Life Coaching Certification

The Life Coaching Certification is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests professional life coaching skill against the eight ICF Core Competencies (2025 update) — ethical practice and a coaching mindset, co-creating agreements, trust and presence, listening and evoking awareness, and facilitating client growth — written to the ICF Core Competencies, the ICF Code of Ethics and the EMCC Global Code of Ethics for 2026. It is useful preparation for ICF credential knowledge and for any coach-training programme. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Life Coaching Proficiency certificate (SOA-LC). Every question is based on published standards and research — including 2025 ICF Core Competencies (International Coaching Federation), ICF Code of Ethics (International Coaching Federation) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Life Coaching Certification, updated for 2026 and 2027. It measures ethics and the coaching mindset, co-creating the relationship, communicating effectively and facilitating growth and coaching models 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 Life Coaching 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: 2025 ICF Core Competencies (International Coaching Federation); ICF Code of Ethics (International Coaching Federation). 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: Ethics and the Coaching Mindset (Ethical practice, Coaching versus therapy and Reflective practice); Co-Creating the Relationship (Agreements, Trust and safety and Presence); Communicating Effectively (Active listening, Powerful questions and Evoking awareness); Facilitating Growth and Coaching Models (Goals and actions, Accountability and Models). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Life coach, Career or transition coach, Wellbeing coach, Coach in training and Manager who coaches. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Life Coaching knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

In most countries life coaching is not regulated, so no licence is required. Clients and employers increasingly expect training accredited by a professional body such as ICF (ACC, PCC and MCC credentials) or EMCC, plus adherence to a code of ethics.

Eight competencies in four domains: Foundation (demonstrates ethical practice; embodies a coaching mindset), Co-Creating the Relationship (establishes and maintains agreements; cultivates trust and safety; maintains presence), Communicating Effectively (listens actively; evokes awareness) and Cultivating Learning and Growth (facilitates client growth). ICF refreshed the sub-competencies in 2025.

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.