Autodesk User Certification allows students to begin their design careers while in school, and then move forward with additional levels of certification as they attend college and begin working as design professionals.
The exams are not based on a specific release, but instead are based on a series of fundamental tasks that are not release specific. You will not need to order exams of a specific release to match the software release in your lab.
Educators and students can take the exams at a public Etrain Authorized Testing Center or become a center themselves. If schools or districts want to run exams onsite, they can easily become a testing center and run the exams seamlessly in class. Institutions can sign up to be centers on the Certiport site.