City & Guilds Senior Awards

City & Guilds Licentiateship (LCGI), Graduateship (GCGI), and Membership (MCGI), recognise personal achievement and the application of professional knowledge in the workplace, allowing progression to the very highest levels of achievement.

Licentiateship (LCGI) 
The Licentiateship award is at a supervisory/junior management level and mapped to level 4 on the National Qualification Framework (NQF).

Graduateship (GCGI)
The Graduateship award is at a middle management level and is mapped to a British Honours degree and is level 6 on the National Qualification Framework (NQF).

Membership (MCGI)
The Membership award is at a strategic management/chartered professional level and is mapped to a British Master's degree and is level 7 on the National Qualification Framework (NQF).

Fellowship (FCGI)
The highest level of professional achievement.

Holders of City & Guilds Senior Awards are entitled to use appropriate post nominal letters (LCGI, GCGI, MCGI, FCGI) and are invited to attend the annual graduation ceremony, where they will wear the approved formal dress of a gown, hood and mortar board.

Senior Awards are also available directly to:

• Members of Engineering Institutions

• Members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces

You can find all our application forms on the Application forms page.

Senior Awards can also be gained from our network of Delegated Authorities (centres who are approved to deliver our Senior Awards qualifications).

Here you can find out more about gaining a Senior Award with one of our Delegated Authorities.

For general enquiries, please contact senior@cityandguilds.com

To find out more about applying as a Direct Candidate, please view this document Taking you to the top.