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Become a CGIUKI Accredited Partner

Are you an academic institution that would benefit from a partnership with the only chartered professional membership body for governance professionals globally? Have you considered partnering with us?

The Institute continues to expand its range of learning partnerships both in the UK and internationally. We offer a bespoke academic partnership agreement based on your needs and the relationship that you would like to have with us.

Being an CGIUKI Accredited Partner enables students on your courses to start their professional journey while they are studying with you. They can access our governance, risk and compliance resources and connect with our global membership of 30,000 governance professionals, to develop the networks they need for the future.

CGIUKI Accredited University Partner

Our partnerships with universities follow a format referred to as a ‘validated postgraduate programme’, in which the partner University develops and maintains its own Masters programme.

This postgraduate programme is mapped against the CGIUKI’s Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme, and upon graduation, students are awarded Chartered Graduate status (GradCG) by the Institute, in addition to their Masters qualification.

Student membership for your postgraduate students includes:

  • Access to CGI’s resources
  • Access to CGI’s global community and branch network
  • Monthly student newsletters
  • Can enter Tom Morrison Essay Prize award (link)
  • Invitations to local and national events, webinars, conferences and networking events
  • Designatory letters of GradCG upon successful completion of your course

Benefits for your University as a CGIUKI Accredited Partner:

  • sector specific accreditation and the use of the CGIUKI Accredited University Partner logo
  • free Academic Affiliate Membership of CGI (subject to meeting entry requirements)
  • free access to CGI’s online resources including G+C magazine
  • a dedicated Account Manager

See our current University Partners

CGIUKI Accredited Academic Partner

This is for tuition providers, training organisations, business schools who work with CGIUKI in providing learning to our students of one of our qualification courses. By partnering with us in this way, we will provide your students with the following range of benefits and opportunities:


  • possible exemptions from modules on our Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme
  • Access to CGI’s resources
  • Access to CGI’s global community and branch network
  • Monthly student newsletters
  • Can enter Tom Morrison Essay Prize award
  • Invitations to local and national events, webinars, conferences and networking events
  • Affiliate Membership of CGIUKI (subject to meeting entry requirements)

Benefits for your organisation as a CGIUKI Accredited Academic Partner:

  • sector specific accreditation and the use of the CGI Accreditation and logo
  • free access to CGI online resources including G+C magazine
  • a dedicated Account Manager

CGIUKI Accredited CPD Partner

Do you offer Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses? Partner with the Institute to accredit and endorse your CPD courses, which increases your audience and raises your credibility.




Accredited CPD Partner Benefits
  • sector specific accreditation and the use of the CGI Accredited CPD Partner logo
  • Affiliate Membership of CGI (subject to meeting entry requirements)
  • free access to CGI online resources including G+C magazine
  • a dedicated Account Manager

How to become an Accredited Partner with CGIUKI

To find out more about how to become a CGI Accredited Partner and how it can benefit your educational institution contact Conn Cleary, Regional Development Manager: ccleary@cgi.org.uk for a free consultation.

See our current partners

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