CIM Diploma in Professional Digital Marketing

• CIM Level 4 Professional Certificate in Marketing or CIM Level 4 Certificate in Professional Marketing or CIM Level 4 Certificate in Professional Digital Marketing
• any relevant Level 4 qualification
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, with at least one third of credits coming from marketing content (i.e. 120 credits in Bachelor’s degrees or 60 credits with Master’s degrees)
• professional practice (suggested two years marketing in an operational role) and diagnostic assessment onto Level 6

If English is not your first language, you will also need to provide evidence of achieving one of the following English Language qualifications within the last two years: IELTS Academic Module with overall score of 6.5 (each component pass mark must be 6.0 or above) or Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English grade B or above. CIM will consider other equivalent alternatives.

In addition, assessments for all qualifications comply with regulatory requirements, are fit for purpose, fair, valid, reliable and manageable to ensure confidence in the standard of learner achievement.

• Marketing & Digital Strategy – external assessment: an assignment based on a theme and an organisation of choice.
• Digital Optimisation – external assessment: an assignment based on a theme and an organisation of choice.
• The Digital Customer Experience – external assessment: an assignment based on a theme and an organisation of choice.

In addition, assessments for all qualifications comply with regulatory requirements, and are fit for purpose, fair, valid, reliable and manageable to ensure confidence in the standard of learner achievement. All assessments are by assignment.

Our qualifications and bite-size awards represent a sound investment in your future and your employer may therefore be willing to sponsor you. We also have payment plans for those who are self-funding.

The introductory cost of the CIM Diploma in Professional Digital Marketing will be £1950 +VAT (payable to the Study Centre). If you are self-financing, there may also be payment options open to you. Please speak to our CIM co-ordinator regarding this. Individual modules cost £700 (+VAT)

CIM costs
Annual registration fee – £65
Total assessment fees – £570 (£450**)

Payment Plan

If you are self-financing, there may be payment options open to you. This will allow you to spread the cost of the course over a period of a few months. Please speak to our CIM co-ordinator on 02920 005778 regarding this.

Please check out our Payment Plan page.

ReAct Scheme

If you have been made redundant, then you may be eligible for ReAct funding of up to £1500 of the cost of your course. We accept ReAct beneficiaries and have dealt with students through the ReAct scheme for many years. Find out more about ReAct from the Careers Wales website.

*Figures based on successful completion at first attempt; this price does not include the fee for any resits required.
**Discount available to members who reside in countries listed as eligible for an International reduced rate.

The Total Qualification Time (TQT) is the amount of time expected to take, on average, to complete the learning outcomes of a module to the standard defined by the assessment criteria. This includes:

• Guided learning hours
• Practical and work-based learning
• Assessment preparation time – Assessment time
• Supported self-study time.

The TQT per module is 170 hours. There are three assessment sessions per year within the CIM qualification.

• Guided learning hours
• Practical and work-based learning – Assessment preparation time
• Assessment time
• Supported self-study time

• We differ to many organisations as we offer face-to-face study, with each module delivered over 2 days (during the week), in addition to one study day (on a Saturday).
• We also offer email and phone support after the course, along with online support.

Please note that modules will be run as Virtual ‘Live’ Classrooms during the current Covid19 Pandemic. Times may vary and some sessions may be run in the evening.

✅  We have been an Accredited CIM Study Centre since 2007.

✅  Our pass rate since we started is around 98%

✅  Well over 75% of students received A’s an B’s for their assessments/exams work in the latest exam boards.

✅   100% of our students who completed their Full certificates/diplomas over the past 4 years have received Merits or Distinction!

✅  All of our tutors are experienced practitioners in their own fields and have a wealth of experience in marketing and digital marketing training. Most are Chartered Marketers.

✅  Courses are run as either 3.5-hour sessions on Zoom or 7 hours in a classroom. You don’t have to attend once a week, in the evening!

✅  All our Zoom courses are recorded.

✅  Our CIM results are consistently above the UK national average.

✅  Our CIM Level 4 and 6 courses include a FREE Google Analytics day.

✅  Our Support site is designed to help students improve their grades.

✅  Zoom revision and 1-to-1 sessions are available for many of our modules at the moment (and will be available to all in the future).

You can find the recommended course texts on the CIM Certificate in Professional Digital Marketing books page.

If you would like to book on to the Certificate in Professional Digital Marketing, please click the ‘book now’ button at the top of this page and complete the booking form.

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