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Advanced Certificate in Effectiveness

Develop a greater understanding of, and a forensic approach to the evaluation of your campaigns.

Learn about objective setting, discover how to design a multi-platform campaign measurement programme, gain knowledge of theories of advertising effectiveness and earn the confidence to write an effectiveness paper to showcase your success.

Who is this qualification for?

  • Anyone involved in the evaluation and development of effective creative work, whatever the discipline, on either agency or client-side.
  • In particular, mid-level planners with at least four years’ experience.

What are the benefits?

  • Learn how to prove the value of your contribution to your client’s business.
  • Improve your client relationships by speaking their language.
  • Discover the best practice approach to designing a measurement programme to evaluate multi-platform activity.
  • Confidently and correctly analyse the impact and effect of any campaign.
  • Gain the confidence to write a brilliant effectiveness paper.

View the full Advanced Certificate in Effectiveness syllabus.

How is the qualification delivered and assessed?

  • Thirty-five hours of online learning accessible through the IPA website on any device.
  • You should allow for two to three 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 three MIPA stars towards personal accreditation.

How do you book onto and access the qualification?

Please select your chosen exam date from the ‘Intakes’ drop down on this page and proceed to checkout.

Once booked, you can access and start your online learning via the IPA website. To access, please head to your personal IPA portal via the profile icon and click on ‘Training’. Or, visit your personal Training page.

For more information, download the qualification brochure.

2025 Exam dates

  • 24 April 2025. Booking deadline 21 March 2025.
  • 31 July 2025. Booking deadline 24 June 2025.
  • 30 October 2025. Booking deadline 26 September 2025.

Price 

  • Members: £450+VAT.
  • Non-Members: £900+VAT.

If you are purchasing the certificate as a business based outside of the UK and believe you should not be charged VAT on the sale, please get in touch with [email protected]. If your business is based in the EU, we will ask you to confirm your VAT number before making your booking. This VAT number will be recorded as part of your sale transaction. If your business is based outside the EU, we will ask for further evidence of your business location.

Policies

We operate a 14-day cancellation policy. Please view the Policies for further details: 

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