You must have ever heard of the American company Cisco Systems and its leadership in the field of computer networks, as you cannot become a professional in computer networks science without obtaining the courses and certificates provided by Cisco.
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These courses and certificates are divided into three levels, including the basic and the advanced, and we do not forget the expert level.

## Basic level for beginners
At this level, you can learn the basics of networks from terms, connection methods, devices, data packets, principles of network division, data protocols, and structuring of wired and wireless networks.

## Names of certificates granted to applicants at this level:
CCNA
This abbreviation refers to (Cisco Certified Network Associate), and the price of the certificate is (300) US dollars, and the student gets it after being tested in the curriculum of the CCNA course.

## CCDA
This abbreviation refers to (Cisco Certified Design Associate), and the price of the certificate is (150) US dollars, and it is similar to the first certificate, but it focuses on designing and structuring networks and methods of communication and connection.

## Professional level
Holders of previous certificates apply to obtain certificates at this level because they are more professional and move them significantly in dealing with the work environment and cisco devices, and holders of certificates at this level have a superstitious demand in the labor market and jobs, and they are preferred over others who obtain certificates from other companies or institutes .

## Certificates at this level:
Certificates at this level are four certificates

## CCIP
This abbreviation refers to (Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional), and the price of the certificate is (300) US dollars, and the student gets it after testing him in building internal networks skills for companies and institutions.

## CCNP
This abbreviation refers to (Cisco Certified Network Professional), and the price of the certificate is (700) US dollars, and the student gets it after being tested in the curriculum of the CCNP course in which students study the mechanism of work of protocols and network devices such as a firewall device, and a device (The converter is in the third layer).

## CCSP
This abbreviation refers to (Cisco Certified Security Professional), and the price of the certificate is (300) US dollars, and the student gets it after being tested in information security skills and dealing with software and physical network components in the data security department.

## CCDP
This abbreviation refers to (Cisco Certified Design Associate), and the price of the certificate is (300) US dollars, and it is obtained by the student who previously obtained the CCDA certificate.

## Expert level
This level is considered the crown jewel in Cisco certifications, and this level contains only one certificate, which is the CCIE certificate, which refers to (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert), which is one of the most complex tests in networking science and has a practical test and a theoretical test consisting of several sections, and the price of the certificate (1200) US dollars, and is obtained by the student who previously obtained the CCDA certificate.

## What do you think about the prices of certificates? Do you know other companies working in the networking field that have parallel tests to those from Cisco?