BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University recently achieved the certificate of approved study centre of The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), UK and ranked up from the registered study centre to approved study centre authorized by CIPS. Till now BIGD is the one and only exam centre of CIPS in Bangladesh. BIGD applied for the study centre approval in the year of 2016 and now it has become the approved study centre in Bangladesh for providing Diploma, Advance Diploma and Professional Diploma of CIPS to achieve the MCIPS awarde from Bangladesh. CIPS has a network of almost 100 study centres in the UK, and more than 150 centres worldwide.
After two years as an approved study centre, BIGD will be able to apply for an upgrade to ‘Centre of Merit’ and following a further two years’ continuing demonstration of additional criteria, BIGD will also be able to achieve ‘Centre of Excellence’.