International membership fees
Standard membership
  • Band A £97 per year
  • Band B £68 per year
  • Band C £30 per year
Certified practitioner
  • Band A £97 per year
  • Band B £68 per year
  • Band C £30 per year
Chartered member
  • Band A £149 per year
  • Band B £105 per year
  • Band C £45 per year
Fellow
  • Band A £149 per year
  • Band B £105 per year
  • Band C £45 per year
Student membership
  • United Kingdom FREE*
  • Republic of Ireland FREE*

*you must be studying a CIH accredited course

Find out about student membership

Concessionary rate
  • Band A £30 per year
  • Band B £21 per year
  • Band C £9 per year

*A concessionary rate applies to the following classes of membership; Under thirty years old, tenant, HR professional, retired and career break. Subject to approval.

International banding (World Bank classification)
Band A - high income economies
  • Andorra
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • The Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Bermuda
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile
  • Croatia
  • Curacao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Estonia
  • Faeroe Islands
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Polynesia
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Guam
  • Hong Kong SAR
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Korea, Rep
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao SAR
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Oman
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Russian Federation
  • San Marino
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Slovak Republic
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • St. Kitts and Neots
  • St. Martin (French part)
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Uruguay
Band B - upper middle income economies
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • China
  • Columbia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Fiji
  • Gabon
  • Grenada
  • Hungary
  • Iran, Islamic Rep.
  • Iraq
  • Jamaica
  • Jordon
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Macedonia, FYR
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
  • Montenegro
  • Namibia
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • South Africa
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname
  • Thailand
  • Tonga
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu
  • Venezuela, RB
Band C - lower middle and lower income economies
  • Afghanistan
  • Armenia
  • Bangladesh
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Dem.Rep
  • Congo, Rep
  • Cote d'lvoire
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt, Arab Rep.
  • El Salvador
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia, The
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Korea, Dem.Rep.
  • Kosovo
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Lao PDR
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Philippines
  • Rwanda
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Vietnam
  • West Bank and Gaza
  • Yemen, Rep
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
Membership grades
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Membership framework
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