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100+ Free Awesome Certificates to Earn

Latest update: We started with 50 free certificates and now we're over a 100+ certificates!🎉🎉

What is Awesome Certificates?
A curated list of Computer Science, Information Technology and Business courses that offer free certificates and badges upon completion.

Why I've made this list?
Back in 2020 I found it very difficult to find high quality learning material that offer certificates for free. That's when I decided to create awesome certificates as an open source project. That way it'll always be accessible and available for everyone to use and add to it.

Hope you find it useful!

Contents

Security

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Intro to Cybersecurity Cisco Networking Academy Beginner 15 🏅
Cybersecurity Essentials Cisco Networking Academy Intermediate 30 🏅
Intro to Packet Tracer Cisco Networking Academy Beginner 10 🏅
Cybersecurity Fundamentals IBM / SkillsBuild Beginner 10 🏅
Information Security Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
JR Penetration Tester TryHackMe Intermediate 64 🏆
Cyber Defense TryHackMe Intermediate 48 🏆
Red Teaming TryHackMe Intermediate 48 🏆
Offensive Testing TryHackMe Intermediate 47 🏆
Comptia Pentest+ TryHackMe Beginner 51 🏆
Web Fundamentals TryHackMe Beginner 32 🏆

Front-End

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Responsive Web Design Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
Front-End Libraries Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
Selenium 101 LambdaTest Beginner 4 🏆
Angular HackerRank Beginner 1 🏆
React HackerRank Beginner 1.5 🏆
Node.js HackerRank Intermediate 1 🏆

Back-End

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Back End Development and APIs Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
CS403: Introduction to Modern Database Systems Saylor Academy Professional 42 🏆
REST API HackerRank Intermediate 1.5 🏆
MongoDB Basics MongoDB Beginner 8.5 🏆
MongoDB for SQL Pros MongoDB Beginner 2 🏆
MongoDB Cluster Adminstration MongoDB Beginner 9.5 🏆
MongoDB Aggregation Framework MongoDB Beginner 9 🏆
Crafting Conference Abstracts MongoDB Beginner 1.5 🏆
Atlas Security MongoDB Beginner 0.5 🏆
MongoDB Performance MongoDB Intermediate 7 🏆
MongoDB for Java Developers MongoDB Intermediate 7.5 🏆
MongoDB for JavaScript Developers MongoDB Intermediate 6.5 🏆
MongoDB for .NET Developers MongoDB Intermediate 6.5 🏆
MongoDB for Python Developers MongoDB Intermediate 6.5 🏆
Diagnostics and Debugging for MongoDB MongoDB Professional 6.5 🏆
MongoDB Data Modeling MongoDB Professional 7 🏆

Blockchain

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
IBM Blockchain Foundation Developer IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 6 🏅
Blockchain Essentials IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Bitcoin for Developers Saylor Academy Beginner 18 🏆

Data Analysis and Visualization

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Data Analysis with Python IBM / Cognitive Class Intermediate 3 🏅
Data Analysis with Python Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
Data Visualization with Python IBM / Cognitive Class Intermediate 3 🏅
Data Visualization with R IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Data Visualization Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆

Statistics

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Statistics 101 IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅

Data Science

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Data Science Methodologies IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Data Science 101 IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Data Science Tools IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 4 🏅
Python for Data Science IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅

Big Data

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Big Data Foundations - Level 1 IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Hadoop Foundations - Level 1 IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 4 🏅
Spark Fundamentals I IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 5 🏅

Machine and Deep Learning

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Deep Learning Fundamentals IBM / Cognitive Class Intermediate 3 🏅
Deep Learning with TensorFlow IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Introduction to Machine Learning with Sound IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 4 🏅
Machine Learning with Python IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Machine Learning with Python Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
Elements of AI University of Helsinki Beginner 30 🏆

Networking

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Networking Essentials Cisco Networking Academy Intermediate 70 🏅
CS402: Computer Communications and Networks Saylor Academy Intermediate 60 🏆

Operating Systems

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
NDG Linux Unhatched Cisco Networking Academy Beginner 8 🏆
NDG Linux Essentials Cisco Networking Academy Intermediate 70 🏆
CS401: Operating Systems Saylor Academy Professional 120 🏆

Electrical Engineering

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Introduction to Electronics Open University Intermediate 10 🏆
Electronic Applications Open University Intermediate 10 🏆
Embedded Systems Academy Europe Intermediate 30 🏆
Embedded Systems ES Mind Luster Indtermediate 8 🏆

Robotics and IoT

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Introduction to IoT Cisco Networking Academy Beginner 20 🏅
Building Robots with TJBot IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅

Chatbots

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
How to Build Chatbots IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 5 🏅

DevOps

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Containers, K8s and Istio on IBM cloud IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 9 🏅
Docker Essentials IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 4 🏅
IBM Cloud Essentials IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 4 🏅
Introduction to Containers, Kubernetes, and OpenShift IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Introduction to Kubernetes Great Learning Beginner 1.5 🏆
Kubernetes in Google Cloud Google / Qwiki Labs Intermediate 6 🏅

Programming Languages

C

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
CS107: C++ Programming Saylor Academy Professional 40 🏆
C# HackerRank Beginner 1 🏆

Cypher

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Cypher Query Language Memgraph Beginner 1 🏅

Java

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Java HackerRank Beginner 1 🏆

JavaScript

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
JavaScript HackerRank Beginner 1.5 🏆

R

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
R 101 IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
Using R with Databases IBM / Cognitive Class Beginner 3 🏅
R HackerRank Beginner 1.5 🏆

