ArchiMate Certification

The ArchiMate Certification is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests ArchiMate enterprise architecture modelling at the level of the ArchiMate 3 Foundation and Practitioner exams — language structure, layers and aspects, business, application and technology elements, relationships and their notation, and strategy, motivation, implementation and viewpoints — written to The Open Group ArchiMate 3.2 Specification and the TOGAF Standard for 2026. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable ArchiMate Proficiency certificate (SOA-AW). Every question is based on published standards and research — including ArchiMate 3.2 Specification (The Open Group), The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition (The Open Group) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free ArchiMate Certification, updated for 2026 and 2027. It measures language structure, elements, relationships and viewpoints, motivation and migration and gives instant results with a shareable certificate.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a ArchiMate Proficiency certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: ArchiMate 3.2 Specification (The Open Group); The TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition (The Open Group). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Language Structure (Layers, Aspects and Framework); Elements (Business layer, Application layer and Technology layer); Relationships (Structural, Dependency and Dynamic); Viewpoints, Motivation and Migration (Viewpoints, Motivation modelling and Migration planning). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Enterprise architect, Solution or business architect, Business analyst modelling architecture, IT strategist or planner and Architecture tool administrator. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show ArchiMate knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

ArchiMate is The Open Group's open standard modelling language for enterprise architecture. It describes business, application and technology layers plus strategy, motivation and implementation, using a common set of elements and relationships that complements the TOGAF framework.

The Open Group offers ArchiMate 3 Foundation (Level 1), which tests knowledge of the language, and ArchiMate 3 Practitioner (Level 2), which tests applying it to model scenarios. They can be taken separately or as a combined exam.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.