The requirements for PMP Certificate are:

- Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or global equivalent) and minimum 5 years (60 months) of PM experience. Mandatory 35 contact hours of education.
OR
- 4-year degree (bachelor’s degree or global equivalent) and minimum 3 years (36 months) of PM experience. Mandatory 35 contact hours of education.

Read our article to get in-depth information about PMP requirements.

The PMP exam consists of 180 multiple-choice questions. The total time for the completion of the exam is 230 minutes with an additional two breaks for 10 minutes.

Read our article on the PMP exam questions to get a detailed answer.

PMI allows a candidate to attempt the exam three times in one calendar year. Meaning after your registration till one year you can take the exam three times. PMI charges examination fee for each attempt.

Learn more about the PMP examination fees.

Yes. The PMP certificate expire after three years. You can easily renew it by doing some study work. During these three years, you will have to earn 60 PDUs (Professional Development Units) to renew your PMP certificate. This is very easy and does not require you to take the exam again.

If you application is selected for the audit process you will be notified by email before the payment of the exam fee. PMI will ask you submit some documents. Mainly these include:

- Copy of your educational certificate
- Signature from your manager or supervisor from the project your worked on
- Verification section of the application
- Copy of your 35 contact hours certificate required for PMP

You have to submit all the required documents within 90 days of time. Once you have submitted all the documents, it will take 5-6 business days for the audit process to complete.

You should use PMBOK Guide 7th edition along with Process Groups Practice Guide and Agile Practice Guide.

PMP certificate examinate fee for PMI members is $405 and for non-members it is $555. To become a PMI member you have to pay $139 membership fee.

Whichever option you choose, you will have to pay a total of approximately $550 for appearing in the PMP exam.

You can read our article on PMP certificate expenses to get a detailed answer.

To claim your refund, you have to place a request with PMI at least 30 days before the exam eligibility expire. PMI will deduct a processing fee of $100 if you have not scheduled or taken the exam.

You will get to know your result immediately after completing the exam. You will receive a formal certificate within four to six weeks after passing the exam.

Read our article to know how to check your PMP certificate status.

You can renew your PMP certificate by attainig 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs) in the three years cycle.

Once you completed your training you can schedule the exam with Pearson VUE Instructions.

To understand the step by step process of scheduling the PMP exam read our article on PMP registration process.

If you are eligible for the PMP exam, you can fill the application form. For this, you need to create your account on the PMI website. You will find the application under "my PMP" section.

After starting the application, it remains open for subsequent 90 days. You can not cancel it but you can save it to edit later.
You will receive the acceptance confirmation within five business days after you submit your application.

Main fields for PMP application:
- Personal information
- Educational information
- Number of contact hours
- Project Management experience

Read our detailed article about PMP exam application process.