Cisco
Continuing Education
Program
Various options for your recertification:
Attend any Cisco training and earn CE-Credits!
Continuing education should be fun—With the Cisco Continuing Education Program you decide with which training you renew your certification! The long-term continuing education program, offers you flexible opportunities to expand your certifications, knowledge and skills. Stay up-to-date as an IT professional and maintain your status as a Cisco Professional. Simply earn CE-Credits per training and receive credit toward recertification!
Renew your certifications!
Cisco offers a variety of options for recertification through the Continuing Education Program. In addition to the traditional exams, already Cisco-certified IT professionals can renew their certification by choosing one of many continuing education options that will maintain, enhance, or deepen your skill set.
How to renew your certification:
To recertify through the Continuing Education Program, the following steps should be taken:
- Enrollment in the program by logging into the Continuing Education Portal.
- Agreeing to the Continuing Education Terms and Conditions as part of the enrollment process.
- Complete your chosen recertification pathway, which may include earning a specified number of CE-Credits from pre-approved continuing education courses.
- Submit your CE-Credits for the completed courses for recognition through the Continuing Education Portal within 90 days.
- Track your progress in the Certification Tracking System (except CCIE/CCDE).
- CCIE/CCDE recertification status can be tracked via the CCIE Tracker.
- Recertification is automatically processed when criteria are met/approved
- Candidates must have active certification (from the date of certification acquisition to the date of certification/re-certification expiration) to receive credit
The Cisco recertification policy applies.
Continuing Education Requirements
| Certification level & duration | Continuing Education only | Combination of Continuing Education & Exam |
|---|---|---|
Associate - 3 years |
Earn 30 CE credits |
|
Specialist - 3 years |
Earn 40 CE credits |
|
Professional - 3 years |
Earn 80 CE credits |
|
CCIE – 3 years |
Earn 120 CE credits |
|
CCDE – 3 years |
Earn 120 CE credits |
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Continuing Education credits can only be earned for completing the same training more than once if there has been a major revision since last completed/claimed. No credit can be earned a second time for completing minor version updates of a training.
- If credits were previously granted for v1.x, then credit CAN be claimed for later completing v2.x, v3.x, etc. of the same training (Ex. PRNE 1.0 and PRNE 2.0).
- If credits were previously granted for v1.0, then credit CANNOT be claimed for later completing v1.1, v1.2, etc. (Ex. ENCOR 1.0, ENCOR 1.1, ENCOR 1.2).
- Credits CANNOT be claimed for both Customer and Partner facing versions of the same course (e.g. A-SDA-FASTSTART/P-SDA-FASTSTART, or CUST-SDA-ISE/P-SDA-ISE).
- Credits will be granted for completing Alpha trainings. Continuing Education credit will not be awarded for submissions of the formally released version of the same course.
CE-Credits for Cisco Trainings
There are a certain number of CE-Credits for each Cisco training. Below you will find the CE catalog for our current Cisco trainings.
CCNA/CCDA Trainings
CCNP/CCDP Trainings
Product/Technology Training
DevNet
Cisco Learning Services
The CE catalog is current as ofApril 2023 and may be changed at any time without notice. For the latest CE-Credits, see the CE catalog from the Cisco Education Program..