The CIPR Advanced Certificate in Public Relations Enrolment criteria Applicants for the Advanced Certificate in Public Relations course have to have any one of the following: the CIPR Foundation Award any UK degree two years' relevant full-time employment in public relations (or related sectors eg marketing, journalism) and 5 GCSEs grade C or above, one of which must be English Language the LCCIEB Group Diploma in PR, plus 1 year’s experience in PR NB: Equivalent qualifications are acceptable. Plus those whose first language is not English must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the language - spoken and written - to Interneational Language Testing System (IELTS) band score of 7.0 or above or equivalent