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Membership

One membership. Your whole career.

Start for free as a Student. Progress through Candidate, Associate, Member, and Fellow as your career develops — with Chartered status on the horizon. Every credential you earn stays with you.

Five tiers

Find the right membership for where you are now.

Student membership is free. Candidate, Associate, Member, and Fellow carry annual subscriptions that unlock qualifications, directory listing, and verified post-nominals.

No post-nominal
Student
Free
No card required, ever
Access to IPP community and resource library
First module of any Activate pathway, free
Student badge for LinkedIn
Member events and webinars
No post-nominal
No directory listing
No post-nominal
Candidate
£29
per year
Digital Candidate badge and certificate
Full resource library access
Peer study groups by pathway
Community access and events
Calibrate access
Most popular
AIPP
Associate
£49
per year
AIPP post-nominal after your name
Verified listing in public member directory
Foundation Certificate pathway unlocked
Calibrate access
20 CPD hours required per year (what this means)
Peer network access
MIPP
Member
£69
per year
MIPP designation, priority directory listing
Calibrate access
Practitioner Certificate pathway unlocked
Peer review and mentoring network
30 CPD hours required per year
IPP governance voting rights
FIPP
Fellow
£129
per year
FIPP — recognition of contribution to the profession
Advanced Certificate conferred at assessment
Calibrate access
Fellow badge and premium directory listing
IPP governance and working groups
30 CPD hours required per year

Corporate and organisational membership available for teams of 2 or more. Contact us for pricing.

Fellowship

FIPP recognises contribution to the profession

Fellowship is peer recognition. It acknowledges practitioners who have given back — through leadership of the discipline, mentoring, governance, research, or sustained contribution to how project management develops as a profession. It is not a competence threshold. It is a statement about the kind of professional you are.

Chartered status — coming 2028

ChIPP recognises proven professional competence

Chartered status is an independent assessment of competence. It is open to Members (MIPP) and Fellows (FIPP) alike — you do not need to be a Fellow to apply, and being a Fellow does not grant it automatically. ChIPP is earned through a rigorous panel assessment of your track record, your knowledge, and your ongoing commitment to professional standards.

ChIPP — indicative requirements

Open to MIPP and FIPP holders. MIPP or FIPP active for 3 or more years. 7 to 10 years of senior project delivery experience. Panel review by IPP assessors. Peer endorsement from two existing Fellows or Members.

IPP is working toward Royal Charter status. ChIPP will be formally conferred once that process is complete. Members joining now and progressing through the framework will be the first cohort eligible to apply.

Full comparison

What each tier includes.

A complete breakdown of what changes at each level.

Feature StudentCandidateAIPPMIPPFIPP
Annual feeFree£29£49£69£129
Post-nominal——AIPPMIPPFIPP
Chartered status (ChPP IPP)———Eligible to applyEligible to apply
Public directory listing——StandardPriorityPremium
Activate — first module✓✓✓✓✓
Activate — full pathway—Award levelFoundationPractitionerAll pathways
Calibrate CPD tracking—IncludedIncludedIncludedIncluded
CPD requirement (hrs/yr)NoneNone203030
Community and resource library✓✓✓✓✓
Peer network and mentoring———✓✓
IPP governance voting rights———✓✓
Governance working groups————✓

Included with all paid tiers

Calibrate — your professional record, built from real work.

Calibrate is the competency and CPD platform built alongside IPP. It is where your professional development lives: not on a CV, not in a spreadsheet, but in a structured, evidence-based record that travels with you throughout your career.

You log CPD activity, build an evidence portfolio against the IPP Competency Framework, and have structured development conversations with your line manager or reviewer. When you change jobs, your record moves with you. When your employer asks for proof of development, you share a verified link.

A Calibrate profile is free infrastructure — not a product anyone pays for. It comes with every paid IPP membership because the profile only has value when something sits on top of it: a post-nominal, a learning pathway, or an employer management layer. For organisations who want to provision Calibrate across a team independently of individual memberships, it is available as seat licences with a free 30-day trial.

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Competency tracking
Map your skills against the IPP Competency Framework across 8 areas and 5 proficiency levels. See exactly where you are strong and where to develop next.
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CPD logging
Log CPD hours against real activities. Track progress toward your annual requirement. CPD status flows directly into your IPP membership record.
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Your shareable Passport
Share a public link to your IPP Passport with employers or clients. Verified by IPP. No PDFs, no self-reported claims — a live record built from real evidence. See how the Passport works →
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Portable across employers
Your record belongs to you, not your employer. When you change jobs your evidence, CPD history, and competency profile travel with you.
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Fellow Profile Review
Submit your Passport to IPP and have an independent Fellow review it once a year. Available now to Members (MIPP) and Fellows (FIPP), expanding to all members. Learn more →

Four pathways

The right route for your discipline.

IPP covers four professional disciplines. Each pathway leads to the same membership tiers and the same post-nominals. You can cross pathways at the same level once you hold your first qualification.

See all qualifications
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Project Management
APME · FCPM · PCPM · ACPL
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Agile Project Management
AAE · FCAPM · PCAPM · ACAL
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Business Change
ABCA · FCBC · PCBC · ACBL
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Planning
APE · FCP · PCP · ACPC

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Your first credential costs nothing.

Join as a Student, try the first module of your chosen pathway, and decide at your own pace. No credit card required for Student membership.

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