SPCS becomes CompTIA Authorized Academy Partner, allowing discounts on certification exam costs

October 25, 2017

The University of Richmond School of Professional & Continuing Studies is a CompTIA Authorized Academy Partner. This partnership enables us to offer preferred academic pricing on CompTIA certification exams and CertMaster.

To purchase a discounted exam voucher or CertMaster at the preferred academic pricing, visit the CompTIA Academic Marketplace at academic.compTIAstore.com and use your @richmond.edu email address to create an account (My Account > New Customers).

Alumni who have not yet activated their @richmond.edu email address should visit the Alumni SSO Credential Service at https://wwws.richmond.edu/alumni to set up their email address.

This discount is available to current UR students, faculty, and staff along with alumni. To take advantage of this discount, you must use your @richmond.edu email address.

About the CompTIA Authorized Academy Partner Program

The goal of the CompTIA Authorized Academy Partner Program is to provide valuable tools and resources to assist schools in recruiting, training, certifying, and upgrading the skills of their students in IT.

IT careers start with the right education, and research has shown that certified employees have superior communication skills and are better able to understand new or complex technologies. CompTIA’s Academy program is designed to help schools promote certification and enhance student career opportunities.

About CompTIA

With more than 2,000,000 IT certifications issued worldwide, CompTIA is dedicated to helping IT professionals lead the charge in our digitally connected world. CompTIA is a non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of IT professionals and companies through education, certification, advocacy and philanthropy. We are the world’s largest developer of vendor-neutral IT exams. CompTIA certifications validate technical skills in the areas of maintenance and support of PCs, mobile devices, laptops, operating systems, networking, security and server technology.