To become a Company Secretary you have to qualify with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA). You can become a company secretary of some companies if you have business experience and degree in business, law, accountancy or public administration. But all public limited company appoint only company secretaries who have ICSA membership or an accountant, or barristers.
ICSA qualifying schemes are divided into three stages 1. ICSA Certificate in Business practice 2. ICSA diploma in business practice 3. Professional Programme. You can choose the schemes according to your qualification. Certificate course is opened for everyone but to do diploma course you must have accounting technician qualification or business related HND. And if you have degree in law, accountancy or if you are an accountant or solicitor then you directly do professional programme.

There are full time, part time and distant learning scheme to study ICSA course.