Whether you’re starting out in project management, developing your knowledge or building specialist skills, APM qualifications and certificates support your development throughout your career.
Our core qualifications provide a pathway for progression, from building essential foundations with PFQ to developing broader project management knowledge with PMQ. Alongside these, our specialist certificates help project professionals develop skills in emerging and important areas of practice.
Responding to the changing needs of the profession with AI Certificates
AI skills are increasingly important for project professionals. The APM Skills Survey 2026 found 88% rated AI capability as a key future skill, with strong demand for AI certification. Our two new certificates help professionals build AI literacy and apply AI confidently and responsibly.
APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ)Build your project management foundations
A great way to start your project management career, allowing you to gain an understanding of the principles of the project profession.
Ideal for: Beginners, students and aspiring project professionals.
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)Develop your project management knowledge
Achieve a broad understanding of all key project management areas that will support you when you are involved in projects of all sizes.
Ideal for: Project professionals looking to progress their career.
New certificate Build the AI literacy to use AI responsibly in projects
Build your AI literacy and understand how to use artificial intelligence responsibly in a project environment.
Ideal for: Professionals looking to build AI literacy and use AI responsibly in projects.
New certificate Apply AI confidently in a project environment
Develop practical skills to apply AI within projects, programmes and organisations.
Ideal for: Professionals looking to work effectively with AI across project delivery.
APM Project Risk Management Single Subject CertificateDevelop specialist expertise in project risk
Build practical risk management knowledge to improve project performance and outcomes.
Ideal for: Professionals looking to strengthen their risk management capability.
APM qualifications and certificates support the development of the knowledge and capability needed throughout a project career. Combined with practical experience and ongoing professional development, they can help strengthen your progression towards becoming a Chartered Project Professional (ChPP).
Earned Value Management (EVM) is a project control process based on a structured approach to planning, cost collection and performance measurement. It facilitates the integration of project scope, time and cost objectives and the establishment of a baseline plan for performance measurement.
The Project Planning & Control™ qualification scheme supports the publication of the Association for Project Management (APM) guide, Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control – The Practical Project Management of Time, Cost and Risk. The book is APM’s first comprehensive set of guidance and best practice for project planning and control and is applicable across all industries and sectors.
Whether you're new to project management or looking to take the next step, our career pathway tool can help. Answer a few simple questions to receive personalised guidance on the qualifications, membership options and learning opportunities that best match your experience, skills and career ambitions.
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Interested in accreditation or becoming a training provider?
APM Accreditation is a widely recognised mark of quality for organisations, training providers and academic institutions. It offers assurance for those wanting to access project management professional development services available.
APM Endorsed, our new mark of excellence for learning and development content in the project profession.
APM Endorsed is the go-to indicator to the profession that their learning provision is aligned to the APM Competence Framework and will provide recognised, reliable and transferable knowledge.
