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CORe Final Exam

CORe Program Participants

The CORe final examination is offered to participants after successful completion of the program. This three-hour, multiple choice, closed book, computer-based assessment has been created by HBS faculty and is administered by Pearson VUE. A passing exam score on all three courses is required in order to earn the CORe credential.

Exam Logistics

The final exam for the CORe program is offered during defined windows of time after each cohort. The final exam window generally opens one week after the last module deadline and is open for approximately two weeks.

Participants will be able to sit for the examination at one of 4,800 Pearson VUE test centers worldwide. The Pearson VUE test center will provide an exam platform that includes an on-screen calculator permitted for use throughout the final exam. Additionally, the test center administrator will provide you with an erasable whiteboard to be used for scratch paper. Pearson VUE utilizes different tools from the Harvard Business School Online course platform to deliver the final exam; therefore, some platform functionality (for example, embedded spreadsheets) will not appear during the exam.

For information regarding specific exam policies, including ID requirements and what to expect on the day of exam, please contact Pearson VUE.

More information on scheduling an appointment, accommodations, ID requirements, and test center policies for the CORe final examination is available at www.pearsonvue.com/hbsonline. Please note that you will be instructed to create your Pearson VUE account a few weeks after CORe begins. You will not be able to create or schedule an appointment before you are authorized by Harvard Business School Online.

Some countries and territories may not have any test centers or may be subject to security restrictions. The following countries do not have test centers. Enrolled participants in these areas will need to travel to another country to sit for the exam:

Aland Islands
Algeria
Andorra
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Chad
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Comoros
Cook Islands
Croatia
Cuba
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories
Guernsey
Guinea-Bissau
Heard Island / Mcdonald Islands
Vatican City State
Iran
Iraq
Kiribati
Korea, North
Liechtenstein
Marshall Islands
Mayotte
Micronesia
Monaco
Montserrat
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Palau
Pitcairn
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Martin
St. Pierre and Miquelon
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Serbia
Sint Maarten
Slovenia
Somalia
South Georgia / Sandwich Islands
South Sudan
Sudan
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Syrian Arab Republic
Timor-Leste
Tokelau
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
US Minor Outlying Islands
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Western Sahara
 

A few countries have a limited number of authorized test centers which may require participants to travel to a major city to sit for the exam. The following countries and territories have only one or two test centers and would require travel to a major city:

American Samoa
Angola
Aruba
Bahrain
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bulgaria
Cayman Islands
China
Curacao
Dominica
Estonia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana

Gibraltar
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guinea
Guyana
Honduras
Hong Kong
Isle of Man
Jersey
Kenya
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Lesotho

Liberia
Macao
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Martinique
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Northern Mariana Islands
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea

Qatar
Saint Lucia
Seychelles
Singapore
Somalia
Sri Lanka
St. Helena
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Swaziland
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Virgin Islands, British

For more information on grading, please review our Program Policies page.

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