Study an internationally recognised qualification and work towards becoming a chartered governance professional.
Student membership of the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland is your first step to chartered status. Everyone studying for a CGIUKI qualification becomes a student member, whether you’re studying the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme, the Foundation Programme, or one of our short course qualifications.
Benefits of student membership
As a student member, you’ll enjoy all the benefits of CGIUKI membership, including:
- Part of a global community of 40,000 governance professionals from the start of your studies
- Learn from experts by getting involved with our mentoring programme
- Stay up to date with the latest news, trends and developments in governance
- Use our competency framework and assessment tool
- Student prices on events and training
Qualifications
Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme
The Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme is your route to graduate membership and chartered status. No previous formal qualifications are required, but we recommend you have some experience in governance, law or finance. If you do have relevant qualifications and/or experience, you may be able to bypass some exams and qualify faster.
Postgraduate degree courses
We partner with six UK universities to offer the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme as a dual qualification as part of a postgraduate degree course.
Foundation Programme
Our entry level qualification that’s open to everyone, no matter your qualifications or experience. The Foundation Programme equips you with the relevant skills and knowledge to prepare you for the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme.
Sector-specific governance qualifications
Sector specific courses for Level 4 certificates in charity, corporate, education, sport and Level 6 certificates in corporate and health service governance.
Fees
If you’re studying a CGIUKI qualification directly with us, your first year student membership is included in your course fee.
The relevant course fees are shown on each qualification page.
If you’re a student on a validated postgraduate degree course, you'll need to complete a university student registration form to register with us.
If you’re unable to pay your fees for any reason, we may be able to help as part of our membership fees concessionary rate policy.
Next steps
Graduate membership
Awarded when you complete the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme or a validated postgraduate degree. You can use the post-nominals GradCG while you work towards chartered status.
Affiliated membership
If you’re not ready to study the Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme, affiliated membership could be for you. Our non-chartered level, it recognises your professional achievement, value, capability and experience. You can use the post-nominals CG (Affiliated).
