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A curated of list of IT, computer science and business courses with certificates & digital badges to earn upon completion.

Each course on the list is free to take as well as the badge and certificate.

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  1. Course/certificate title
  2. Course provider/certificate issuer name
  3. Level of diffculty(Beginner, Intermediate or Professional)
  4. Course/certificate duration in hours
  5. Reward(🏅= Digital Badge or 🏆 = Certificate of Completion)

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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 🏆
Certified in Cybersecurity ISC2 Beginner 14 🏅
Introduction to Cyber Security Great Learning Beginner 3 🏆
Types of Cyber Security Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆
Cyber Forensics Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆
Introduction to Information Security Great Learning Beginner 2 🏆
Network Security Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆
Advanced Cyber Security - Threats and Governance Great Learning Beginner 2 🏆
Encryption Basics Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆

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 🏆
Intro to SQL Kaggle Beginner 3hr 🏆
Advanced SQL Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆

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 🏆
Data Visualization Kaggle Beginner 4hr 🏆
Data Cleaning Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆

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 🏅
Popular Applications of Data Science Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆
Career in Data Science Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆
Introduction to Data Science Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆
Data Science Mathematics Great Learning Beginner 1 🏆
R for Data Science Great Learning Beginner 2 🏆
Statistical Methods for Data Science Great Learning Beginner 2 🏆
Probability for Data Science Great Learning Beginner 2 🏆

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 🏆
Intro to Machine Learning Kaggle Beginner 3hr 🏆
Intermediate Machine Learning Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆
Machine Learning Explainability Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆
Intro to Deep Learning Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆
Time Series Kaggle Intermediate 5hr 🏆
Intro to AI Ethics Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆
Intro to Game AI and Reinforcement Learning Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆
Feature Engineering Kaggle Intermediate 5hr 🏆
Computer Vision Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆

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 🏆
Foundational C# with Microsoft freeCodeCamp Beginner 35 🏆

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 🏅
Python Kaggle Beginner 5hr 🏆
Pandas Kaggle Beginner 4hr 🏆
Intro to Programming Kaggle Beginner 5hr 🏆

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 🏅
Geospatial Analysis Kaggle Intermediate 4hr 🏆

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 🏆

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