Chartered IT Professional


Chartered IT Professional denoted by CITP is a professional qualification awarded under Royal Charter to IT professionals who satisfy strict criteria set by the British Computer Society, which is a professional body for IT in the United Kingdom.

Status

The title Chartered IT Professional is aligned with Skills Framework for the Information Age, the UK Government backed competency framework, CITP is the benchmark of IT excellence and is terminal qualification in IT.
Criteria and requirements for chartered status in the UK have to be approved by the Privy Council and as such the CITP designation is on par with other chartered qualifications in other fields.
CITP status is gaining increasing national and international recognition as the benchmark of excellence for IT professionals. It provides evidence of an individual’s commitment to their profession and endorsement of their experience and knowledge.

Eligibility

In order to qualify for this award a person normally needs to have at least 8 to 10 years professional experience in IT, with evidence of experience at a senior level in the Skills Framework for the Information Age, have passed a professional competency examination and successfully completed a skills assessment interview with two BCS assessors.
A fast track scheme exists for holders of Certified Architect and Certified IT Specialist certifications from The Open Group, which exempts applicants from the initial review and interview elements of the application process.
In order to maintain a certificate of current competence, demonstrable CPD must be undertaken.

Designatory lettering

Chartered IT Professionals are entitled to use the suffix CITP after their names. This is written after honours, decorations and university degrees and after letters denoting membership of professional engineering institutions - for example: BSc, MBCS CITP.
The BCS maintains an online register of members with CITP status.

Licensing

Other Professional membership bodies apply to the BCS for a licence that enables them to award CITP to their eligible members.

United Kingdom

The Institution of Engineering and Technology was the first membership body licensed to award CITP, but the agreement ended on 22 February 2020.

Ireland

The Irish Computer Society is the awarding body of CITP status in Ireland. The standard has been developed in consultation with BCS and applicants undergo the same assessment process.

South Africa

The Intitute of Chartered IT Professionals is the awarding body of various professional status including for Chartered CIO's, globally. The standard has been developed in consultation with Council for Higher Education and the Department of Higher Education as well as various ICT industry expert and companies and applicants undergo the same assessment process.