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PMI’s family of credentials supports the project management profession and its practitioners and promotes ongoing professional development.

There are nearly 300,000 credential holders worldwide in industries that range from health care, telecommunications and education to finance, construction and IT.

Find out more about this elite group of practitioners and how you might fit in.

You do not need to be a member of PMI to obtain a PMI credential, but there are member discounts on credential fees, professional development opportunities for maintaining your credential and on credential maintenance fees.

PMI offers a comprehensive certification program for practitioners with different levels of experience. The program supports a career framework in the project management profession. There are currently five credentials available and no one credential serves as a prerequisite for another.

For more information on all credentials and for details on PMI exam policies and procedures, read the online handbook for the credential in which you are interested. PMI encourages you to read the handbook before you apply for the credential.

For more information on a specific credential, click here to access to the credential in the chart below.

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