The Continuing Education program offers flexible, alternative options to recertify while you pursue new learning opportunities and expand your skill set.
Keeping your Cisco certification active is the smart way to hone your technical skills, build networking knowledge, and accelerate your career dreams. And now with more ways than ever to recertify, you can start on your path toward recertification as early as today.
Most Cisco certifications are active for three years. You can keep your certification active by recertifying at any point during those three years. CE credits are one of several ways to work toward your recertification.
CCST certifications are valid for life and do not need to be recertified.
CE credits are awarded when you complete qualifying Cisco training. You can continue to complete training, or combine your CE credits with an exam to complete recertification.
You must complete all requirements for recertification by your certification expiration date. Credits accumulate until you recertify your highest level of certification. At that point, all certifications at that level and below become recertified.
If you let a certification expire, you must complete the full examination process again to earn active status. Any ‘Pending’ CE credits at the time of expiration will retroactively apply towards recertification based on the activity completion date once your claim is validated.
You can use CE credits, or combine them with an exam, to work toward recertification.
