UbiCerts® is Ubiquity University’s term for competency-based credentials that aim to recognise what you can do, not just what courses you sat through, including competencies gained through formal learning and “life experience” - ubiquityuniversity.org 
# What a UbiCert is meant to be
Ubiquity describes a UbiCert as a “certification of competence” that can exist at different levels, from a small badge-like credential through to larger qualifications, depending on the scope of the competencies being evidenced - prnewswire.com
The central idea is that a credential should be anchored to explicit competencies and assessed evidence, rather than relying purely on institutional prestige or seat-time - ubiquityuniversity.org
# How you earn UbiCerts
Ubiquity lists three main routes for earning UbiCerts: completing Ubiquity coursework, submitting prior work experience for credentialing, and submitting an organisation’s in-house training modules so they can be credentialed - ubiquityuniversity.org
This makes UbiCerts feel closer to Recognition of Prior Learning plus structured assessment, rather than “another certificate you buy after watching videos” - ubiquityuniversity.org
# “Global Standard Credentials” and frameworks
In Ubiquity’s own briefing, UbiCerts are described as “Global Standard Credentials” by being benchmarked to an established qualifications framework, with claims of correlation across multiple regional frameworks, and a large underlying competency catalogue - ubiquityuniversity.org
In that same briefing, Ubiquity emphasises that for a credential to be recognised, it needs credential-specific evidence and knowledge testing, implying that a UbiCert is intended to be more than self-assertion or peer applause - ubiquityuniversity.org
# UbiCerts “in action” with partners
Ubiquity presents UbiCerts as something that can be embedded into external programmes, not just internal degrees, and they give AIESEC as an example where exchange participants can receive UbiCert credentials for work and experiences inside the organisation - ubiquityuniversity.org
They have also promoted UbiCerts via partnerships such as IPMA-HR USA, framing the credentials as competency-linked and aligned to a large competency database used across sectors - prnewswire.com
# How UbiCerts relates to UbiSkills and UbiPass
Ubiquity positions UbiCerts as the credential layer, UbiSkills as a soft-skills oriented competency framing that can populate credentials, and UbiPass as the “skills passport” concept that would hold and present those credentials over time - ubiquityuniversity.org - ubiquityuniversity.org
In plain terms: UbiCerts is the “validated claim”, UbiSkills is one of the “maps of what matters”, and UbiPass is the “wallet and profile” idea - ubiquityuniversity.org
# Why people build systems like this
A competency credential tries to solve a real mismatch: much useful capability is developed in work, volunteering, and self-directed practice, but conventional education systems often struggle to recognise it in a portable, comparable way - ubiquityuniversity.org
If done well, it can make informal learning visible without pretending that all learning must happen inside a university - ubiquityuniversity.org
# Limits and critique The success of a competency credential is mostly about assessment integrity and interoperability: who sets the competency definitions, how evidence is evaluated, whether the badge means the same thing across contexts, and whether employers and institutions treat it as trustworthy.
A second risk is “framework theatre”, where the language of alignment to frameworks sounds reassuring but real-world recognition still depends on adoption, auditability, and a clear standard of evidence - ubiquityuniversity.org