Building Agentic AI Applications With LLMs
NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Paid (price in USD)
- Level
- Intermediate (our rating)
- For
- Developers and engineers
- Duration
- About 8 hours
- Certificate
- Yes
NVIDIA
NVIDIA-Certified Professional Agentic AI (NCP-AAI): what it costs and who can take it
NVIDIA-Certified Professional Agentic AI (NCP-AAI) costs $200, has 60 to 70 questions in 120 minutes and is valid for 2 years. Who can take it: no requirement listed.
- Price as shown
- $200
- Valid for
- 2 years
- Format
- Exam, proctored online
Before you book NCP-AAI
- Status
- Announced as of Oct 26, 2026.
- NVIDIA's prep
- Building Agentic AI Applications With LLMs: $90, 8 hours; Building RAG Agents With LLMs: $90, 8 hours; Evaluating RAG and Semantic Search Systems: $30, 3 hours; 1 more below
- Renewal
- Recertification may be achieved by retaking the exam.
Should you take it?
- Suits AI engineers with production agentic AI projects behind them who want a professional-level NVIDIA exam.
- Not for newcomers: NVIDIA asks for 1 to 2 years in AI or ML roles and hands-on production agentic work.
- The catch: NVIDIA hasn't opened registration for the $200 exam yet, so you can't plan a sitting date.
Who can take NCP-AAI?
What to know before it, in NVIDIA's words: "1–2 years of experience in AI/ML roles and hands-on work with production-level agentic AI projects."
NVIDIA-Certified Professional Agentic AI (NCP-AAI): the facts
- Issuer
- NVIDIA
- Program
- NVIDIA Certification
- Exam code
- NCP-AAI
- Type
- Exam
- Proctoring
- Proctored online
- Level
- Professional
- Status
- Announced
- Who can take it
- No requirement listed
- Prerequisites
- 1–2 years of experience in AI/ML roles and hands-on work with production-level agentic AI projects.
- Price as shown
- $200
- Delivery
- The exam is online and proctored remotely.
- Length
- 120 minutes
- Questions
- 60 to 70
- Languages
- English
- Valid for
- 2 years
- Renewal
- Recertification may be achieved by retaking the exam.
Checked against NVIDIA on Oct 26, 2026. NVIDIA doesn't publish the passing score.
What does the NCP-AAI exam cover?
| Domain | Share of the exam |
|---|---|
| Agent Architecture and Design | 15% |
| Agent Development | 15% |
| Evaluation and Tuning | 13% |
| Deployment and Scaling | 13% |
| Cognition, Planning, and Memory | 10% |
| Knowledge Integration and Data Handling | 10% |
| NVIDIA Platform Implementation | 7% |
| Run, Monitor, and Maintain | 5% |
| Safety, Ethics, and Compliance | 5% |
| Human-AI Interaction and Oversight | 5% |
Should you take NCP-AAI or something else?
It depends on your platform, your level and what NVIDIA lets you book. Each line compares stated levels or prices only.
- If you can't take it: who can take it: no requirement listed. Professional Machine Learning Engineer is at the same level and has no such limit.
- Newer to NVIDIA's platform: NVIDIA-Certified Associate AI Infrastructure and Operations (NCA-AIIO) is an associate step before it.
How does NCP-AAI compare with other professional certifications?
| Price among professional exams (computed) | the lowest or joint lowest, from stated US prices |
|---|---|
| Exam length against the median (computed) | 120 minutes against a median of 120 minutes across 3 professional exams |
How do you prepare?
Building RAG Agents With LLMs
NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- $90
- Level
- Intermediate (our rating)
- For
- Developers and engineers
- Duration
- About 8 hours
- Certificate
- Yes
Evaluating RAG and Semantic Search Systems
NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Paid (price in USD)
- Level
- Intermediate (our rating)
- For
- Developers and engineers, Data scientists and analysts
- Duration
- About 3 hours
- Certificate
- Not stated
Introduction to Deploying RAG Pipelines for Production at Scale
NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Paid (price in USD)
- Level
- Intermediate (our rating)
- For
- Developers and engineers, Data scientists and analysts
- Duration
- About 8 hours
- Certificate
- Yes
Questions people ask
How much does NCP-AAI cost?
NVIDIA shows $200. Prices are as the issuer shows them, never converted.
How long is NCP-AAI valid?
2 years, according to NVIDIA.
Is NCP-AAI free?
No. NVIDIA shows $200.
What is the NCP-AAI exam format?
60 to 70 questions, 120 minutes, proctored online, as NVIDIA states it.
How do you renew NCP-AAI?
In NVIDIA's words: "Recertification may be achieved by retaking the exam."
How we chose
- How to prepare: courses that name this certification, as each provider describes them, NVIDIA's own first.
Sources
- NVIDIA: NVIDIA-Certified Professional Agentic AI (NCP-AAI), nvidia.com, accessed Oct 26, 2026
- NVIDIA: nvidia.com, agentic ai professional, accessed Oct 26, 2026