Free certifications
31 free certificates and badges from reputable providers. Our team checks every listing before it appears here. You sign up on the provider's own website.
MongoDB Skill Badges
Short, focused courses on MongoDB topics such as data modelling, indexing and vector search, each ending in a skill check. Pass it to earn a free digital badge.
MongoDB · Databases & SQL
HackerRank Skills Certification
Free timed tests in skills such as Python, SQL and problem solving. Pass a test to get a certificate that employers can verify, which is useful for fresher job applications.
HackerRank · Python & Foundations
Cisco Networking Academy: Introduction to Data Science
A short, free, self-paced introduction to what data scientists do and how data drives decisions. Finish the course to receive a record of your completion from Cisco Networking Academy.
Cisco Networking Academy · Data Science
Python Essentials 1
A free, self-paced Python course from the basics through functions and data collections, with labs and quizzes. Passing the final test earns a digital badge.
Cisco Networking Academy and OpenEDG Python Institute · Python & Foundations
AWS Educate: Cloud and Generative AI Badges
Free self-paced courses on cloud computing and generative AI on AWS, with hands-on labs. Completing a course earns a digital badge. No credit card is needed.
Amazon Web Services · AWS
Anthropic Academy: AI Fluency and Claude Courses
Free courses on working effectively with AI and on building with Claude and its API. Courses award a certificate of completion. The academy is hosted on Skilljar, a training platform.
Anthropic · Generative AI & LLMs
dbt Fundamentals
A free course on transforming data in the warehouse with dbt: models, sources, tests, documentation and deployment. Finishing the course earns a badge.
dbt Labs · Data Platforms