• Public key certificate
  Public key certificate
  In cryptography, a public key certificate is an electronic document which uses a digital signature to bind a public key with an identity — information such as the name of a person or an organization, their address, and so forth...
  
  , an electronic document used in cryptography
• Certificate of deposit
  Certificate of deposit
  A certificate of Deposit is a time deposit, a financial product commonly offered to consumers in the United States by banks, thrift institutions, and credit unions....
  
  , or CD, a financial product commonly offered to consumers by banks, thrift institutions, and credit unions
• Certificate (complexity)
  Certificate (complexity)
  In computational complexity theory, a certificate is a string that certifies the answer to a computation, or certifies the membership of some string in a language...
  
  , a string that certifies the answer to a computation
• Medical certificate
  Medical certificate
  A medical certificate is a document stating either that a person has passed a medical examination, or that a person is unfit for work for a stated period of time .- See also :* Documentation* Medical documentation...
  
  

Official document

• Birth certificate
  Birth certificate
  A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a child. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the circumstances of the birth or to a certified copy of or representation of the ensuing registration of that birth...
  
  
• Marriage certificate
  Marriage certificate
  In some jurisdictions a marriage certificate is the official record that two people have undertaken a marriage ceremony. This does include jurisdictions where marriage licenses do not exist...
  
  
• Stock certificate
  Stock certificate
  In corporate law, a stock certificate is a legal document that certifies ownership of a specific number of stock shares in a corporation...
  
  
• Death certificate
  Death certificate
  The phrase death certificate can describe either a document issued by a medical practitioner certifying the deceased state of a person or popularly to a document issued by a person such as a registrar of vital statistics that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death as later...
  
  

Academic qualification

• Academic certificate
  Academic certificate
  An academic certificate is a document that certifies that a person has received specific education or has passed a test or series of tests.In many countries, certificate is a qualification attained in secondary education. For instance, students in the Republic of Ireland sit the Junior Certificate...
  
  
• Professional certification
  Professional certification
  Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task...
  
  , a vocational award
• A confirmation that a person has passed a Test (assessment)
  Test (assessment)
  A test or an examination is an assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics . A test may be administered orally, on paper, on a computer, or in a confined area that requires a test taker to physically perform a...
  
   to prove competence

• Higher School Certificate (New South Wales), a school qualification in New South Wales, Australia
• Victorian Certificate of Education
  Victorian Certificate of Education
  The Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...
  
  , a school qualification in Victoria, Australia
• Technical and further education#Qualifications awarded by TAFE colleges, a qualification offered by an education institution in Australia

• Junior Certificate
  Junior Certificate
  The Junior Certificate is an educational qualification awarded in Ireland by the Department of Education to students who have successfully completed the junior cycle of secondary education, and achieved a minimum standard in their Junior Cert. examinations...
  
  , a qualification attained by school students
• Leaving Certificate
  Leaving Certificate
  The Leaving Certificate Examinations , commonly referred to as the Leaving Cert is the final examination in the Irish secondary school system. It takes a minimum of two years preparation, but an optional Transition Year means that for those students it takes place three years after the Junior...
  
  , a higher qualification attained by school students
• National Certificate
  National Certificate
  National Certificate is the name of an educational award in a number of countries, although the actual merit of award is not always the same.-Ireland:...
  
  , an older higher education qualification
• Higher Certificate
  Higher Certificate
  The Higher Certificate is an award that has replaced the National Certificate in the Republic of Ireland The Higher Certificate is awarded by various Institutes of Technology...
  
  , a newer higher education qualification

• Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
  Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
  The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination was a standardized examination between 1974 and 2011 after most local students’ five-year secondary education, conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority . The examination will be discontinued in 2012...
  
  

• Certificate of Higher Education
  Certificate of Higher Education
  A Certificate of Higher Education is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom. It is awarded after one year full-time study at a university or other higher education institution. A Cert.HE is an independent tertiary award, an award in its own right, and students can study for a...
  
  , awarded after one year full-time study at a university or other higher education institution