Investor Relations Professional Certification

The Investor Relations Professional Certification is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests investor relations — building the equity story and targeting investors, earnings releases, calls and guidance, disclosure rules including Regulation FD and 8-K events, working with sell-side analysts and consensus, shareholder engagement on governance and ESG, and crisis and activist communication — written to NIRI, SEC and Investor.gov guidance for 2026 and 2027. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Investor Relations Professional certificate (SOA-IRP). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Investor relations resources (National Investor Relations Institute), Regulation FD (Selective Disclosure) (US Securities and Exchange Commission), How to read a 10-K (US SEC) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Investor Relations Professional Certification, written for 2026 and 2027. It tests equity story and investor targeting, earnings and guidance, disclosure and compliance and engagement, governance and crisis with 20 original scenario questions in all, each naming its published source; you get an instant score and a verifiable certificate with a credential ID you can add to LinkedIn.

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 Investor Relations Professional 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: Investor relations resources (National Investor Relations Institute); Regulation FD (Selective Disclosure) (US Securities and Exchange Commission); How to read a 10-K (US SEC); Proxy statement (Investor.gov (US SEC)); Schedules 13D and 13G (Investor.gov (US SEC)); Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A and IPOs (Joshua Rosenbaum and Joshua Pearl (Wiley)). 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: Equity Story and Investor Targeting (Investment thesis, Shareholder base analysis and Targeting); Earnings and Guidance (Earnings release, Calls and Q&A and Guidance policy); Disclosure and Compliance (Regulation FD, 8-K and periodic reports and Insider policy); Engagement, Governance and Crisis (Shareholder engagement, Activism and Crisis communication). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Investor relations analyst or manager, Corporate finance associate, CFO office staff, Corporate communications lead and MBA student targeting IR. It suits students at leading universities, career switchers and experienced professionals who want quick, verifiable proof of Investor Relations Professional knowledge in 2026 and 2027.

Ivy/LSE/IIM finance clubs recruit into IB, S&T, PE and hedge funds; these roles screen on technical depth our catalog does not yet test. Passing earns a founder-signed Science of Apps certificate with a credential ID and QR code that recruiters can verify.

Connects a public company with the investment community: communicating strategy and results, managing earnings and disclosure processes with finance and legal, meeting investors and analysts, gathering market feedback for management and the board, and complying with disclosure rules.

A US SEC rule requiring that when a company discloses material non-public information to market professionals or shareholders, it must make that information public at the same time (if intentional) or promptly (if unintentional), usually via a press release or 8-K.

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.