The need for education and the assessment of professional skills in the risk management field has never been greater. With this in mind, PRMIA’s Education & Standards Committee and Academic Advisory Council have designed a demanding and comprehensive exam syllabus to deliver the most practical, most accessible and highest-quality certification program in the industry: The PRM Standard.

The PRM Standard is the benchmark against which the best risk professionals measure their skills.

Risk professionals are in a unique position: shareholders, regulators, senior managers and co-workers all rely on us to have the highest of professional skills and integrity. We play a vital role at most organizations and are increasingly called upon to be leaders in the strategic development of those institutions.

With such responsibility come expectations and we as risk professionals need to communicate a set of standards to our colleagues, employers and others who rely upon us that we are committed to high principles of practice and ethics. This is the fundamental foundation of the PRM program.

This philosophy – which combines the obligations of risk professionals to others, with high quality, accessibility, applicability and recognition – is the reason why the PRM program is the only globally endorsed certification for risk professionals.

PRMIA emphasizes the importance of offering an accurate assessment of skills, based on a very high-standard syllabus and practical learning objectives. The exams are computer-based, so we constantly gather important statistical information about the questions to ensure they are valid and up to the minute. In addition, our systems allow for multiple quality-control checks on each new question before it is added to the database.

The PRM is demanding and not easy to attain. But, because of our emphasis on high quality, you can be assured that it is a very fair test of the building blocks and knowledge that are essential for successful risk management.

Risk professionals are global and mobile! With members from more than 125 countries (and growing), PRMIA understands the importance of making educational tools accessible. The PRM exams are offered daily in nearly 4,000 secure testing centers in over 140 countries around the world.

The PRM also allows you to take the four exam modules one at a time, over a period of up to two years, to help you accommodate this important program around your busy life and work schedule. Should your career take you to a new location, you can rest assured that you will be able to continue your PRM testing at another center nearby.

PRMIA's Education and Standards Committee and Academic Advisory Council comprise leading risk academics and practitioners from top international institutions around the world. They help us ensure that the PRM tests current best practices and is consistent with the latest academic thinking in the field.

The PRM is about applying the essentials of financial risk management to everyday, real-life situations in the workplace and is written to be geographically neutral and applicable across all industries.

All of the factors above have led to the rapid establishment of the PRM as the global standard for certification of risk professionals. When you evaluate the PRM, its supporters, its content and its delivery, you will come to the same conclusion as others:

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