APMP Foundation face-to-face - 2 June - London

APMP FOUNDATION TRAINING & EXAM

LONDON –2nd June 2025

Thanks for enrolling in this course. Here’s all the information you need to know.

1.     Pre-course actions

There are a couple of things we’ll need from you at least one week before the course:

• If you’ve not already done so, you’ll need to provide us with your APMP membership number. How do I join APMP? If you’re not already a member, you’ll need to go to APMP’s website and sign up via the “Individual Membership” option (not included in your course fee). Please note that the surname we use to book your exam paper must exactly match the surname on your APMP membership. So if you’ve changed your name recently please do make sure you check carefully..
• Please let us know if you have any special requirements of which we should be aware (e.g. dietary requirements, dyslexia, access needs or handouts in large print format).

2.     Course logistics

This course will take place in The Dock meeting room at The Dixon Hotel, 211 Tooley Street, London SE1 2JX. (It’s a short stroll from London Bridge station, or across the river from Tower Gateway.)

We’ll finish presenting by 16:00, giving you a short break before you sit the exam. We’ll then mark your papers and let you know your result before you leave.

The event will finish by 18:00. Please don’t book travel that requires you to leave earlier than 18:00 as we can't cut the exam or marking short!

The exam board requires us to check photographic ID for candidates before you sit the exam. Please bring something suitable along – driving licence, work identity badge etc.

There’s no need to bring a laptop with you.

3.     Exam structure and background

The exam is multiple-choice. There are 75 questions and the pass mark is 42. You’ll be sitting the new “version 4” of the exam, launched at the start of 2025.

You’ll have 65 minutes. If English isn’t your first language, or you have additional needs (e.g. dyslexia), you’re given a little more time. If this applies to you and you haven’t already told us, please let us know before the first session.

The exam is ‘open book’, so you can consult any materials that you find useful – including the course handouts, APMP Foundation Study Guide and APMP Glossary. We’ll provide printed copies of everything you need on the day.

You’ll be sent an email by the exam board (APM Group International) before the the course, confirming that we have registered you for the exam. Just ignore it: no action is needed from you before the event!

If you’d like to try a practice exam to see the sort of questions that get asked, head to this link and choose “APMP (v4) Foundation” from the drop-down menu. You’ll be doing a paper exam on the day, though. 

4.     Pre-course reading

The course covers the whole syllabus, but some people like to read sections of APMP’s material in advance to give themselves a little more context and confidence. You can sign into the APMP Foundation Study Guide (Version 4) with the same user name and password that you use for APMP’s main website.

This is recommended not mandatory, and there’s no need whatsoever to learn it all by heart! The most relevant ten chapters to read are:

• Create Deliverables
  • Writing Clearly
  • Graphics
• Focus on the Customer
  • Competitive Price To Win
  • Strategy and Win Themes
  • Proposal Theme Statements
• Manage Processes:
  • End-to-End Process
  • Gate Decisions
  • Review Management
• Use Tools and Systems
  • Opportunity / Capture Plan Development
  • Content Plans

If you want to know more about the certification scheme overall, you can read more here on the APMP website. 

6.     Further information

Feel free to ask if there’s anything we can do to help prior to the course. Just contact our office
manager Christine – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please also let Christine know in good time if you have any special dietary requirements that we need to share with the venue.

We very much look forward to seeing you on the day!