The following Professional Certificates offer or require assessments on LinkedIn Learning:

LinkedIn Learning offers a breadth of content types for professionals looking to advance their careers and signal their skills across multiple credential types. 

• Professional Certificates: LinkedIn Learning offers Professional Certificate preparation and assessment from four trusted certificate providers so learners can discover, master, and showcase skills on one platform. (See Learn more section below.)
• Certification Prep: LinkedIn Learning offers more than 500 certification prep courses to help learners effectively prepare for over 120 off-platform certification exams. (See Learn more section below.)
• Continuing Education Units: Learners can keep licenses and certifications current with over 2k courses that can be applied for continuing education credits with six off-platform partners. (See Learn more section below.)
• Academic Credits: Over 42 learning paths that can help learners earn academic degrees with courses that can be applied for credit towards a degree at 7 off-platform academic partners. (See Learn more section below.)

In addition to the above content focused on third-party credentials, members or customers may also find assessment tools via their LinkedIn profile or LinkedIn Learning: 

• Skill Assessments: Currently available under the Demonstrate Skills CTA on a member's LinkedIn profile, these assessments can help validate a members skills but do not come with a third-party credential or endorsement. Upon completion of a Skill Assessment, LinkedIn members can feature a badge on their profiles that is visible to their network and recruiters.
• Skill Evaluations: Available for LinkedIn Learning subscribers, Skill Evaluations help learners better understand their proficiency levels so they can more easily discover LinkedIn Learning content that fits their level of understanding. Skill Evaluations are not a credential and are not shared publicly to any employer or organization.

LinkedIn Learning offers content that covers both Certification and Professional Certificates preparation.

Professional Certificates are included in a LinkedIn Learning subscription. This means learners can find both Professional Certificate preparation and assessments from trusted certificate providers on one platform via their LinkedIn Learning subscription.

Yes. With LinkedIn Learning’s Professional Certificate feature, learners can discover, master, and showcase in-demand skills with a Professional Certificate from trusted certificate partners. After completing a Professional Certificate course and passing the assessment, learners can add their new credential to their LinkedIn profile.

While obtaining a Professional Certificate alone does not guarantee you will find a job related to your Certificate training, LinkedIn Learning Professional Certificate courses and assessments are developed in partnership leading companies in their fields in conjunction with LinkedIn's insights into a learner's specific needs and goals.

Yes. At the completion of a Professional Certificate course, learners can take assessments to prove their learning proficiency on the LinkedIn Learning platform. The percentage of correct answers required to obtain a certificate varies according to provider and individual certificate, but can be found by clicking Certificates from any Professional Certificate course.

Professional Certificate content and assessments are developed in partnership with trusted providers that are leaders in their field of expertise. Third parties issue all Professional Certificates, often in partnership with LinkedIn Learning. LinkedIn Learning offers multiple question formats in the assessments.

Professional Certificate assessments feature multiple anti-cheating measures including:

• Limited attempts
• Timed exams
• Question randomization

Yes. LinkedIn Learning encourages learners to retake a Professional Certificate exam if they don’t pass it on the first attempt. There is a different number of available attempts to pass the exam depending on the certificate and provider, but most certificates allow three attempts. Please keep in mind that the exam must be passed in order to obtain a certificate.

In order to receive a Professional Certificate, learners must complete a course and an exam on LinkedIn Learning. The length of the course and exam varies depending on the topic and third-party provider's requirements. To see the time required to complete any individual certificate, visit the learning path for any individual course.

Yes. LinkedIn Learning plans to introduce new Professional Certificate partners throughout 2023. You can find an up-to-date selection of Professional Certificates on LinkedIn Learning’s Professional Certificate page. (See Learn more section below.)

Your LinkedIn Learning subscription includes the Professional Certificates feature. Instruct learners to visit the Professional Certificates page to get started with their corporate LinkedIn Learning account.

Please note that while on-platform Professional Certificate assessments are included in a LIL subscription, off-platform exams for Certifications, CEUs, or Academic Credits are not included and may require additional payments by learners.

If your organization is interested in partnering with LinkedIn Learning to create a new Professional Certificate, fill out this webform to indicate your interest. If you’ve already been in contact with our Business Development team, reach out to them directly.

We currently do not gate content for certain demographics nor do we issue standalone badges. If you are interested in creating a public certificate, fill out this webform to indicate your interest and our Business Development team will contact you. If you’ve already been in contact with our Business Development team, reach out to them directly.

In qualified course content, yes. LinkedIn Learning offers over 42 learning paths that can be applied toward academic degrees with seven off-platform academic partners. However, not all Certification or Professional Certificate content can be applied to academic credit. (See View Academic Credits content in the Learn more section below.)

Some Certifications require credentialed learners to take continuing education and assessments to keep their certifications current. Learners can keep licenses and certifications current with over 2k courses that can be applied for continuing education credits with six off-platform partners. (See View Continuing Education Units content in the Learn more section below.)

Today, LinkedIn Learning provides 500+ certification prep courses to help learners effectively prepare for over 120+ off-platform certification exams. (See View Certification Preparation content in the Learn more section below.)

Proctored by a third party, assessments for certification exams are offered off the LinkedIn Learning platform and depend on the individual certification you want to obtain.

Certification exam costs vary by certification and provider. While costs of certification preparation courses are included with a LinkedIn Learning subscription, the costs of off-platform certification exams are not included in your LinkedIn Learning subscription.

Certification Preparation courses are taught by certified LinkedIn Learning instructors and trusted third-party content providers like Oracle, Atlassian, and the Dev Ops Institute.