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Claude Certified Architect – Professional

The top Claude tier, covering integration architecture, governance and evaluation at enterprise scale.

What it signals

Practical assessment: Scenario-based multiple choice. Proctored multiple choice
Identity assurance: Proctored with identity verification. Proctored via Pearson VUE (Pearson Professional Assessments): OnVUE online proctoring confirmed on Pearson page; test-centre delivery reported by third parties. Identity validated before exam. Closed book.
Depth: Professional. Professional level.
Experience expected: 2 to 3 years. 3+ years recommended
Portability: Mostly vendor-specific. Claude-specific, some transferable architecture concepts
Verifiability: Public badge or registry. Credly public badge

For hiring managers

Highest Claude tier; very new so holder population is small. Partner-only.

Verifying it

Digital badge issued through Credly by Pearson (publicly checkable badge URL).

What it covers

Published exam outline

Solution Design and Architecture 17%
Claude Models, Prompting and Context Engineering 13%
Integration 19%
Evaluation, Testing and Optimisation 16%
Governance, Safety and Risk Management 14%
Stakeholder Communication and Lifecycle Management 14%
Developer Productivity and Operational Enablement 7%

By topic

GenAI apps: Core focus (over 35%). Design, prompting/context, integration and evaluation together exceed 35%
Agents: Touched on (under 10%). No dedicated agent domain verified; covered within architecture
Classical ML: Not covered. Not covered
Operations: Some (10 to 20%). Lifecycle management and operational enablement about 10-20%
Data: Not covered. Not covered
Responsible AI: Some (10 to 20%). Governance, Safety and Risk is 14%

Exam details

Who the provider says it is for. Advanced credential covering integration architecture, governance and evaluation at enterprise scale (Anthropic); mid-to-senior architects, AI/ML engineers, tech leads

Format: Multiple-choice and multiple-response (third-party reports of official exam guide)
Delivery: Proctored via Pearson VUE (Pearson Professional Assessments): OnVUE online proctoring confirmed on Pearson page; test-centre delivery reported by third parties. Identity validated before exam. Closed book.
Code or hands-on work: No labs; multiple-choice/multiple-response.
Prerequisites: Registration is restricted to members of the Claude Partner Network (partner-organisation email); registration starts in Anthropic Partner Academy. Network membership is free for organisations.
Recommended experience: 3+ years systems-architecture or platform-engineering experience and 6+ months production work with Claude or comparable LLM systems (third-party quoting exam guide)

Preparing

Not confirmed

These details were not available from an official source at the time of research.

Official exam guides sit behind Partner Academy login; domain weights, question counts, duration, pass score and 12-month validity are taken from third-party sites that state they quote the official guides
Renewal method
Test-centre availability (only OnVUE confirmed on Pearson page)

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