Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher:

• 36 months and 4500 hours of project management experience within the last 8 years
• 35 hours of project management education

High school diploma or global equivalent:

• 60 months and 7500 hours of project management experience within the last 8 years
• 35 hours of project management education

Application Process

• Verify that you meet the PMI PMP^® eligibility requirements above
• Create an account at www.pmi.org
• Complete the on-line PMP^® application at pmi.org and submit
• In approximately 5 days you will receive an application approval e-mail from PMI;
• Log into www.pmi.org and pay your credential fee ($405 for PMI members and $555 for non-PMI members). Within minutes you will receive a confirmation e-mail stating 1 of 2 things:

• Thank you…here is your test code and exam scheduling instructions.
• Thank you…your application has been selected for audit…here is your audit welcome packet

If you are audited (25% of applications are randomly selected for audit upon payment of exam fees), complete all audit forms and mail them to PMI.

In approximately 5 days you will receive an e-mail stating 1 of 3 things:

• Thank you…here is your test code and exam scheduling instructions.
• Thank you…we require further information…here is what we need.
• Sorry…you have failed to meet the audit requirements…please refer to the PMP Handbook for our refund policy procedure

When you have your test code, go to www.prometric.com/PMI to schedule your exam.

PMP Certificate Exam Information

• You will have up to one year from the date your application is approved to take your exam.
• If you fail your exam, you are allowed to re-test twice within your one year eligibility period.
• Exams are available at multiple Prometric locations around the world.
• You will need to provide 2 forms of identification upon arriving at the test center.
• All of your belongings, including your cell phone, etc., are placed in a locker and are not accessible during the exam.
• You will have 4 hours to complete 200 multiple-choice questions.
• Of the 200 questions, 25 questions are considered pre-test and are not scored.
• The questions will represent each of the project management domains:

Initiating – 13% of the exam questions
Planning – 24% of the exam questions
Executing – 30% of the exam questions
Monitoring and controlling – 25% of the exam questions
Closing – 8% of the exam questions

• There are no scheduled breaks during your exam and as such, the clock will continue even if you step away from the exam.
• Questions are provided one at a time and can either be answered, answered and marked, or left blank and marked for review.
• Upon submission of the exam, you will be asked to answer a survey prior to receiving your results.
• Upon completion of the survey, you will be notified as to whether you passed or failed the exam.
• The exam center will provide you with a paper copy of your results, including your proficiency level in each of the domains. Proficiency levels are:

Proficient
Moderately Proficient
Below Proficient