Decision summary
- PMs with delivery experience
- Beginners without real project leadership
- Project Manager
- 36 months leading projects (bachelor) or 60 months (no bachelor) + 35 hours of PM education
- PMI-ACP or PgMP
Last price check: March 15, 2025Source
PMI members get a discounted exam fee.
Guidance only · Content reviewed March 2026 · Verify pricing and requirements with the official provider
Verification details
- Content reviewed: March 2026
- Exam data checked: May 25, 2026
- Price captured: March 15, 2025
Certification details
Overview
Premier global certification for project managers
Premier global certification for project managers. This certification is suitable for the Advanced.
Exam & requirements
Sourced from the official issuer and may change — verify before booking.
- Duration
- 230 minutes
- Questions
- 180
- Passing score
- Not published — psychometric analysis
- Validity
- 3 years
Bachelor's + 36 months of project leadership + 35 hours of PM education. Without a degree: 60 months experience.
Earn 60 PDUs over 3 years (≥ 35 across Technical, Leadership, and Strategic categories).
Tips to pass the exam
General guidance — verify with official sourceLock in one consistent quiet hour daily (early morning works well) — consistency beats volume.
Start with a question bank before reading the book — it tells you what's actually tested.
Take a full rest day before the exam — adequate rest noticeably sharpens focus and recall.
Study plan
- 1
Study the exam blueprint deeply and self-assess against each domain individually before starting.
- 2
Start by reviewing real-world experience: document the projects you've worked on and map them to the cert requirements.
- 3
Use only one official or accredited source (Official Study Guide) as your primary reference.
- 4
Spend half of your time on scenario-based (case-study) practice, not rote memorisation.
- 5
Join a professional study group (Discord or Slack) to discuss complex scenarios.
- 6
Reserve the final month for full-length mock exams matching the real exam duration, deeply reviewing every wrong answer.
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