Route 1

Route 1 is for project professionals who have a recognised assessment for technical knowledge.

As a holder of a recognised assessment against technical knowledge you will need to provide a written submission and interview against professional practice.

In order for you to do this you will need to provide evidence for which there are three steps. You will also be asked to declare that you have kept up to date through CPD (Continuing Professional Development) and give your proposers’ details.

Your application will be assessed at this stage, and if successful you will be invited to an up to one hour interview covering;

• Professional practice: validating your written submission
• Ethics

Need to speak to a member of the team? Please get in touch.

Step 1

Decide which competences you are going to provide evidence for

You will need to complete a total of 12 competences (ten are mandatory and two are elective from a list of 15)

Step 2

Provide overviews of up to four projects, programmes or portfolios that you will use to illustrate them

(maximum 500 words per project overview)

Step 3

Write up to 250 words for each competence, referring back to the relevant project overview

Find out if you hold a route 1 recognised assessment

• APM Project Professional Qualification
• APM Practitioner Qualification (PQ)
• Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University - MSc Project Management
• Anglia Ruskin University (London) - MSc in International Project Management
• Cranfield University - MSc in Programme and Project Management
• University of Reading, School of the Built Environment – MSc Project Management (including module CEM335)
• Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Business School - MSc Project Management (including Post-graduate Diploma in Project Management)
• University of South Wales - BSc Construction Project Management
• University of south Wales – MSc Construction Project Management

Application fees 

Your payment is split between the two assessment stages. The annual registration fee will be £80 +VAT, with the first payment due 12 months after award of ChPP. For members of APM, the fee will be aligned to your membership renewal date.

Should any part of the process need to be repeated, the appropriate fee for that part of the process must be paid at re-submission.

Results release dates

We process applications through an assessment cycle. 

*Successful applicants will be notified via email from the chartered team and will be added to the public directory on the APM website if they have opted to do so.

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