The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Advanced Diploma is a valued qualification awarded to those who successfully meet the requirements of the Foundation Diploma, Advanced Diploma and Graduate Diploma stages. The University of South Wales is a long-established Centre of Excellence for providing the Graduate Diploma Programme.

This ladder of qualification leads to Corporate Membership of CIPS, namely MCIPS, and is regarded by most businesses and organisations as the gold standard route to MCIPS because of its practical learning element.

This course is particularly suitable if you are employed or have experience in purchasing, logistics, stores, inventory, contracts and other areas of supply chain management in the public or private sector.