ABOUT CIM PROGRAM

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is the largest, longest established and most respected United Kingdom-based professional marketing body in the world, representing the members and industry for more than 100 years. CIM has the unique ability to confer Chartered Marketer status to deserving holders, in recognition of achievement in theory, practical experience and expertise. It’s the highest accreditation that one can be awarded. Currently CIM has close to 30,000 members worldwide with about 14,000 studying members. CIM offers a range of marketing qualifications to suit all levels; from junior marketers at the outset of their careers, right through to those at board or senior strategic levels.

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

Level
Entry Requirements
Level 4 Certificate in Professional & Digital Marketing
  • • CIM Level 3 Introductory Certificate or Level 3 Foundation Certificate in Professional Marketing/Digital Marketing;
  • • Any relevant Level 3 qualification;
  • • Any Bachelor’s Degree;
  • • Professional practice (suggested one year in a marketing role);
  • • Diagnostic assessment onto Level 4;
  • • English language qualification if English is not your first language.
Level 6 Diploma in Professional & Digital Marketing
  • • CIM Level 4 Certificate in Professional Marketing/Digital Marketing;
  • • Any relevant Level 4 qualification;
  • • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with at least one third of credits coming from marketing content;
  • • Professional practice (suggested two years marketing in an operational role);
  • • Diagnostic assessment onto Level 6;
  • • English language qualification if English is not your first language.
* Students are required to provide Noesis a copy of their diagnostic test result as part of the registration process.

PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE

To become a Chartered Marketer you must:

  • • Become a Graded Member: upon completion of Level 6, a student can apply for an ACIM (Associate) which is a Graded Membership;
  • • Complete 2 consecutive years of Continuing Professional Development; and
  • • Pass the Chartered Assessment

Once you have met these criteria, you will be awarded Chartered Marketer status.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Level 4 Certificate in Professional & Digital Marketing

Intake Period
May / August / December
Duration
1.5 years per level
Study Mode
KL Face-to-Face
Learning Outcomes
  • • LO1 – Understand the purpose and contribution of marketing to the organisation.
  • • LO2 – Understand the factors and trends in the marketing environment and how they impact on marketing
    decision-making.
  • • LO3 – Recognise what influences buyer behaviour in various contexts.
  • • LO4 – Understand how to develop an effective marketing plan./li>
  • • LO5 – Understand how to effectively manage the implementation of and control the marketing plan.
Learning Outcomes
  • • LO1 – Understand how the organisation interacts with customers.
  • • LO 2 – Understand customer engagement with media and content.
  • • LO 3 – Understand how to develop a customer-centric and integrated campaign plan.
Learning Outcomes
  • • LO1 – Recognise the importance of content marketing to organisations.
  • • LO2 – Understand different content formats across a range of contexts.
  • • LO3 – Understand how to create a content marketing plan.
Learning Outcomes
  • • LO1 – Understand the significance of MarTech for an organisation.
  • • LO2 – Recognise applications of MarTech across the customer journey.
  • • LO3 – Understand customer insights delivered by web analytics platforms.

Level 6 Diploma in Professional & Digital Marketing

Intake Period
May / August / December
Duration
1.5 years per level
Study Mode
KL Face-to-Face
Learning Outcomes
  • • LO1 – Understand the organisation’s priorities, purpose, direction and their impact on marketing strategy.
  • • LO2 – Understand how insights drawn from marketing audits inform the marketing plan.
  • • LO3 – Develop a strategic marketing plan to deliver an organisation’s objectives.
  • • LO4 – Understand how to align supporting plans to the marketing plan in delivering marketing objectives.
  • • LO5 – Develop an implementation plan to achieve objectives.
  • • LO6 – Critically evaluate the results of measurements applied in plans to recommend continuous improvements.
Learning Outcomes
  • • LO1 – Understand the metrics used to measure marketing performance.
  • • LO2 – Understand how to manage marketing resources to meet marketing objectives.
  • • LO3 –  Understand how forecasting and financial techniques support the marketing budget.
Learning Outcomes
  • • LO1 – Develop a targeted content strategy to meet wider marketing goals.
  • • LO2 – Plan the creation and distribution of effective content.
  • • LO3 – Rationalise effective copy and select appropriate channels for selected target audiences.
Learning Outcomes
  • • LO1 – Understand the stages involved in creating an integrated customer journey map.
  • • LO2 – Understand how the use of data and insight can determine how customer journeys can be improved.
  • • LO3 – Understand how metrics can be used to measure the success of improvements to the customer journey.

Contact Hours

Level 4 Certificate in Professional & Digital Marketing
Core Classes
12-18 hours of F2F lecture
Revision
4 hours of revision for exam-based module
Level 6 Diploma in Professional Marketing & Digital Marketing
Core Classes
12-18 hours of F2F lecture
Revision
4 hours of revision for exam-based module

EXAM STRUCTURE

Level 4 Certificate in
Professional & Digital
Marketing
Level 6 Diploma
in Professional & Digital
Marketing
Exam
  • • Marketing Impact
  • • Content Marketing
  • • MarTech
  • • Planning Integrated Campaigns
  • • Strategy and Planning
  • • Commercial Intelligence
  • • Content Strategy
  • • Customer Journey Optimisation
Exam: On-screen Multiple-Choice Test

IMPORTANT PROGRAMME DATES

Description
Date
Assessment booking window 27 Jan 2025 – 23 Mar 2025
Free deferral period (FDP)  27 Jan 2025 – 23 Mar 2025
Late booking and paid deferral period (PDP) 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2025
Emergency deferral period (EDP) 31 Mar – 18 May 2025
Online test windows 31 Mar – 9 May 2025
Results available to students 30 May 2025
Enquiry about results window 30 May – 13 Jun 2025
Digital badges sent to students 27 Jun 2025
Description
Date
Assessment booking window 12 May – 29 Jun 2025
Free deferral period (FDP) 12 May – 29 Jun 2025
Late booking and paid deferral period (PDP) 30 Jun – 6 Jul 2025
Emergency deferral period (EDP) 7 Jul – 24 Jul 2025
Online test windows 7 Jul – 15 Aug 2025
Results available to students 5 Sep 2025
Enquiry about results window 5 Sep – 19 Sep 2025
Digital badges sent to students 3 Oct 2025
Description
Date
Assessment booking window 23 Sep – 4 Nov 2025
Free deferral period (FDP) 23 Sep – 4 Nov 2025
Late booking and paid deferral period (PDP) 25 Nov – 1 Dec 2025
Emergency deferral period (EDP) 2 Dec 2025 – 2 Feb 2026
Online test windows 2 Dec 2025 – 17 Jan 2026
Results available to students 7 Feb 2026
Enquiry about results window 7 Feb – 21 Feb 2026
Digital badges sent to students 7 Mar 2026

PASS RATES

COURSE FEE

Fees payable to Noesis Exed Sdn Bhd
KL Face-to-Face Study Mode Fees
Mode Registration Fee Course Fee (per module)
Level 4
Level 6
KL Face-to-Face
RM 500
RM 3,000
RM 3,000
**Fees are subject to an 8% SST charge and are HRDC claimable

EXAM FEE

Fees payable to CIM UK (Subject to change)
Annual Student Membership
£65
Assessment Booking (Level 4)
£130 per module
Assessment Booking (Level 6)
£165 per module

UNIVERSITY DISCOUNT

University Discount List for Year 2024/2025 (KL & SG)

LECTURER PROFILES

Noesis prides itself on the quality of its lecturers across all programs.
The profile of some of our CIM lecturers are below:

TIMETABLE

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