Become a Member

Current membership at the below levels will grant full exemption from CIOB’s academic eligibility requirements. If you hold one of the below designations, you may proceed to apply for Applicant grade membership and proceed to the Professional Review if you have 3 or more years of professional construction management experience within the built environment or construction industry.

Please note that holding a Professional Membership does not provide any entitlement to enter the MCIOB grade directly without assessment

• Architects Registration Board Registration to Practice (ARB): Registration to Practice
• Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE): C.Build E MCABE or FCABE
• Chartered Institution of Architectural Technologists (CIAT): MCIAT
• CIBSE Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers: MCIBSE, FCIBSE
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE): MICE, FICE
• Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES): MCinstCES, FCInstCES
• Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE): MIStructE, FIStructE
• Royal Institution of British Architects (RIBA): ARIBA, RIBA, FRIBA
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS): MRICS, FRICS
• Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI): MRTPI, FRTPI
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): AssocMASCE, MASCE
• Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers (HKICM): MHKICM, FHKICM
• Construction Management Association of America (CMAA): CCM
• Australian Institute of Building (AIB): MAIB
• Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM): FIWFM
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET): CEng (Chartered Engineer), IEng (Incorporated Engineer)

Current membership at the below levels will grant full exemption from CIOB’s academic eligibility requirements. If you hold one of the below designations, you may proceed to apply for Applicant grade membership and proceed to the Professional Review if you have 5 or more years of professional construction management experience within the built environment or construction industry.

Please note that holding a Professional Membership does not provide any entitlement to enter the MCIOB grade directly without assessment

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA): MCCA
• Chartered Insurance Institute (CII): FCII
• Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA): ACILA
• Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT): CMILT
• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM): MCIM
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD): MCIPD
• Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM): MCIWM
• Chartered Management Institute (CMI): CMgr MCMI, CMgr FCMI
• Chartered Society of Designers (CSD): MCSD
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW): ACA
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS): CA
• Institution of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH): CMIOSH, CFIOSH
• Association for Project Management (APM): ChPP, APM Chartered Project Professional
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIARB): C.Arb, FCIArb

Our new pathways to Chartered grades introduce more choice and personalisation, reflecting the diverse needs and circumstances of candidates.

There are pathways available for students, graduates, experienced professionals, educators and senior leaders in the industry.  

These still remain. The new pathways attach to a respective grade, whether that is Student or Applicant.  

In the case where pathways attach to Student grade, we very much see this as candidates studying with CIOB on their way to a CIOB Chartered grade.  

Applicant grade is attached to pathways solely for those that are ready to undertake CIOB’s Professional Review on applying to CIOB. 

Yes.  

We will be notifying existing Student grade members that they will automatically renew into a respective student pathway for next year.

For existing Applicant grade members, we will be setting out your options to renew into a new pathway from next year. In some instances, we will be in contact before the next renewals period to ascertain if you would like to transition into a new pathway.

We will also write to you to let you know the options and how to switch your application onto a new pathway, should you wish to. Equally, you can complete the existing application form and then renew your membership into a new pathway from next year.