Elements of AI (opens on Elements of AI)
A free course from the University of Helsinki that explains what AI is and is not, with no programming needed.
- Artificial intelligence
- About 30 hours
- Free certificate
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Free courses from other platforms
A hand-picked list of free courses from well-known learning platforms, grouped by topic and level. Start with a beginner course, then move up.
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11 courses from 9 platforms
Beginner No experience needed · 3
AI for Everyone (opens on Coursera)
A non-technical introduction to AI for workplaces and communities, taught by Andrew Ng.
- Artificial intelligence
- About 6 hours
- Paid certificate
Google AI Essentials (opens on Google)
Practical AI skills for work: using AI tools responsibly to save time and be more creative.
- Artificial intelligence
- About 10 hours
- Paid certificate
Intermediate You can already use a computer and know the basics · 3
Generative AI for Beginners (opens on Microsoft)
Free lessons with code samples on building applications with generative AI.
- Artificial intelligence
- Self-paced
- No certificate
Machine Learning for Beginners (opens on Microsoft)
A free 26-lesson curriculum on classic machine learning with Python, quizzes and projects.
- Artificial intelligence
- 12 weeks
- No certificate
DeepLearning.AI short courses (opens on DeepLearning.AI)
Short, practical courses on working with large language models and AI tools, taught with experts from industry.
- Artificial intelligence
- 1-2 hours each
- No certificate
Advanced For learners comfortable with the intermediate skills · 5
CS50 Artificial Intelligence with Python (opens on Harvard CS50)
Explore the ideas behind modern AI: search, knowledge, optimisation, machine learning and language, with Python projects.
- Artificial intelligence
- 7 weeks
- Free certificate available
Kaggle Learn: Intro to Machine Learning (opens on Kaggle)
Build your first machine-learning models in Python and learn how to check whether they work.
- Artificial intelligence
- About 3 hours
- Free certificate
Machine Learning Specialization (opens on Coursera)
The classic introduction to machine learning with Python by Andrew Ng and Stanford: regression, classification, neural networks and more.
- Artificial intelligence
- About 2 months
- Paid certificate (financial aid available)
Practical Deep Learning for Coders (opens on fast.ai)
A free, hands-on course that teaches deep learning by building real models. Needs Python experience.
- Artificial intelligence
- About 7 weeks
- No certificate
Hugging Face Learn (opens on Hugging Face)
Free courses on language models, transformers and AI agents with hands-on notebooks.
- Artificial intelligence
- Self-paced
- Free certificates for some courses