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Unity Certified User certification

Empower creators to tell their stories, share their visions, and validate their skills.

Unity is the leading content-creation platform for AR/VR, real-time 3D, and mobile 2D. Unity is used by students and professionals around the world to create everything from games to movies, 3D models to VR simulations.

The Unity Certified User (UCU) certification is an entry-level credential that allow individuals to get started in interactive content creation for industries such as gaming, entertainment, automotive, AEC, and XR. Unity Certified User certification helps employers and institutions verify a candidate’s knowledge and skills using Unity technology to succeed in these industries. Whether it’s a desire to create games and apps or build new worlds in AR/VR, Unity Certified User certification is the place to start.

Benefits of the Unity Certified User certification in the classroom

Result-driven way to ensure your curriculum aligns with industry and global standards.
Prepares your students for college or a career using Unity technology to create interactive content.
Positions your students as credible job candidates to employers with an industry-recognized credential.

Candidates for the Unity Certified User exams will be expected to have at least 150 hours of Unity software use and training to obtain the certifications.

Resources to learn, practice, certify, and share

Certiport provides a full solution of resources and tools to teach and prepare your students for the Unity Certified User certification with tailored learning materials and curriculum, practice tests, and Unity endorsed certification exams. Adding these materials into your interactive content creation courses is easy and seamless.

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Pathway to certification success

Practice

Increase confidence towards certification exams

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To affirm your expertise in Unity

Learning materials for Unity Certified User certifications

Preparing your students for certification is a big responsibility, so let Certiport make your job easier and more effective with official resources. There are a number of learning resources available to help prepare for the exam: Unity Certified User Courseware, Create with Code course and Unity Learn. Learners can complete any combination of these resources including a practice exam to prepare themselves for the certification.

Unity Certified User courseware

The Unity Certified User courseware, within GMetrix, provides a structured, self-study program that includes everything a student would need to tackle the Unity Certified User exams. Students will learn the Unity platform, C# programming and game development fundamentals by following the hands-on production of multiple working projects in both 2D and 3D including:

12 video-based modules with accompanying text references for key concepts (88 videos, approximately 10 hours)
3 distinct complete projects with associated assets that you or your students will complete in the Unity Editor
- Endless Runner – A 2D platformer game in the “endless runner” genre
- Bunny Ball – A third-person, 3D, physics-based arcade game
- Crash Scene – A low-poly 3D neighborhood scene with dynamic cameras and cut-scenes
Embedded challenges and quizzes to reinforce learning
The course should take about 20 hours to complete independently

The Endless Runner is one of the games that students learn to build as part of the Unity Certified User course within GMetrix. See the demo video below.

Create with Code course

Create with Code is a self-paced course designed for students to master the fundamentals of computer science and programming in C# over a series of projects. Students apply computer science fundamentals that they learn in the course along with learning project management skills as they make fun mini-games. Students also leverage their own creativity, as the course culminates with building their own personal game.

5 main video-based units with accompanying materials
- Driving Simulator: A car that can steer down a road, avoiding (or hitting) obstacles in the way
- Feed the Animals: A top-down game where you throw food at animals, who are charging towards you
- Run and Jump: A side-scrolling game where the player needs to time their jumps over oncoming obstacles
- Sumo Battle: A game where the player tries to knock off waves of enemies, using power-ups to help defeat them
- Quick Click: A game where the player needs to click on objects tossed in the air before they fall off the screen
Each unit includes creating a distinct prototype with a challenge and a quiz
The course ends with a lab where students complete their own personal project, a game of their own design
The course should take about 40 hours to complete independently

Unity Learn

Unity Learn is a free learning platform and home to Unity’s award-winning learning materials with a collection of hundreds of free projects and tutorials.

Easily search learning materials by topic, content type, and level of expertise to find exactly what you need including two new beginner projects – Ruby’s Adventure: 2D Beginner and John Lemon’s Haunted Jaunt: 3D Beginner
Track your own learning journey progress and completion
Tutorials have an improved presentation that puts the how-to instructions, video clips, and code snippets front and center, making it easier to switch between Unity Learn and the Unity Editor

Get started with free Unity software

Individuals can download the Personal edition to their own computer for free. Educators and schools can request a site license and qualifying not-for-profit educational institutions and programs can receive a free version. Learn more at Unity Education.

Practice tests for Unity Certified User certification

CertPREP Practice Tests, powered by GMetrix

These performance-based assessment and test preparation tools help individuals achieve certification credentials. Many of your students will be anxious to assess their knowledge of applications prior to taking the certification exams. Additionally, we recognize the need for educators to properly assess an individual’s knowledge. Certiport provides CertPREP Practice Tests that are powered by GMetrix. These tests, with included reporting and insight features, ensure your students are adequately prepared to take their certification exam.

