The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC) has announced NEW education benefits!  Students who graduated with a master’s degree in Project Management from Missouri State University since initial accreditation in 2012 can now be awarded substantial credit toward the experience requirement on their application for all PMI certifications.  According to the GAC:

Credential	Reduction in professional experience required for graduates of GAC accredited programs
Project Management Professional (PMP)®	12 months reduction to project management experience
Program Management Professional (PgMP)®	12 months reduction for program management experience
Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)®	12 months reduction for portfolio management experience
PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®	12 months reduction to business analysis experience
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®	12 months reduction to general project experience * Need to show 8 months agile team experience
PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®	12 months reduction to risk management experience
PMI Scheduling Professional  (PMI-SP)®	12 months reduction to project scheduling experience

We encourage all our graduate program alumni to take advantage of this new benefit.  For more information contact Dr. Nebil Buyurgan from the following:

Missouri State Univesity Project Management Graduate Program