How do I register my qualification and join as a Student Member?

When you enrol onto a qualification, your study centre will register your qualification with the CIPD. You’ll get an email from the CIPD (to the email address provided by your study centre). This will include a link to register as a Student Member, if you are not already an active member. We’ll also ask you to confirm your qualification details. 

Make sure you register for membership using the same email address we contact you on. You’ll then be able to view your qualification details and confirm them (or query them if necessary). You'll also be able to amend your contact details if you need to. 

Throughout your CIPD qualification your work will be moderated by the CIPD. (Unless studying a university programme.) To do this, we need you to be in active membership throughout your studies. 

Current CIPD members. After your study centre registers you with us for your course. We’ll email you to ask you to confirm your qualification. Please follow the instructions provided ensuring you log into your CIPD membership account. If you have any difficulties, contact CIPD Customer Services.

If you’ve not had a registration email from CIPD, please confirm with your study centre that they’ve registered you. You should also check your email address is correct. If the email address is correct and you’ve not received the email, please contact CIPD Customer Service.

Call our Customer Services team on +44 (0)20 8612 6208​. Our phone lines are open from 9am - 4pm (GMT) Monday to Friday. Alternatively, use our contact us form outside of these times and we’ll get back to you. 

As a member you'll have access to a wide range of resources and study guides that will help your studies. These are all listed in the study guides and resources section, at the top of this page. You can also find these resources via the CIPD Knowledge hub.

You can buy CIPD books on the Kogan Page bookshop. As a CIPD member you’ll get a 20% discount. 

A great way to make yourself stand out is to gain some work experience while you study. 

St John’s Ambulance is often looking for volunteers to work in HR for them. This can be as little as three hours per week. (You’ll find lots of charities have HR volunteering opportunities.)

You can find a list of volunteering jobs on the People Management website. 

We also offer volunteering opportunities to help support our members’ professional development. Find out about CIPD’s volunteering opportunities. 

Go to the Study centres, moderation and policies page. Here you'll find out about the different roles that study centres and the CIPD play.

For guidance on how make a complaint about your study centre go to the Study centres, moderation and policies page. 

Qualification certificates for university programmes will be awarded by the university.

They'll contact you about these certificates.

Your university will also notify us when you've successfully completed your qualification.

Once we've processed the admin, we'll email you a PDF result confirmation letter to your preferred email address.

If you're an active CIPD member, we'll issue you with a membership certificate at your new grade in the post.

It's important that you keep your contact details up to date. Check that your name, postal and email addresses are up to date. You can do this by checking your details your profile on the CIPD website.

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CIPD Qualifications 

If you successfully complete a CIPD qualification, we’ll send you a CIPD qualification certificate in the post* and provide a digital copy by email. 

If you’re in active CIPD membership, you’ll gain CIPD accreditation (letters after your name). We’ll send you a membership certificate at your new grade in the post. This will arrive shortly after your qualification certificate.

*If you live in the UK, we will post your certificates to your preferred address. If you live outside the UK, your CIPD qualification certificate will be posted to your study centre to send to you. Please ensure that your name, postal and email addresses are up to date. You can do this by checking your details held on your profile on the CIPD website.

 
University Programmes

Qualification certificates for University Programmes will be awarded by the university. They'll contact you about this as part of your graduation.  Your university will also notify us when you've successfully completed your qualification.

Once we've processed your results, we'll email you a PDF result confirmation letter to your preferred email address within four weeks. 

If you're an active CIPD member, we'll send you a membership certificate at your new grade in the post.

It's important that you keep your contact details up to date. Check that your name, postal and email addresses are up to date. You can do this by checking your details held on your profile on the CIPD website.