GitHub Copilot
Microsoft Learn
- Delivery
- Online
- Cost
- Free
- Level
- Intermediate
- For
- Developers and engineers
- Duration (as stated by provider)
- 1 day
- Certificate
- Not stated
GitHub
GitHub Copilot (GH-300): what it costs and who can take it
GitHub Copilot (GH-300) costs $99, takes 100 minutes and is valid for 2 years. Who can take it: no requirement listed.
- Price as shown
- $99
- Valid for
- 2 years
- Format
- Exam, proctored
Should you take it?
- Suits developers who already use GitHub Copilot at work and want a proctored $99 exam, offered in five languages.
- Not for people new to coding: GitHub expects experience with one or more programming languages and familiarity with GitHub fundamentals.
- The catch: the certification lasts two years, and GitHub is still moving renewal to Microsoft's process, so how you renew isn't settled.
- If you lead a team rather than write code, Cisco AI Business Practitioner is free, with sixteen hours of guided learning and labs.
Who can take GH-300?
GitHub lists what to know before it.
In GitHub's words
Candidates for this exam should possess expertise in using GitHub Copilot to improve software development productivity, quality, and security. Candidates should also be familiar with GitHub fundamentals and have experience with one or more programming languages.
GitHub Copilot (GH-300): the facts
- Issuer
- GitHub
- Program
- GitHub certifications
- Exam code
- GH-300
- Type
- Exam
- Proctoring
- Proctored
- Status
- Active
- Who can take it
- No requirement listed
- Prerequisites
In GitHub's words
Candidates for this exam should possess expertise in using GitHub Copilot to improve software development productivity, quality, and security. Candidates should also be familiar with GitHub fundamentals and have experience with one or more programming languages.
- Price as shown
- $99
- Delivery
- This exam will be proctored.
- Length
- 100 minutes
- Passing score
- 700 or greater
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese
- Valid for
- 2 years
- Renewal
In GitHub's words
GitHub is transitioning to Microsoft’s recertification process, which will provide a new way for candidates to maintain their certifications without retaking the full certification exam. Once the new recertification process is in place, candidates will be able to use Microsoft’s recertification process to maintain their active GitHub certifications.
Checked against GitHub on Oct 26, 2026. GitHub doesn't publish the questions.
What does the GH-300 exam cover?
| Domain | Share of the exam |
|---|---|
| Use GitHub Copilot responsibly | 15 to 20% |
| Use GitHub Copilot features | 25 to 30% |
| Understand GitHub Copilot data and architecture | 10 to 15% |
| Apply prompt engineering and context crafting | 10 to 15% |
| Improve developer productivity with GitHub Copilot | 10 to 15% |
| Configure privacy, content exclusions, and safeguards | 10 to 15% |
How do you prepare?
What are the alternatives?
Cisco AI Business Practitioner
Cisco
- Type
- Microcredential
- Price
- Free
- Level
- Not stated by Cisco
- Who can take it
- No requirement listed
- Valid for
- Not stated by Cisco
- Status
- Active
Checked against Cisco on Oct 26, 2026
Questions people ask
How much does GH-300 cost?
GitHub shows $99. Prices are as the issuer shows them, never converted.
How long is GH-300 valid?
2 years, according to GitHub.
How we chose
- How to prepare: courses that name this certification, as each provider describes them, GitHub's own first.
- Alternatives: certifications in the same family or on the same topic, at the same level, leaving out partner-only and invite-only ones; a replacement the issuer names comes first.
Sources
- GitHub: GitHub Copilot (GH-300), learn.microsoft.com, accessed Oct 26, 2026
- GitHub: learn.microsoft.com, GH-300 study guide, accessed Oct 26, 2026