In an increasingly competitive world it is essential to stand out. Recognised by employers in all sectors and internationally, Professional Registration demonstrates your abilities, knowledge and experience. There are three levels to suit every stage of your career - Certification, Chartership and Fellowship; with a dedicated Professional Registration for Knowledge Managers. With support from a mentor our portfolio-based approach provides a flexible approach to suit your life.

Why become Professionally Registered?

Take the next step in your career. Widely recognised and respected, Professional Registration strengthens your CV and helps open up new opportunities and develop your current role.

Increase your status. Professional registration demonstrates to employers and colleagues that you are committed to developing and maintaining the knowledge, skills and competency needed to meet today's information needs.

Increase recognition of your abilities, skills and experience. Once you have gained a level of Professional Registration you will be able to use the postnominals ACLIP (Certification), MCLIP (Chartership) or FCLIP (Fellowship) and you can be included on CILIP's public register of practitioners

Increase your earnings. Gaining Certification, Chartership or Fellowship is an advantage to your career. High-earners are more likely to hold professional qualifications than low-earners: 64.8% of our workforce earning £40,000 or more hold a professional qualification.

Membership

To enrol on your Professional Registration journey, you firstly need to join CILIP if you are not already a member. CILIP membership offers you a great range of benefits and resources to support you and your career, including access to our professional networks and special interest groups, and all the latest news and insights with our sector leading magazine Information Professional. Your membership also enables us to champion the profession with employers, the media and local and central government.

Find out more about member benefits and how you can join CILIP here.

Fees

Once you have joined CILIP then you can enrol for Professional Registration. Please visit here for enrolment and submission fees.

Once you have gained Certification, Chartership or Fellowship your membership is upgraded to ACLIP, MCLIP or FCLIP as appropriate with a new membership rate, details of which can be found here.