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CIM Award in Commercial Intelligence

  • Level: 6
  • Duration: Study hours:100
  • Study options: Online learning
  • Locations: Online

Available from September 2025

 

The CIM Award for Commercial Intelligence will teach you to:

  • forecast for ROMI (return on marketing investment)
  • optimisation create robust budgets translate insights to achieve marketing objectives

You can find out more about the Modular Award syllabus here

Online learning

Start any time and set your own pace! £360 +VAT ENROL

Fees and payment

You can pay the course fees by debit/credit card or by selecting 'Invoice my company' at the checkout.

The total course fee payable to Cambridge Marketing College does not include the additional CIM membership and assessment fees that need to be separately paid to complete the qualification — Please refer to the cost breakdown below.

  • Study method Online learning
  • Award fee £360 £360
  • VAT £72 £0
  • Total payable to the College £432 £360
  • CIM membership £65/year £65/year
  • CIM assessments £165 £165 *
* International learners might be eligible for a reduced rate of £135

Entry criteria and support

  • A relevant Level 4 qualification, such as the CIM Certificate of Professional Marketing; or,
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with at least one-third of credits coming from marketing content (120 credits in a Bachelor's degree or 60 credits in a Master’s): or
  • 2+ years’ marketing experience in an operational role plus a diagnostic assessment
  • If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate English language proficiency (IELTS Academic Modules overall score of 6.5 or equivalent

Support

Our students get a range of support, you can find more information about support here.

We recommend a minimum of 9 months for Diplomas. To allow you to fit studying around other commitments, we offer support for 24 months for CIM qualifications and 6 months for CIM Modular Awards.

Course modules

Study hours:
100

Available from September 2025

 

Analyse marketing budgets to:

  • forecast for ROMI (return on marketing investment)
  • optimisation create robust budgets
  • translate insights to achieve marketing objectives
  • Assessed by a multiple choice on-screen exam which lasts 90 minutes. This exam has 45 questions in total.