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Awesome Certificates

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.

The list is organized as follows:

1. Course/certificate title,
2. Course provider/certificate issuer name,
3. Course/certificate length in hours
4. Level of diffculty [Beginner, Intermediate or Professional]
5. Reward [🏅= Digital Badge or 🏆 = Certificate of Completion] to make it easier to decide which course to take.

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Contents

• Security
• Front-End
• Back-End
• Blockchain
• Data Analysis and Visualization
• Statistics
• Data Science
• Big Data
• Machine and Deep Learning
• Networking
• Operating Systems
• Electrical Engineering
• Robotics and IoT
• Chatbots
• DevOps
• Programming Languages
• Computer Theories and Concepts
• Business
• Other Awesome Lists

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	3	🏅

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	🏆

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