Professional Software Engineering Master Certification
SWEBOK KNOWLEDGE AREA CERTIFICATION

NOTE: Effective 1 July 2020, the Applied Module II, C exam will no longer be a requirement.
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This professional competency certification requires the successful completion of the IEEE CS Online Exam (containing questions from the following 11 knowledge areas):

  1. Software Requirements
  2. Software Design
  3. Software Construction
  4. Software Testing
  5. Software Maintenance
  6. Software Configuration Management
  7. Software Engineering Management
  8. Software Engineering Process
  9. Software Engineering Models and Methods
  10. Software Quality
  11. Software Engineering Economics

Exam Duration : 3 hours
Exam Questions: 160 Questions
Exam Location : Exams are 100% online and proctored remotely

You will receive further instructions via email regarding the exam process.

Recertification Application:
To process your application, please download the form and email it to: certification@computer.org.

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Professional Software Master Certification
This professional competency certification requires successful completion of Certificates of Proficiency in the following eleven key knowledge areas: Software Engineering Requirements, Software Engineering Design, Software Engineering Construction, Software Engineering Testing, Software Engineering Maintenance, Software Engineering Configuration Management, Software Engineering Quality, Software Engineering Processes, Software Engineering Models & Methods, Software Engineering Management, and Software Engineering Economics.

Qualification:
Candidates seeking this professional certification should have completed a minimum of four years of college education in computer science or equivalent in a related field and a minimum of four years of relevant industry experience. However, there are no prerequisites required for registration.

Course/Exam Completion Timeframe:
  • Customers have 1 year to complete the course and or exam from the date of purchase.
Retesting:
  • A retesting fee is required to retest; standard fee is $125.
  • Please click here to download the retesting application.
  • Email application to certification@computer.org.
  • Application takes 2-3 business days to process.
  • Before scheduling a new test date/time with ProctorU, look out for an email confirmation first.
  • If payment is not complete, test takers will not have any attempt to retest.
Recertification: (UPDATE)
  • Credential holders are required to recertify every 3 years.
  • Please click here to download the recert application.
  • Email application to certification@computer.org.
  • Application takes 2-3 business days to process.
  • We no longer mail out certificates. A pdf version will be emailed to the email address listed on the application.
If you have any questions, please email certification@computer.org.

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