University of Maryland Global Campus respects the knowledge you’ve built and skills you’ve developed throughout your career. Throughout your professional journey, we know you’ve had to take new courses, pass an exam covering important software knowledge or the latest business practices, or brush up on your expertise by earning respected credentials and certifications. To recognize this experience and to help you move forward in your journey toward a degree, UMGC will award college credit for many industry-standard certifications, credentials, and professional courses for college credit. By earning credits for your experience, you may be able to save time and money while fulfilling course requirements that can be applied to undergraduate certificates, bachelor’s degrees, and in some cases where eligible, master’s degrees and graduate certificates.
We offer credit for certifications in a variety of fields, including accounting, business, cybersecurity, emergency management, HR, IT, project management, and more! You may be able to earn credit for popular technical certifications like CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Network+, and Microsoft Office Specialist; business certifications like PMP, SHRM-CP, and SHRM-SCP; and more. To be considered for credit, industry certifications must be active and/or certified for a valid timeframe. Please review our instructions on how to send records/transcripts of your industry certification(s) to UMGC.
View Certifications in Your Industry
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Amazon & AWSEarn ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ credit for the Amazon Web Services exams for cloud practitioner, solutions architect, and machine learning, which demonstrate your expertise in data science and IT.
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CompTIAEarn ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ credit for CompTIA certifications that align with IT infrastructure and cybersecurity career paths, with each added certification representing a deepening of your expertise.
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MicrosoftEarn ÐÒ¸£±¦µ¼º½ credit for Microsoft exams, including Azure, Security, Office, Office 365, Power Platform, and more.
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SHRMIt's time to prove you're prepared for the pivotal role an HR leader plays in transforming the workplace. The SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP certifications measure your ability to apply HR principles to real-life situations.