Why BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Your performance in the technology industry places you at the very heart of our royal charter. You're actively driving up standards of professional competence, conduct and ethical practice in the industry, for the benefit of society.

Our commitment to you, as a BCS member with professional registration, is to feed your enthusiasm, support your progression and celebrate your achievements.

Artificial Intelligence

AI is a powerful tool that increasingly supports our way of life, at home and in the workplace. From predicting the weather and monitoring our heating, to collating election results, scanning faces on CCTV and analyzing vast amounts of customer data, AI is applied by both businesses and consumers to manage complex activities with speed, efficiency and precision.

Choose from 12 awards set within four key areas of AI:
✓ Business innovation
✓ Data
✓ Ethics
✓ Machine learning and other AI techniques.

Each of the 12 awards is a qualification, carrying between 3 and 5 credits. By taking four awards (20 credits), one in each key area, you’ll gain a Foundation Certificate in AI. Continuing further along the pathway, by taking eight awards (36 credits) you can achieve a Foundation Diploma in AI.

Business Analysis Certifications

Take your first step on your business analysis career path by attaining a certification that employers around the world respect and value. Understand how to identify and evaluate options for improving your business Develop skills and knowledge to support successful business change program within your organization.

Attain one of the four modules you need to gain the International Diploma in Business Analysis
You’re getting started in business analysis and you want to develop a broad understanding of the latest principles and approaches. Most people begin their business analysis journey here.
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✓ Business Analysis Foundation
✓ Business Change
✓ Organizational Behavior

Software Testing

The ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level delivers a core understanding of software testing and is required to progress to the advanced level papers, while the specialized certificates allow you to begin focusing your learning at foundation level.

The BCS Professional Certificate - Software Tester can be used as a standalone certification but will not on its own enable candidates to advance to the higher-level certifications. To advance through to these Advanced level Certifications the candidate will need to sit the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation level.

ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level - Agile Tester Extension
ISQTB® Certified Tester Foundation Level - Usability Testing
ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level - Performance Testing
ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level - Acceptance Testing
ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level - Mobile Application Testing
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At foundation level you can carry out a broad range of tasks, use your initiative and schedule your own and other people's work.