Professional diploma in procurement and supply

Course details

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply qualifications ladder has five levels of awards. For details of the entry requirements for each level, please refer to www.cips.org. The CIPS Professional diploma in procurement and supply is a higher level qualification. It has been accredited by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in the UK and appears on the Register of Regulated Qualifications. Please refer to http://register.ofqual.gov.uk The Professional diploma in procurement and supply consists of three compulsory units. Additionally you must choose two optional units from a choice of three. Assessment for each unit is by examination.

If you wish to study for this Professional diploma it is expected that you will undertake 50 guided learning hours per unit, ie a total of 250 guided hours. The definition of guided learning hours is: “A measure of the amount of input time required to achieve the qualification. This includes lectures, tutorials and practicals, as well as supervised study in, for example, learning centres and workshops.”

If you study at a CIPS study centre, you will find that they may vary on the exact format for delivery of the study programme. Additionally, we recommend that you also commit 70 hours per unit of self-study, including wider reading of the subject areas and revision to give yourself the best chance of successful completion of the Professional diploma. Below is a list of the units, their qualification framework reference numbers and CIPS reference code which is used to identify the unit for examination purposes