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How to Record Your Experience & Education on the Application
Use the experience verification section of the online application to record your experience leading and
directing the project. The experience does not necessarily have to be paid work, but it does need to be in
a professional setting. Activities such as school projects or planning personal events would not qualify. All
project experience must be recorded individually regardless of the number of projects you include.
Number of Months of Project Management Experience
Tenure is tracked in months, not number projects; therefore, 6 months of project management experience
should be noted as such regardless of how many projects you worked on during those 6 months. Using
this example below, the time spent working on Project 1 from January–April would count as four months
toward the eligibility requirement, while the time spent working on Project 2 during May–June would count
as two months toward the eligibility requirement. However, you cannot count the time working on both
projects during February–April twice. Therefore, Project 1 and Project 2 equal six months (January–June)
of project management experience toward your eligibility requirement.
Contact Hours of Project Management Education
Verify at least 35 contact hours of specific instruction that addressed learning objectives in project
management. Record all education hours regardless of when they were accrued. The course work
must be completed by the time you submit the application.
NOTE: One hour of classroom instruction equals one contact hour. If you have completed a
university or college course on project management that met for three hours per week for 15
weeks, you would record 45 contact hours. If only a portion of a course dealt with project
management, only the hours spent on project management can be applied toward the total.
The course hours may include content on project quality, project scope, project schedule, project
budget, project communications, project risk, project procurement, project cost, project resources,
project stakeholder, and project integration management.
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You can satisfy the education requirements by demonstrating the successful completion of courses,
workshops and training sessions offered by one or more of the following types of education providers:
A. PMI Authorized Training Partners (ATPs)
B. PMI chapters *
C. Employer/company-sponsored programs
D. Training companies or consultants (e.g., training schools)
E. Distance-learning companies, including an end-of-course assessment
F. University/college academic and continuing education programs
The following education does not satisfy the education requirements:
PMI chapter meetings*
Self-directed learning (e.g., reading books, watching instructional videos that do not
include an end-of-course assessment)
*If at least one hour of a chapter meeting is spent conducting a learning activity, the hour(s)
spent in that activity can be counted towards the educational eligibility requirement.
NOTE: While you may be able to record applicable classes that counted toward a degree, you
cannot record the degree program in its entirety because some classes within the program may
not apply to the requirement.
PMI strives to process applications in a timely manner. The processing time for applications submitted
online is 5 calendar days. This processing timeline does not apply if your application has been selected
for PMI’s audit process (refer to the PMI Audit Process section in the handbook for more details).
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PMP Certification Fees
The fees for obtaining the PMP Certification are subject to regional and membership pricing
rules. Membership is NOT required to obtain the PMP. Initial examination fees must be paid
after applications have been approved before you can schedule your examination.
If you need to retake the exam, and your eligibility period is still current, you may do so for a
substantial discount subject to regional and membership pricing rules. Additionally, once an
examination date is confirmed and scheduled, you may be subject to cancellation or no-show
fees.
Once scores are received, you may request a manual hand score if your original test was not
delivered on a computer but instead using a paper based administration. The fee for a hand
rescore is $45 USD.
Lastly, renewing your PMP Certification will require a payment based on regional and
membership pricing rules.
We currently support USD, Euros, BRL, and INR currencies.
PMI accepts the following payment methods: credit card and wire transfer
Please note that reexamination fees are waived for candidates who have had their exam scores
invalidated solely due to data forensics evidence.
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