Payments
12 months
Deposit
£104
Total Price
£1,400
Average completion time12 months
Support period18 months
100% onlinewith unlimited 1:1 tutor support
Start anytime& study at your own pace
Additional feesCIPS annual student membership fee, CIPS exam fees (8 exams)
Accelerate your professional growth and build on your existing expertise while shaping CIPS around your work, family, and life.
Through this industry-standard qualification, you'll gain the advanced knowledge you need to play a major role in the success of any company, offering expert guidance on the performance and improvement of operational procurement.
You'll master a wide variety of high-level skills including advanced financial management, risk reduction, and sustainable procurement.
You must have achieved your CIPS Level 4 Diploma before taking this course.
If you haven't completed Level 4, you can study it online with us before progressing to this advanced qualification.
Your course is fully online and is assessed through 8 in-person exams.
You'll study and be examined on 5 core units and your choice of 3 elective units:
Core units
Elective units
For full details of what you’ll learn on each unit, download our CIPS Level 5 course guide.
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There are 5 levels of CIPS qualification.
If you're new to CIPS:
The CIPS Level 2 Certificate is ideal if you're a current or aspiring Administrative Assistant, Contracts Administrator, Stock Controller or Merchandiser. It'll help you understand the key transactional processes of procurement.
The CIPS Level 3 Advanced Certificate is perfect if you want to excel as an Administrator, Assistant Buyer, Assistant Contract Officer, Contract Analyst, or Stock/Inventory Controller/Planner. You'll learn to handle key operational procurement tasks.
The CIPS Level 4 Diploma is ideal if you're a current or aspiring Buyer, Contract Officer, Procurement Executive/Specialist, or Supply Chain/Inventory/Logistics Planner or Analyst. You'll learn to advise key stakeholders on the performance of procurement procedures and processes.
This course, the CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma is your next step after Level 4. It'll help you excel as a Senior Buyer or Contract/Supply Chain Manager, and develop your ability to guide business decisions from a procurement perspective.
The CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma is the final step in your CIPS education. This prestigious qualification will enable you to excel in strategic senior roles such as Head of Commercial, Head of Logistics/Transport, Senior Procurement Manager, Supply Chain Manager and Operations Manager.
It will also allow you upgrade to CIPS Chartered Membership (MCIPS) once you have 3 years' experience managing or teaching procurement.
Right away! When you enrol, you’ll be able to log in to your course and get started within an hour.
There are no set start dates or schedules – everything is shaped around you.
You can check the technical requirements for accessing your e-books here.
You'll sit 8 in-person exams, consisting of your 5 core exams:
Plus your three elective exams from the following list:
Exams are set by CIPS and you'll pay a CIPS fee for each exam. We'll arrange your exams for you and you'll sit them either at your nearest CIPS exam centre, or remotely from home. There's a small additional fee for remote exams. You can check you meet the technical requirements for remote exams here.
In the UK, exam sessions take place 4 times each year:
We recommend spreading your exams between the sessions, but you're free to take multiple exams in one session as long as the schedules don't overlap.
If you’re funding the course yourself, our flexible 0% payment plans allow you to spread the cost with interest-free monthly instalments. We manage all our payment plans in-house, so there are no third parties or credit checks.
If your employer is funding all or part of your course, we can invoice them directly for your course fees – just let your course advisor know and we’ll arrange everything.
We also accept funding through ELCAS for this course. If you’re an Armed Forces member looking to use the Enhanced Learning Credits Scheme, speak to our course advisors for more details.
Get in touch with our CIPS Advisors on 0800 634 0606.
They’ll talk through your experience, education and ambitions to make sure you’re choosing the right course, then get you enrolled with an interest-free payment plan.
If you have any disabilities which you think might affect your studies or assessments, please tell your Course Advisor before you enrol so we can advise you on whether reasonable adjustments can be made to accommodate your needs.