Chartered Project Professional (ChPP).
The highest standard of expertise in the project profession. We've supported over 500 senior professionals to Chartership — with a pass rate above 90%.
Chartered with our support
Pass rate across our cohorts
Embedded in the standard since its conception
Pathways to Chartership
The highest standard in the project profession.
Chartered status shows you have achieved the highest standard of expertise in the project profession — proven exceptional capability across technical knowledge, professional practice, and ethical behaviour.
It is a key criterion for those wishing to attain the UK Government's Senior or Master Practitioner accreditation, and increasingly used by global private-sector organisations as the benchmark for senior project leadership.
Who it's for
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Professionals with significant experience in complex projects, programmes, or portfolios
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Leaders of key project control functions such as PMOs
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Senior practitioners targeting UK Government Senior or Master Practitioner status
Four pathways. One common assessment.
The APM offers four pathways to Chartership depending on what Recognised Assessments you already hold. All pathways share the same core assessment — a written submission and an interview.
Pathway 1 — Experiential
For applicants without a Recognised Assessment. Demonstrate competence through experience and a full written submission.
Pathway 2 — PPQ holders
For those who hold the APM's Project Professional Qualification. A faster route, with PPQ acting as the Recognised Assessment.
Pathway 3 — Other Recognised Assessments
For those who hold one of the APM's published Recognised Assessments from another awarding body.
Pathway 4 — Organisational
Where an organisation's internal assessment scheme has been awarded Chartership Recognised Assessment status. Used by Shell, BAE Systems and PDO.
Blended Chartership support, run several times a year.
Our courses guide you through the full application — written submission, interview practice, and the technical knowledge prep behind both. Each cohort has a personal mentor with deep experience supporting successful candidates.
Live online training
Tutor-led sessions covering the application process, written submission technique, and interview preparation.
1-2-1 mentor support
A personal mentor — someone with a proven track record of guiding candidates to Chartership — alongside you across the full journey.
eLearn technical prep
On-demand videos to refresh and consolidate the technical knowledge you'll be questioned on.
Support clinics
Open Q&A sessions where any candidate can bring a current challenge — drafting, evidence selection, or interview nerves.
Dedicated cohort area
Every group has its own learning space inside our Canvas-based Learning Management System — materials, conversations, and progress in one place.
Government Campus approved
Our courses are approved on the UK Government's Learning2020 framework. Course code OTS 08648 — available as Closed (departmental) or Public cohorts.
Chartership inside your own project academy.
Many of our clients embed Chartership into a wider in-house academy — competence framework, evidence capture, and career pathway all aligned to the standard.
We can incorporate the Chartership competences into your academy, including the use of our Competence Evidence Management System (CEMS) to define, capture and manage competence evidence. With partners at Online Profiling, we have been trusted by Shell's global project academy for over a decade to support assessment and accreditation across 4,000+ project professionals.
We have also helped Shell, BAE Systems and PDO win Chartership Recognised Assessment status — providing a significantly shorter pathway to ChPP for their staff.
Where embedding pays off
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Standardised evidence capture across cohorts
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Pathway 4 organisational Recognised Assessment
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Shorter, lower-cost Chartership route per candidate
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Internal consistency of standard across departments
Where Chartership fits.
Chartership rarely stands alone — it sits inside a wider career pathway, a development programme, or a corporate academy.
Solution
APM Standards & Qualifications
The four APM levels — PFQ, PMQ, PPQ, and Chartership — and how we deliver them across in-house programmes.
Solution
Project Professional Qualification (PPQ)
The most common stepping-stone to Chartership via Pathway 2. Practitioner-level, scenario-based, blended delivery.
Solution
Building Project Academies
Embed Chartership pathways and Pathway 4 organisational assessments into a whole-career framework.