AI accreditation cost,
in plain figures.
The Institute of AI (IoAI) is the UK's professional body for AI, and its accreditation is priced clearly. One assessment fee, then an annual membership that rises with your grade. No hidden costs, no upsell.
A single, evidence-based assessment against IoAI's own competency framework. You sit it once per application, and pay it again only when you later apply to progress a grade.
Annual membership keeps your accreditation active and your public badge live. The fee scales with your grade, so you pay in proportion to the standing you hold.
Find your grade, and what it costs to hold it.
Pick the grade that matches where you are now. Each one shows what you pay a year, the CPD it asks of you, and what it puts on your profile.
The entry grade for students and career changers who want a recognised first mark while they build practice.
- Student accreditation and a public verification badge
- A 10-hour annual CPD target, logged in your account
- Eligibility to progress to Associate when you are ready
- Member updates and access to Learn resources
For practitioners applying AI in real work who want the credential to reflect it, assessed against the competency framework.
- Associate accreditation and a public verification badge
- A 15-hour annual CPD target, logged in your account
- Assessment against the published competency framework
- Eligibility to progress to Professional
The grade for practitioners who own AI work end to end and answer for the outcomes. Professionals can also apply for accreditation on behalf of an organisation.
- Professional accreditation and a public verification badge
- A 25-hour annual CPD target, logged in your account
- Standing to apply for organisation accreditation
- Eligibility to progress to Fellow
The senior grade, recognising leadership, breadth and contribution to AI practice. The closest anchor to a chartered standard today.
- Fellow accreditation and a public verification badge
- A 25-hour annual CPD target, logged in your account
- Recognition of leadership and contribution to the field
- Standing to apply for organisation accreditation
All grades share the same £29.99 assessment fee. You apply at the grade your current practice supports, and progression from there is upward only. Fees shown are current and include VAT where it applies.
Accredit the organisation, not just the people.
Organisation accreditation is assessed across five pillars and five maturity levels, from AI-Aware to AI-Leading. It gives a board an external mark it can point to. Only Professional and Fellow members can apply on behalf of an organisation.
A one-off assessment against the five-pillar maturity model.
Keeps your maturity level and organisation badge active for the year.
What the fee keeps live. Badge, CPD, and a way up.
A verifiable badge
A public verification page anyone can check, for your CV, LinkedIn and email signature.
CPD tracking
Log and evidence your hours against the annual target for your grade, all in your account.
Room to progress
Apply at the level your practice supports today, then move up a grade when you are ready.
One clear fee
Learn stays free, and the published fee is the whole cost of being assessed.
A vendor badge dates with the tool. An accreditation you renew and keep current is a standing signal of how you practise.
Cost, answered without the small print.
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Priced to join,
worth keeping.
Apply at the grade that matches how you practise, or spend two minutes finding out where you sit before you pay anything.
How to get AI certified
The steps from free member to accredited member, and what the assessment involves.
AI professional accreditation
Who each of the four grades is for and what each one demonstrates.
CPD for AI professionals
The annual CPD hours by grade, what counts, and how logging works.