Claude Certified Architect (Professional)
Mid- to senior-level solution architects, AI/ML engineers, technical leads, and senior software engineers who design, build, and deliver production-grade Claude solutions
38 lessons · 7 domains · exam code CCAR-P
The real exam is 63 questions in 120 minutes and costs $175 USD; you can sit it through Pearson VUE, online proctored or at a test centre. The pass mark is 720 on a 1000-point scale, and the credential is valid for 12 months (Exam Guide v1.0, July 2026). Each domain is weighted differently, so plan your study time accordingly. Full exam guide: domains, weights and rules.
Solution Design & Architecture
17%Translate business problems into end-to-end Claude architectures: architectural patterns, multi-agent design, decomposition, and business-value alignment.
6 lessons
Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering
13%Select Claude models on their trade-offs, and engineer the system prompts, guardrails, and context strategies that guide them.
5 lessons
Integration
19%Integrate Claude into enterprise systems: security analysis, observability at scale, RAG pipeline design, and choosing the right connection protocol.
8 lessons
Evaluation, Testing & Optimisation
16%Define evaluation metrics, build datasets and test frameworks, run A/B tests, and diagnose and optimise live Claude systems.
6 lessons
Governance, Safety & Risk Management
14%Guardrails and safety controls, risk and failure-mode identification, human-in-the-loop validation, regulatory compliance, and ethical AI.
5 lessons
Stakeholder Communication & Lifecycle Management
14%Structured discovery, communicating architectural decisions and trade-offs, and supporting solutions through every lifecycle phase.
5 lessons
Developer Productivity & Operational Enablement
7%Equip teams with Claude tooling and AI-assisted workflows, and support debugging and operational issue resolution.
3 lessons