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The credentials that move careers.

Accredited certification pathways, run by specialists in project management education. From your first credential through to project directorship, for individuals and whole teams.

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The core pathway

From first credential to project directorship.

Three progressive stages, whatever your starting point.

Stage 1 · Foundation

Certified Project Management Diploma

For project managers, project team members and aspiring PMs

Learn to confidently manage projects end to end and drive successful outcomes: planning, scope, risk, stakeholders and delivery, with AI for project work built into the syllabus.

Stage 2 · Advanced

Strategic Project & Programme Management Diploma

For those with around three years working on projects

Develop advanced skills in managing programmes and strategic PMOs: benefits, governance, portfolio thinking and leading multiple workstreams at once.

Stage 3 · Executive

Project Leadership & Management Diploma

For those with four or more years managing complex projects

Master the leadership required to run complex programmes as a Project Director: strategy, sponsorship, commercial judgement and leading leaders.

Specialised credentials

Go deep where your career is heading.

Focused certifications for the disciplines shaping modern project work.

AI Project Professional

Run projects with AI as a working tool: prioritisation, reporting, risk and resource decisions supported by modern tooling.

Agile Project Professional

Agile methods applied properly, as a delivery approach within governed programmes rather than a substitute for planning.

Scrum Project Professional

The Scrum framework from the inside: roles, ceremonies and how to make it work alongside broader programme structures.

PMO Project Professional

Design and run a PMO that leadership values: reporting, governance and a single source of truth for the portfolio.

Sustainable Project Professional

Deliver projects that balance environmental, social and commercial outcomes across every phase.

Project Associate

The entry credential for team members stepping into project work for the first time.

Global certifications

The credentials employers ask for by name.

Preparation and certification for the world's most requested project management credentials.

PRINCE2® Foundation

The method itself: principles, themes and processes, and the language of structured project delivery.

PRINCE2® Practitioner

Applying PRINCE2 to real projects: tailoring the method to the environment you're delivering in.

PMP® Exam Preparation

Structured preparation for the PMI® Project Management Professional exam, taught by PMP-certified practitioners.

IPMA® Certification

The four-level international competence pathway, from Level D through to Level A for programme directors.

Professional Scrum Master

Scrum.org certification for those leading agile teams, from first-level PSM upwards.

Not sure which one?

Certification advisors will map the right credential to your experience, sector and the roles you're targeting.

Short courses

Sharpen one skill at a time.

Focused one-day and short-format courses for specific gaps, for individuals or whole teams.

Project Risk Management Stakeholder Management & Communications Project Finance Negotiation & Buy-In Microsoft Project Fundamentals Smarter Projects with AI Portfolio Selection & Strategy Scheduling Management Project Sponsor Programme Programme Management Foundations
Why this route

Credentials that stand up anywhere.

Specialists in one thing

We do one thing: project, programme and portfolio management education. No generic business school padding.

Globally recognised accreditation

Programmes aligned to IPMA® competence levels and university-accredited at degree and masters level, alongside pathways for PMI® and PRINCE2®.

Taught by practitioners

Faculty of project directors and senior practitioners with decades of delivery behind them, not career lecturers reading slides.

Flexible for the Gulf

Live online cohorts, classroom options and on-demand study that fits around delivery work, with on-demand courses available in Arabic.

For individuals, members and organisations

Not sure which pathway fits?

Tell us where you are in your career, or the team you need to train, and we will point you at the right starting credential. PMC members access preferential rates through the members' area.

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