Why CertPREP Practice Tests?

Enhance learning through self-paced practice questions
Build familiarity with the testing environment
Increase confidence towards certification exams
Better prepare students to pass certification exams

CertPREP Practice Tests are customizable

CertPREP Practice Tests are customizable, allowing you to create a highly-effective environment conducive to student-centered learning. CertPREP Practice Tests offer two different modes:

Testing mode:

Students experience what the certification exams will be like
Timed practice tests present scenarios to perform just like the actual certification exam

Training mode:

Students work at their own pace as they receive feedback and step-by-step instructions for each question

Earn a Unity Certified User certification

The Unity Certified User certification enables individuals to get started in interactive content creation for industries such as gaming, entertainment, automotive, XR, and AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction). Individuals who earn a Unity Certified User certification receive an industry-recognized credential that validates their proficiency using Unity technology and proves that they have the skills and knowledge to succeed in careers requiring interactive content creation.

Whether it’s a desire to create games and apps or build new worlds in AR and VR, the Unity Certified User certification is a measurable way for employers and institutions to verify knowledge and skills using Unity.

Programmer Certification

The Unity Certified User Programmer certification exam will test the basics of C# programming within Unity software to create interactivity in games, apps, AR/VR, and other experiences. This certification demonstrates entry-level knowledge that includes debugging, problem-solving, and interpreting the API, creating and evaluating code, and navigating the Unity interface. Candidates for this exam will be expected to have at least 150 hours of Unity training to obtain the certification.

Programmer: Exam objectives | Exam languages | Test Drive exam

VR Developer Certification

This certification exam tests the basics to create a VR simulation using Unity. The
certification validates candidates’ abilities to create VR experiences and programs
within the Unity software.

VR Developer: Exam objectives | Exam languages | Test Drive exam

Artist Certification

The Unity Certified User Artist certification will test the candidate’s 2D and 3D digital artistry within Unity. This certification demonstrates knowledge that includes managing the basic aspects of dealing with art assets, scene content design, and using tools within Unity to assist in experience creation. Candidates for this exam will be expected to have at least 150 hours of Unity software use and training to obtain the certification.

Artist: Exam objectives | Exam languages | Test Drive exam

For Educators

The Unity Certified User exams can be administered on campus or in a classroom by becoming a Certiport Authorized Testing Center, which ensures the integrity and credibility of the exams. You can integrate the exam objectives and skills using official learning resources and practice tests to prepare students for certification.

Earning this level of certification while in school will give students confidence as they continue to master other Unity skills and pursue professional-level certification in the future.

For Aspiring Professionals

Gain a competitive edge in the job market by earning a Unity Certified User certification. Candiates with an industry-recognized certification have proven that they are job-ready and are able to stand out from the crowd as they enter various industries. Demonstrate your knowledge and skills of Unity technology by promoting the Unity Certified User credential on your resume, portfolio, and professional networking sites.

Additional Unity Certified User Exam details

While meaningful to any job seekers and students interested in IT careers, these exams are best suited for ages 14 and up. No Bachelor’s degree or other prerequisites are necessary, other than what is called out in Objective Domains. These stackable exams are valid from the date they are passed and are a one-time issuance.

For more information, contact your Certiport Representative.

Unity Certified User digital badges

Knowledge and expertise of Unity technology are some of the most requested skills in online job postings. Your digital certification badge makes it easy for you to validate abilities with potential employers on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, as well as email and online portfolios.

When you earn a Unity Certified User certification, you will be notified of the corresponding digital certification badge. Accept and use your digital badge to tell potential employers, academic institutions, colleagues and peers about your Unity credentials and interactive content creation skills. Find at more about UCU digital certification badges on Acclaim.

Flash your badge

Credly is the digital badging platform used by Certiport. It helps students move forward professionally by quickly establishing credibility for opportunities in higher education and the job market. Each badge contains verifiable data that tells employers and admission committees what you did, who says you did it, and why it matters. What does this mean for you? Watch the video to find out.

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Digital certification badges are web-enabled versions of a credential outcome and gives you the ability to share your certified skills online in a way that is simple, trusted and can be easily verified in real time.

Knowledge and expertise of Unity technology are some of the most requested skills in online job postings. Your digital certification badge makes it easy for you to validate abilities with potential employers on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, as well as email and online portfolios.

When you earn a Unity Certified User certification, you will be notified of the corresponding digital certification badge. Accept and use your digital badge to tell potential employers, academic institutions, colleagues and peers about your Unity credentials and interactive content creation skills. Find at more about UCU digital certification badges on Acclaim.