IT Industry Participation

Engaging in a variety of relevant IT industry activities can earn you Continuing Education Units (CEUs) toward your CompTIA certification renewal.

Receive CEUs for these activities:

• Teach or mentor

• Create instructional materials

• Participate as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in a CompTIA exam development workshop

How many CEUs you can earn

Review the chart below to see the maximum number of CEUs you can earn for each qualifying activity during your three-year renewal cycle.

Activity	Data+	A+	Network+	Security+	Linux+	Cloud+	PenTest+	CySA+	SecurityX	DataX	CloudNetX
Total CEUs Required for Renewal	20	20	30	50	50	50	60	60	75	75	75
Teach or mentor	10	10	15	20	20	20	30	30	40	40	40
Create instructional materials	10	10	15	20	20	20	30	30	40	40	40
Participate as an SME in a CompTIA exam development workshop	20	20	30	50	50	50	60	60	75	75	75

How to earn and receive your CEUs

Teach or mentor

You can earn one CEU for each hour of teaching or mentoring. Follow these requirements to earn and receive CEUs:

• Timing: All teaching or mentoring must be completed during your three-year renewal cycle. You can only submit teaching on the same content once during that period. 

• Relevance: At least 50% of the course content must relate to one or more of the exam objectives for the certification you’re renewing. It is important to keep in mind that CompTIA does not only look at content “topics” to determine whether a course relates to exam objectives. There are other variables, including the cognitive level of course content, that are taken into account during our internal review. *

• Documentation: Submit the completed activity, including the following information:

  • Teaching

    1. Lesson plan or syllabus with your name as the instructor.

    2. Description of the content covered.

    3. Date the course was taught.

  • Mentoring

    1. Content objectives as they relate to the CompTIA exam being renewed.

    2. Description of the content covered.

    3. Dates and length of time mentoring occurred.

    4. Signed document from mentee that mentor dates and times are valid.

Create instructional materials

You can earn two CEUs for each hour of materials creation. Follow these requirements to earn and receive CEUs:

• Timing: You must create the instructional materials during your three-year renewal cycle. The same materials can only be submitted once.

• Relevance: At least 50% of the course content must relate to one or more of the exam objectives for the certification you’re renewing. It is important to keep in mind that CompTIA does not only look at content “topics” to determine whether a course relates to exam objectives. There are other variables, including the cognitive level of course content, that are taken into account during our internal review.*

• Documentation: Submit the following documentation to receive CEUs for creating instructional materials:

  1. Lesson plan or syllabus with your name as the author

  2. Copy of the instructional materials

  3. Date the materials were created

Participate as a SME in a CompTIA exam development workshop

You can earn one CEU for each workshop hour that you participate as a CompTIA Subject Matter Expert. Follow these requirements to earn and receive CEUs:

• Timing: You must complete the workshop during your three-year renewal cycle.

• Relevance: The workshop you are attending must correspond to the certification you are renewing.

• Documentation: Submit a signed letter from the CompTIA workshop coordinator confirming your successful participation.

Learn about exam development workshops.