
| 24 November 2025 (Monday) | Corporate Governance |
| 25 November 2025 (Tuesday) | Strategic Management |
| 26 November 2025 (Wednesday) | Risk Management |
| 27 November 2025 (Thursday) | Boardroom Dynamics |
(1) Key dates for November 2025 examination diet
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15 July 2025 | Enrolment for CGQP November 2025 examination diet |
| 19 August 2025 | Release of examination results for June 2025 examination diet |
| 19 August 2025 | Release of examination papers, mark schemes and examiners’ reports for June 2025 examination diet |
| 29 August 2025 | Closing date for CGQP November 2025 examination diet enrolment |
| 2 September 2025 | Closing date for Examination Results Review application for June 2025 examination diet |
| 14 – 16 October 2025 | Pre-released case studies for the Part 2 modules: (1) 14 October 2025: Strategic Management (2) 15 October 2025: Risk Management (3) 16 October 2025: Boardroom Dynamics |
| 28 October 2025 | Release of examination admission slips |
| 18 December 2025 | Closing date for examination postponement applications |
| Late February 2026 | Release of examination results |
| Late February 2026 | Release of examination papers, mark schemes and examiners’ reports |
| Mid-March 2026 | Closing date for examination results review applications |
Note: The Institute reserves the right to change the dates and details without prior notice.
(2) Key dates for Learning Support
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| July – August 2025 | HKU SPACE CGQP Examinations Preparatory Programme (Autumn intake) enrolment period |
| 1 – 29 August 2025 | Enrolment period for Examination Technique Online Workshops enrolment: Part III |
| Early September 2025 and onwards | Examination Technique Online Workshops: • Parts I & II: Release of pre-recorded videos • Part III: Release of mock examination paper |
| Early October 2025 | Examination Technique Online Workshops – submission deadline of mock examination paper |
| Mid-October – late October 2025 | Examination Technique Online Workshops – Part III |
Note: The Institute reserves the right to change the dates and details without prior notice.
Examination paper structure and format
All examination papers are of three (3) hours duration (plus 15 minutes reading time). The total marks for a paper is 100. Please click HERE for examination paper structure and format of each module.
Grades and results
Candidates will usually be notified of their results within ten weeks after the conclusion of the examinations. Result definitions are as below:
| Distinction | 75 - 100 |
| Merit | 65 - 74 |
| Pass | 50 - 64 |
| Fail | 0 - 49 |
Awards for outstanding achievement in the CGQP examinations
- Module Prize
Module prizes are awarded to candidates who have attained the “Distinction” grade (i.e. 75 to 100 marks). Each module prize is HK$3,000. - Merit Certificate
Candidates who have attained the “Merit” grade (i.e. 65 to 74 marks) be awarded the “Merit Certificate”.
Examination postponement
- Candidates who could not attend the examination due to sickness or medical reasons may apply for examination postponement.
- Candidates must apply for the examination postponement within 21 days after the examination’s diet completion. They must provide supporting documents, i.e. medical certificate(s) covering the date(s) that candidate(s) being absent from the examination(s) and pay the application fee set for the applicable financial year by the Institute.
- The examination postponement application fee is non-refundable under all circumstances. The fee and the application are only for the specified examination diet.
- The Institute may allow the applicant to sit for the next examination diet. Examination postponement is considered on a case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of the Institute.
- Examination postponement will NOT be granted due to employment or job reasons.
Review of examination results
- Candidates may apply for a review of their examination results within 10 working days after the release of the results by completing the application form with the grounds for the review application and paying the application fee to the Institute. The application fee is non-refundable unless the examination result review application is successful.
- The review of examination results is a two-stage process. For more details of policy and procedures on review of examination results, please click HERE.
Important documents
Got Questions?
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