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ICDL Certification
The World’s Leading Digital Skills Certification
ICDL Certification helps individuals, students, professionals, employers, educators, and organisations develop, assess, and certify digital skills against an internationally recognised standard. ICDL is available through a global network of accredited providers and test centres in over 100 countries.
Whether you are looking to improve your own digital skills, develop your workforce, prepare students for future success, become an ICDL Test Centre, or introduce digital skills certification within your organisation, ICDL offers a solution tailored to your needs. Explore the options below and select the one that best describes you.
I’m an Individual Learner
Gain recognised certification to demonstrate your digital skills, improve your employability, and build confidence using technology.
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I’m a Job Seeker or Professional
Validate existing skills, develop new competencies, and earn certification that demonstrates your digital capability to employers.
Popular options:
- ICDL CORE
- ICDL PROFESSIONAL
- Digital Badges and Certificates
- Get the edge with certification for new an emerging technologies such as Blockchain, AI, Big Data, Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (IoT)
I’m a Training Provider or Test Centre
Offer internationally recognised digital skills certification to candidates through ICDL. Becoming an ICDL Accredited Test Centre can help you expand your portfolio and deliver digital skills programmes aligned to the ICDL Digital Skills Standard.
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- Becoming an ICDL Test Centre
- Centre Accreditation
- Certification Delivery
- Quality Assurance Processes
- Learning and Assessment Solutions
- Partner Support and Resources
I’m an Educator or School
Support students with internationally recognised digital skills certifications and structured learning programmes.
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I’m a University or College
Provide students with practical digital skills that enhance academic performance and employability.
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- ICDL CORE – core digital skills for the Workplace
- ICDL PROFESSIONAL – Employability Skills
- Integrating ICDL into Curriculum, Micro-credentials and modes of learning
Our Programmes
ICDL offers a complete solution to suit all your digital skills needs, from people with no prior experience of computers, through to those who require advanced digital skills.
ICDL CORE is recommended for anyone looking to enhance their employability, productivity, or advance their career, ICDL CORE offers core digital skills that are crucial in today’s workplace. Upon successful completion of all six modules, individuals are awarded the ‘ICDL Certificate of Digital Competence’.
ICDL PROFESSIONAL equips candidates with professional digital skills to boost job performance and prepare for future opportunities in a fast-changing job market.
ICDL DIGITAL CITIZEN is specially designed to cater for those with no experience whatsoever of computers and the internet. This programme develops essential skills and helps to remove the fear of using a computer.
ICDL DIGITAL STUDENT is designed to meet the needs of school students, to develop skills around the appropriate and creative use of technology as well as essential skills and more focused skills.
How ICDL Works
It’s as easy as A,B,C
Assess your existing skill level with an ICDL diagnostic assessment. After taking the assessment, you will immediately get feedback about what you can do well and what you need to work on. You can use this to focus your learning where it matters
Build your skills using e-books and e-learning online from anywhere. You can learn in the classroom or in your own time, with our e-learning materials and e-books. Our in-application technology means that you will complete activities in the same apps you use every day.
Prove you have developed the skills you need with an ICDL certification test. ICDL certification tests look and feel just like our diagnostic assessments, so you can focus on the questions and prove you meet the ICDL Digital Skills Standard.
Find an ICDL Accredited Test Centre near you
Prove you meet the ICDL Digital Skills Standard
Login to Skillsbox to view and download your digital badges and your ICDL Profile Certificate at any time. You earn a digital badge for each module you complete successfully and your ICDL Digital Profile Certificate lists all your ICDL Certifications to date. Add on modules to your ICDL Profile Certificate later, if you take ICDL in the future. ICDL Digital Badges and Certificates give you the power and flexibility to prove your digital skills to employers and educational institutions. Share your digital badges on Linkedin and include your ICDL Digital Profile Certificate on job applications.
Get Started
Are you ready to Assess, Build and Certify your digital skills? Click here to find an ICDL Test Centre near you.
