Altium Designer Certification

The Altium Designer Certification is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests practical Altium Designer skills for PCB design — projects, libraries and schematic capture, PCB layout, layer stacks and design rules, routing, high-speed and verification, and manufacturing outputs, variants and collaboration — written to the Altium Designer documentation for 2026. It is an independent skills test; Altium offers its own training and certification programmes. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Altium Designer Proficiency certificate (SOA-ADY). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Altium Designer documentation (Altium) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Altium Designer Certification, updated for 2026 and 2027. It measures projects, libraries and schematic capture, PCB layout, layer stacks and design rules, routing, high-speed and verification and manufacturing outputs, variants and collaboration and gives instant results with a shareable certificate.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Altium Designer Proficiency certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Altium Designer documentation (Altium). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Projects, Libraries and Schematic Capture (Projects, Components and Sheets); PCB Layout, Layer Stacks and Design Rules (ECO, Stackup and Rules); Routing, High-speed and Verification (Interactive routing, Diff pairs and DRC); Manufacturing Outputs, Variants and Collaboration (Gerber, BOM and Variants). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

PCB design engineer, Electronics or hardware engineer, Layout designer, Electronics engineering student and Hardware product developer. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Altium Designer knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

Altium Designer is PCB design software that combines schematic capture, component libraries, board layout, routing, rule checking and manufacturing output generation in one environment, with Altium 365 for cloud collaboration and managed components.

After compiling the project, you use Design » Update PCB Document, which creates an Engineering Change Order (ECO) listing component and net changes that you review, validate and execute.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.