- Duration: 10 weeks
Project Management Institute (PMI) maintains the global standard of project management best practices, processes, methodologies, and professional ethics through the certification process. PMI administers multiple project manager skill certifications. The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the most well-recognized. With a PMP certification, a Project Manager has the distinction of a globally recognized professional credential, and the verifiable knowledge to manage projects more efficiently.
To earn your PMP certification, you must:
- Learn many complex topics that might be outside of your core area of expertise or job experience.
- Complete the robust PMI application for the PMP certification.
- Earn a passing score on the PMP exam.
Once you have PMP certification, you will need to earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) each year to maintain your PMP credential.
PMP Certification Eligibility Requirements
Project Management Institute requires that you meet initial requirements before you are eligible to sit for the PMP certification exam. The PMP certification application requires experience leading projects and a minimum number of professional development units (PDUs). The PMI will review your application. If you fulfill the requirements, PMI will notify you that you can take the PMP certification exam.
The information below provides an overview of the various education levels PMI accepts for PMP certification applications with non-overlapping professional project management experience requirements. For the PMP certification application, all project management experience submitted must have occurred within the last eight years.
High School Diploma, Associate’s Degree, or Global Equivalent
- Minimum of 60 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience
- 35 contact hours of formal project management education (satisfied by PMA’s PMP training course)
Bachelor’s Degree (Four-year Degree) or Global Equivalent
- Minimum of 36 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience
- 35 contact hours of formal project management education (satisfied by PMA’s PMP training course)
Bachelor’s Degree or Post-Graduate Degree from a GAC accredited program (Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s or Global Equivalent)
- Minimum of 24 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience
- 35 contact hours of formal project management education (satisfied by PMA’s PMP training course)
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