Route 1 to ChPP

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

View our upcoming assessment cycle dates.

ChPP support services
We have a range of free online support clinics and one-day workshops to help you prepare for your application.

Preparing to sit your interview under the previous standard?

Linkedin Live: Exploring the Revised Chartered Standard - Replay now available

Did you miss our recent LinkedIn Live session where we explored the revised chartered standard? Not to worry, you can catch up on the recorded session.

During the session, Emily Long, our Head of Professional Standards, and Victoria Bailey, the Professional Standards Manager, provided an in-depth exploration of the revised chartered standard and answered questions from the audience during the live Q&A segment.

Step 1

Decide which competences you are going to provide evidence for

You will need to complete a total of 12 competences (seven are mandatory and five are elective)

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)
• Anglia Ruskin University (London) - MSc in International Project Management
• Arden University - BSc in Project Management
• Coventry University - MSc Project Management
• Cranfield University - MSc in Programme and Project Management
• Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University - MSc Project Management
• Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Business School - MSc Project Management (including Post-graduate Diploma in Project Management)
• University of Reading, School of the Built Environment – MSc Project Management (including module CEM335)
• University of South Wales - BSc Construction Project Management
• University of South Wales – MSc Construction Project Management
• York St John University - MSc Project Management / Post-graduate Diploma in Project Management

Application fees 

Your payment is split between the two assessment stages. The annual registration fee will be £86 +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.

Assessment cycle dates

We process applications through an assessment cycle. 

*The results release date is provisional, subject to interview availability and volume. 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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Preparing to sit your interview under the previous standard?

If you're preparing to sit your interview under the previous standard, you'll find all the relevant documentation here.

• Guidance document
• Standard document
• Matrix tool

Register of Chartered Project Professionals

The register lists Chartered Project Professionals who have met the standard by demonstrating a defined level of technical knowledge, professional practice and ethical behaviour.

View the register