Risk and AI (RAI™)
RAI Program and Exam
Learn about the journey toward the RAI Certificate, how to prepare for your Exam, and more.
How to Earn the RAI Certificate
The steps you need to follow to complete the RAI Program.
Register for the RAI Exam
Sign up for an Exam by entering your account details and paying the applicable exam fees for a specific exam window.
Schedule Your RAI Exam
After you register, schedule your exam appointment by selecting an available location, date, and time. Seats are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis, with testing sites available globally.
Prepare for the RAI Exam
Create a study plan with the RAI curriculum available via our GARP Learning platform, which also includes a practice exam and other official study materials.
Pass the RAI Exam
Complete the Exam within four hours and pass to receive your Certificate and digital badge.
Key RAI Exam Takeaways
Everything you need to know about the RAI Exam.
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The RAI Exam consists of 80 equally weighted, multiple-choice questions. The majority of Exam questions stand alone; however, groups of 3-4 questions may draw on a common lead-in scenario. Candidates are allotted four hours to complete their Exam.
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The RAI Exam tests a broad range of topics, including the evolution of AI/ML methodologies, knowledge of current tools and techniques for leveraging AI in support of business decision-making, the potential risks that arise through its use, and governance frameworks to mitigate exposure and ensure AI is deployed responsibly within an organization
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To help candidates prepare for their RAI Exam, GARP provides access to the RAI curriculum available via our GARP Learning platform, which also includes a practice exam and other official study materials.
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While preparation time will vary by candidate, our expectation is that the average preparation time will be in the range of 100-130 hours.
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After earning the Certificate, GARP encourages you to continue your learning journey with our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program. While CPD is not mandatory, it is strongly encouraged. Certificate holders can tap into exclusive learning benefits with a GARP Individual Membership.
RAI Advisory Committee
The RAI Program is developed by a world-class advisory committee comprised of leading AI experts and senior risk practitioners.
Joseph Breeden, Ph.D
CEO, Deep Future Analytics; President, Model Risk Management International Association
Charles Currat, Ph.D, FRM
Head, Quantitative Modeling, Wells Fargo Investment Institute
Agostino Capponi, Ph.D
Associate Professor, IEOR, Columbia University
Rama Cont, Ph.D
Head, Oxford Mathematical and Computational Finance Group, University of Oxford
Lucy da Piedade, FRM
Chief Controls Officer Consumer Banking and Payments, Barclays
Alexander Denev, Ph.D, FRM
Co-Founder, Turnleaf Analytics
Christopher Donohue, Ph.D
Managing Director, GARP Benchmarking Initiative (GBI), GARP
Kenneth Doucet
Vice President, Content, Information, and Continuing Education, GARP
Raghurami Etukuru, Ph.D, FRM
Founder and Principal AI Scientist, AISCIENCES.AI
Kay Firth-Butterfield
CEO, Good Tech Advisory
Lukas Kölbl, Ph.D, FRM
Head of Data Science DACH, Accenture
William May
Managing Director, Global Head, Certification and Educational Programs, GARP
Peter Millican, Ph.D
Professor of Philosophy, Head of Education and Outreach, Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford
Yogesh Mudgal
Head of Risk, Runtime Compute, JP Morgan Chase
Carina Prunkl, Ph.D
Research Fellow, Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford
Anand Rao, Ph.D
Distinguished Service Professor of Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Carnegie Melon University; Global AI Lead, PwC (retired)
Alberto Rossi, Ph.D
Professor of Finance and Director of the AI, Analytics and Future of Work Initiative, Georgetown University
Rajesh Shekhar, FRM
Head of Global Data Science, H2O.ai
Stephen Slade, Ph.D, FRM
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Yale University
Agus Sudjianto, Ph.D
Senior Vice President, Risk and Technology, H2O.ai
Bo Xu, FRM
Principal, AI Lead, BCG
Qiuyan Xu, Ph.D, FRM
Managing Director, Gravitate AI
Overview
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