AIGP is the IAPP's certification for professionals who build, deploy, and govern AI systems responsibly. It validates a working command of AI governance principles, risk management, and the laws and standards shaping trustworthy AI.
Exam facts verified August 6, 2026 against IAPP; Body of Knowledge version 2.1, effective February 2, 2026, rechecked November 3, 2026. Confirm current fees, CPE requirements, and details at iapp.org before you register.
AIGP certifies that you understand how to establish and run AI governance across an organization: the principles, the risk management, the laws and standards, and the controls that keep AI systems lawful, safe, and trustworthy. It is written for the professional who has to make AI governance work in practice, not just describe it.
Unlike engineering certifications, AIGP sits at the governance and policy layer. It assumes no hands-on machine-learning background and has no prerequisites, which is why the candidate pool is broad: privacy and compliance leaders, risk managers, lawyers, product owners, and technologists all sit it. About a third of the exam is tied to case studies, so it rewards applied judgment over memorization.
Core AI and AI-governance concepts, the case for governance, and the foundational principles of trustworthy and responsible AI.
How the EU AI Act, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001, the OECD principles, and existing law reach AI systems.
Managing risk across the design and build phases of the AI lifecycle: data, models, testing, evaluation, and documentation.
Post-deployment governance: monitoring, incident response, third-party and ongoing use. Together with Domain III, 42 to 50 of the scored questions.
IAPP publishes each domain as a minimum and maximum number of scored questions, not as a percentage. Ranges from the AIGP Body of Knowledge and Exam Blueprint, version 2.1, effective February 2, 2026, checked November 7, 2026.
Free practice, right now
72 original multiple-choice questions and 60 flashcards, split across the real AIGP domains, so a low score points you at the exact area to study. Runs in your browser. No account, no payment.
Play the AIGP game freeAll 13 practice banks
This certification guide and its practice game stay free. The GRC Careers Game, one game covering every exam, is in the works.Next steps: Open AIGP jobs · AIGP Academy module on the four domains
AIGP, the Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional, is a certification from the IAPP for professionals who develop, deploy, and govern AI systems responsibly. It validates a working command of AI governance principles, risk management, and the laws, standards, and frameworks shaping trustworthy AI.
No. AIGP has no documented education or experience prerequisite to sit or hold it. That is one reason the candidate pool is broad, spanning privacy, compliance, risk, legal, product, and technology roles.
The exam has 100 questions (85 scored and 15 unscored) and runs three hours, plus an optional 15-minute break. It is delivered as multiple choice.
Scores are reported on a scaled range of 100 to 500, and the passing (cut) score is 300. The scaled score is not a simple percentage of correct answers.
About 30 percent of the exam is tied to case studies, so it rewards applied governance judgment rather than memorization alone.
Study the IAPP AIGP Body of Knowledge and Exam Blueprint, and use official IAPP training and reputable published study guides. Do not rely on braindump sites; they violate exam rules and are often inaccurate.