PMP Certification Requirements
To apply for the PMP, you need to have either:

• A four-year degree (bachelor’s or the global equivalent) and at least three years of project management experience, with 4,500 hours leading and directing projects and 35 hours of project management education.
  OR
• A secondary diploma (high school or the global equivalent) with at least five years of project management experience, with 7,500 hours leading and directing projects and 35 hours of project management education.

If you do not meet the PMP eligibility requirements, you may want to look at the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)^® certification.
Maintain your PMP
As part of PMI’s Continuing Certification Requirements program, a PMP credential holder will need to earn 60 PDUs per three-year cycle.

CAPM Certification Requirements
To apply for the CAPM, you need to have:

• A secondary diploma (high school or the global equivalent)
  AND
• At least 1,500 hours experience

        OR

• 23 hours of project management education by the time you sit for the exam.

Maintain your CAPM
As a CAPM certification holder, you do not need to earn PDUs. Instead, you take a re-exam before the end of your five-year certification cycle.