Get a Solidworks Student Certification or Become a Provider

1. See the list of currently available SOLIDWORKS Certifications.
2. Contact a Cal Poly SOLIDWORKS CERTIFIED faculty/instructor. Scroll down to see the List of Currently Certified Instructors below.
3. An exam voucher will be created by the certified faculty/instructor and distributed to you on test day. The exam is free of cost and there is no limit on the number of exams a student can take. 
4. Check the SOLIDWORKS Certification testing instructions on the SOLIDWORKS website for the details about taking the test.

1. Faculty/instructors have to submit a free-of-cost SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification Provider application.
2. Once the application is approved, the SOLIDWORKS will create a Virtual Tester account for the certified faculty/instructor, based
   on their email address, and issue a set number of complimentary CSWA exam credits. The certified faculty/instructor has to convert these credits into 'vouchers' and distribute the vouchers to the students on test day.
3. The certified faculty/instructor will receive an email from virtualtester.com indicating their login credentials. They will use these credentials to log in on the website: http://www.virtualtester.com/solidworks. 
4. Further instructions on the process of converting exam credits to vouchers will be supplied by SOLIDWORKS to certified faculty/instructors.

College of Engineering (CENG)

College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science (CAFES)