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AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty is retired: what replaces it
AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty was retired on March 31, 2026.
- Price as shown
- $300
- Valid for
- 3 years
- Format
- Exam, online proctoring offered
Should you take it?
- Suits people who passed by March 31, 2026 and want to know their certificate still counts for its 3 years.
- Not for new candidates: AWS no longer runs this exam, so look at the Machine Learning Engineer - Associate instead.
- The catch: with the exam retired, there is nothing to resit when your 3 years run out, so the credential simply lapses.
Who can take AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty?
Who can take it, in Amazon Web Services' words: "You are not required to earn any specific certifications prior to preparing for this certification." Amazon Web Services lists what to know before it.
In Amazon Web Services' words
Per the exam guide, the ideal candidate for this certification should have 2 or more years of experience developing, architecting, and running ML or deep learning workloads in the AWS Cloud.
AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty: the facts
- Issuer
- Amazon Web Services
- Program
- AWS Certification
- Type
- Exam
- Proctoring
- Online proctoring offered
- Level
- Specialty
- Status
- Retired March 31, 2026
- Who can take it
- You are not required to earn any specific certifications prior to preparing for this certification.
- Prerequisites
In Amazon Web Services' words
Per the exam guide, the ideal candidate for this certification should have 2 or more years of experience developing, architecting, and running ML or deep learning workloads in the AWS Cloud.
- Price as shown
- $300
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE testing center or online proctored exam
- Length
- 180 minutes
- Questions
- 65
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
- Valid for
- 3 years
Checked against Amazon Web Services on Oct 26, 2026. Last changed on Oct 15, 2026. Amazon Web Services doesn't publish the exam code, passing score or renewal.
What does the AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty exam cover?
| Domain | Share of the exam |
|---|---|
| Data Engineering | 20% |
| Exploratory Data Analysis | 24% |
| Modeling | 36% |
| Machine Learning Implementation and Operations | 20% |
What has changed?
AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty
· Retired
AWS retired the Machine Learning Specialty exam; the last day to take it was March 31, 2026.
"The last day to take this exam is March 31, 2026." Amazon Web Services
Questions people ask
How much does AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty cost?
Amazon Web Services shows $300. Prices are as the issuer shows them, never converted.
How long is AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty valid?
3 years, according to Amazon Web Services.
Is AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty free?
No. Amazon Web Services shows $300.
What is the AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty exam format?
65 questions, 180 minutes, online proctoring offered, as Amazon Web Services states it.
Sources
- Amazon Web Services: AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty, aws.amazon.com, accessed Oct 26, 2026
- Amazon Web Services: aws.amazon.com, certified machine learning specialty, accessed Oct 26, 2026
- Amazon Web Services: docs.aws.amazon.com, machine learning specialty, accessed Oct 26, 2026