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title: What is a digital certificate?
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# What is a digital certificate?

Professional Academy Diploma learners with **overall** passing grades are emailed their digital certificates **approximately 7 working days** after their final results have been released (please check your spam folder).

An email will be sent to you with a secure link to your digital certificate. The certificate is issued by Accredible, and serves as a means for you to validate and share your accomplishment. Its authenticity can be easily verified by anyone at any time.

With the secure digital certificate, your new skills and knowledge can be verified and shared with employers, colleagues, or recruiters.  This can be done in the following ways:

- Adding it to your ‘Certifications’ on LinkedIn (you can do this with one click on the credential)
- Share it to your LinkedIn feed to update your network
- Add your certificate and qualification to your email signature to communicate your new status with your colleagues

To support environmental sustainability, certificates are issued digitally. However, if you prefer, you can download and print a physical copy for your records.

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