Process for Achieving UX Certification

• Attend at least 5 NN/g live UX training courses.
  • To attend courses: register for a UX Conference, a UX Series (which counts as 3 courses), or participate in a Team Training arranged by your employer. NN/g 1-Hour Talks are not eligible for UX Certification Credit.
  • Timing: You can attend all courses in the same week, or spread your courses out over time. 
  • Selecting courses: Choose any combination of courses that suit your needs and interests. Note: if you want to add a Specialty in Design, Management, or Research, choose at least 5 courses in that topic area.
• Pass Exams for each course.
  • After each course you attend, you'll receive a link to take an online exam for that course. You must attend the entire course to be eligible to take the exam.
  • You can take the exam immediately, or at any time over the next 35 calendar days. ​​​​​
  • You can take each exam up to 3 times. We recommend taking the exam using a device that is not subject to a strict firewall, as these may cause issues with the exam.
• NN/g tracks the exams you pass (you may also check the status of your own courses and exams online).
• Once you have completed the required courses and passed the associated exams, you will receive your UX Certification, UX Master Certification, or Specialties!
• NN/g will send you an official certificate and badge via email, and you may then post them online as you desire.

Timing

You can choose to take all courses required for UX Certification during a single UX Conference or over a longer period of time. Or, you might consider hiring NN/g to train and UX Certify your team on-site. In either case, NN/g will keep track of your courses and the exams you pass. There is no timeframe during which you must take all courses in order to be UX Certified, and credit for courses you take does not expire. However, you must pass the exam for the course within 35 calendar days of your training for NN/g to count the course credit.

UX Certification Does Not Expire

NN/g courses are designed to give attendees a solid, lasting foundation, so once you achieve UX Certification or Specialties, they do not expire. However, we do encourage people to continue UX training to update their skills and learn new ones. Each UX Certificate lists the certification date, and NN/g reissues certificates when additional courses are taken and exams are passed. So, revitalizing your training also refreshes your UX Certification date.

Past Courses, Repeated Courses, and Standalone Exams

UX Certification credit is offered only for participants in live training courses (in either the 1 Full-Day format, or the 2 Half-Days format).  1-Hour Talks are not eligible for UX Certification credit. Courses attended in the past are not eligible for UX Certification, since exams are based on current course content and do not apply to past courses. Exams are available only to people who have participated in NN/g UX training, since they are meant to measure attendees’ learning. If you have already applied a course for UX Certification credit, you may not receive credit for that same course again. Once you have passed an exam you may not take that exam again.

Please refer to the UX Conference and UX Certification Terms and Conditions for more details about requirements for participating in this program.