SHRM-SCP Registration: Fees, Steps and Retakes
How to register for SHRM-SCP: the fee, the booking steps with SHRM, and what to know about results and retakes.
- Next test
- 1 December 2026 – 15 February 2027 Add the date to your calendar
- Questions and time
- 134 questions · 220 minutes
- Pass mark
- Reported scale: 120–200; passing candidates receive 200.
- Exam fee
- Standard: USD 399 member / USD 499 nonmember
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Fees
Standard: USD 399 member / USD 499 nonmember (source).
Registration steps
- Check the strategic-level experience requirements for SHRM-SCP.
- Submit the certification application and exam fee within the application period.
- After your Authorization to Test (ATT) arrives, schedule your Prometric test-center appointment in the selected window.
Results and retakes
- Results: Preliminary result at the test center; official result normally after 2–3 weeks.
- Retakes: Retake in a later testing window with a new application and the full exam fee.
- Validity: Recertify every three years through 60 PDCs or retesting.
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Sources and references
- SHRM – exam page shrm.org
- SHRM – registration shrm.org
- SHRM – fees shrm.org