Python

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Programming Essentials In Python Cisco Networking Academy Intermediate 70 🏆
Scientific Computing with Python Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
Python HackerRank Beginner 1.5 🏆
Intro to Graph Analytics in Python free course Memgraph Intermediate 3 🏅

Theories and Concepts

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Quality Assurance Certification FreeCodeCamp Professional 300 🏆
CS101: Introduction to Computer Science I Saylor Academy Professional 52 🏆
CS102: Introduction to Computer Science II Saylor Academy Professional 42 🏆
CS201: Elementary Data Structures Saylor Academy Professional 38 🏆
CS202: Discrete Structures Saylor Academy Professional 44 🏆
CS301: Computer Architecture Saylor Academy Professional 48 🏆
CS302: Software Engineering Saylor Academy Professional 45 🏆
Problem Solving HackerRank Beginner 1.5 🏆
Problem Solving HackerRank Intermediate 1.5 🏆
Graph Modeling Email Course Memgraph Beginner 1 🏅

Business

Marketing

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Digital Marketing Google Beginner 40 🏅
Email Marketing SendinBlue Beginner 4 🏅

Project Management

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
KICKOFF Project Management Institute Beginner 0.75 🏅
Project Management Essentials Management and Strategy Institute Beginner 0.75 🏅
Project Management Essentials Disaster Ready Beginner 5 🏅

Support

Course Name Course Provider Level Hour(s) Reward
Customer Relationship Management Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆

Note:
🏅= Digital Badges & 🏆 = Certificate of Completion

Contributions are welcomed!

Awesome Certificates is hosted on Github so if you have any ideas or contributions you'd like to make, you can simply add them here by opening a new issue.

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Zac Smith

Might I recommend Mongo University? Free and excellent for those interested in MongoDB.

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Waleed Sadek

Zac sorry it took my some time but I added 13 new certificates! Thanks for suggesting!

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Waleed Sadek

Thanks Zac! Do you know if they offer free certificates or badges?

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Waleed Sadek

I see interesting find!👏That's great, can you add them to the list on github?

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Asaduzzaman Himel

You have to pay 150$ to take the exam!!

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Waleed Sadek

Indeed but while checking their website out I saw they offer 14 courses with proof of completion upon passing the course exam!

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Asaduzzaman Himel

yeah but the exam should be taken at a cheaper price!!

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Waleed Sadek

Couldn't agree more that's why I made this list!✨

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Zac Smith

They offer many free certificates.

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Tadeh Hakopian

Are the FreeCodeCamp courses really 300 hours a piece? That would be about 40 hours a week for 8 weeks. That is closer to an actual bootcamp workload. Has anyone actually completed their certifications and can speak to their time to complete?

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Waleed Sadek

Yes their material is very thorough with hands-on labs as well! I would highly recommend it.

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Waleed Sadek

Apparently yes, I have started but never finished! Did you start any of them?

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Brandon Damue

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to acquire a couple of these certificates in 2021.

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Waleed Sadek

My pleasure, update me if you end up taking one!

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Justin

The IBM badges are great. I've gotten few debating if I should link them to my Linkedin or not.

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Waleed Sadek

If you're looking for to land a job that's relevant to the badges you've earned, then add them. Otherwise it's not really necessary.

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Justin

Makes sense thanks for your advice Waleed !

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Brandon Damue

Okay I sure will. But any recommendations? I am fullstack web dev student.

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Waleed Sadek

It depends on your goal but it's safe to checkout the backend, frontend certificates and choosing a programming language you're comfortable with, is always a good start!🍀

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Brandon Damue

Okay thank you very much.

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Waleed Sadek

Don't mention it!😊

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Garima Tiwari

BrowserStack is offering Free Certificate courses in Manual and Automation Testing through Test University. You may want to have a look and add it to your list

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Waleed Sadek

Awesome find! Thanks Garima! I'll be sure to add them and notify once it's live. If you find more you can add them directly here by forking the Github project to your profile then add them and request a `Pull request that would be incredibly helpful for the whole community.

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Yash

Oh boi! You deserve an dev.to version of Oscar.

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Waleed Sadek

Hahaha thanks man!

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subatuba21

Kaggle's providing free certifications as well: kaggle.com/learn/overview
Looks good for Data Science and ML

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Marcel Cruz

Awesome list, thanks for sharing!

In case you're interested, I've put up a bunch of programming resources on devresourc.es, and maybe it'd be nice to add a "Certificates" section there too.

Feel free to check it out. :)

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Waleed Sadek

Anytime , Marcel! If you know of any free certificates feel free to add it! I'm sure it'll be appreciated. 😉

I've checked DevResources out and it looks awesome. Feel free to link to this list! I'll be adding 20 more free certificates next month 😊

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Marcel Cruz

Amazing Waleed, thank you for the feedback.

I'll definitely include some certifications there! :)

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Waleed Sadek

I'll be on the lookout, let me know if I can help! Best of luck Marcel! 🍀

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Arsh

The Chatbot one Shows Course Not Found 😅

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Waleed Sadek

Sorry it took me a while I guess some of the comments notifications were lost. I fixed it here it is. Thanks Arsh!

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MarwinFrancis

Awesome list! Could I suggest adding resources on CI/CD pipeline?

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Waleed Sadek

Great idea! I'll try to find some and add them! If you find any, don't hesitate to add them directly here by forking the Github project to your profile then add them and request a Pull request.

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Shahzeb Hoda

You can also include Selenium 101 from LambdaTest

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Waleed Sadek

Thanks Shahzeb for the great find! ✨
Added it to the list! ☝️

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Shahzeb Hoda

Thanks Waleed for including it.
However, if you can correct the spelling (LambdaTest), that would be Great! :)

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Waleed Sadek

Done! 😉 If you find more free certificates you can add it here anytime 😊