Kick start your career in advertising with the global version of the IPA Foundation Certificate, adapted for candidates outside of the UK. With 17,000 graduates in over 70 countries, the IPA Foundation Certificate is the world's number one professional advertising qualification.

Who is this qualification for?

Anyone with less than a year’s experience in an advertising, marketing or communications role. From recent graduates in their first year to people entering the industry from another profession.

Key exam dates

• 24 June - Registration deadline: 30 April
• 25 November – Registration deadline: 25 September

What are the benefits?

This version of the certificate has been specially designed for candidates from outside of the UK. This 'global' version is edited by and contributed to by practitioners working across different markets and contains examples and case studies from across the globe, ensuring that the learning is relevant to you, wherever you are from.

• Thirty hours of online learning accessible through the IPA website on any device.
• You should allow for two months of study prior to sitting the exam.
• Formal two-hour online exam. Three hours in non-English speaking countries.
• If you pass the exam, you will be awarded a digital certificate of completion and two MIPA stars towards personal accreditation.

For more information, download the qualification brochure here.