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Doesn't PMI require hours of project management and/or a degree?

PMP Education Requirement #1
In order to apply for PMP certification, you need to have at least a secondary degree, for instance a high school or equivalent education level. If your highest attended education level is secondary degree, in order to apply for PMP certification, you need to satisfy following three PMP certification requirements.
1-) 5 years of project management experience
2-) 7500 hours leading and directing projects
3-) 35 hours of project management education.
PMP Experience Requirement #1
Note that, project management experience point in PMP certification requirements does not seek for active management of a project. Participating in a project environment also counts for this 5 years of experience requirement. However, 7500 hours of these 5 years, which makes around 3.5 years, need to be spent of leading and directing projects. Again, this doesn’t mean that you should have enrolled in a project as a project manager. A leading or directing role can be supervisor of a junior team member or team members, team leader of a group, assisting project manager in some of the project management activities etc.
If your education level is a four-year degree or above, you should be looking for following PMP requirements.
PMP Education Requirement #2
If your highest attended education level is a four-year degree or above, for instance bachelors degree or equivalent, masters degree, doctorate etc. in order to apply for PMP certification, you need to satisfy following three PMP certification requirements
1-) 3 years of project management experience
2-) 4500 hours leading and directing projects
3-) 35 hours of project management education.

PMP Experience Requirement #2

Note that, project management experience point in PMP certification requirements does not seek for active management of a project. Participating in a project environment also counts for this 3 years of experience requirement. However, 4500 hours of these 3 years, which makes around 2 years, need to be spent of leading and directing projects. Again, this doesn’t mean that you should have enrolled in a project as a project manager. A leading or directing role can be the supervisor of a junior team member or team members, team leader of a group, assisting project manager in some of the project management activities etc.