Learn · checked 1 Nov 2026
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Free courses, guides and templates from universities, governments, non-profits and AI companies, sorted by what you want to do.
Every card says who made it, how long it takes, what it really costs and whether you can reuse it. Material made by AI companies is flagged, because it usually teaches their own products.
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Amazon Web ServicesMade by an AI company
AWS: Learn AI ↗Learning plans by role, free digital courses and hands-on games; certification exams cost extra.
- Time
- Varies by course
- Level
- Beginner to advanced
- Cost
- Free courses; paid labs and exams
- Credential
- Paid certifications
- Reuse
- Not stated
AnthropicMade by an AI company
Claude Academy ↗Courses on the 4D AI Fluency framework for students, educators, small businesses and nonprofits, plus role-based use cases; product courses are for Claude.
- Time
- AI Fluency: Framework and foundations, 4 h (14 lessons)
- Level
- No maths or code to start
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- Completion badge
- Reuse
- AI Fluency courses: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Australian GovernmentGovernment
AI planning tools and templates ↗Editable AI policy, AI register, questions to ask suppliers, a team-readiness canvas and practice scenarios.
- Time
- Templates
- Level
- Organisations
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- None
- Reuse
- Not stated
DatabricksMade by an AI company
Databricks Academy ↗Free role pathways, with evaluation and governance as a step of their own.
- Time
- Generative AI Fundamentals, about 60 min
- Level
- Beginner to advanced
- Cost
- Free on-demand courses; paid lab courses
- Credential
- Badge after a quiz
- Reuse
- Not stated
DeepLearning.AIIndependent
AI For Everyone (on Coursera) ↗A non-technical course for managers and teams. Most of DeepLearning.AI's short courses are made with AI companies.
- Time
- 7 h
- Level
- No maths or code
- Cost
- Free to enrol; paid certificate (financial aid available)
- Credential
- Paid certificate
- Reuse
- Not stated
European CommissionGovernment
Living repository of AI literacy practices ↗How organisations train staff in AI literacy, which the EU AI Act (Article 4) expects of providers and users of AI. Examples, not endorsements.
- Time
- Browse
- Level
- Organisations
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- None
- Reuse
- Not stated
fast.aiIndependent
Practical Deep Learning for Coders ↗Hands-on deep learning for people who already code, with a free online book.
- Time
- 9 lessons of about 90 min
- Level
- About a year of coding
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- None
- Reuse
- Not stated
GoogleMade by an AI company
Gemini at Work and Google Skills ↗Prompt guides for 11 roles in Google Workspace; Google Skills (skills.google) adds labs, badges and certificates.
- Time
- Varies
- Level
- Beginner to advanced
- Cost
- Prompt guides free; Google Skills free and paid
- Credential
- Badges and certificates (Google Skills)
- Reuse
- Not stated
Hugging FaceMade by an AI company
Hugging Face Learn ↗Open courses on language models, agents, context engineering and more, with notebooks to run.
- Time
- Varies by course
- Level
- Python
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- Certificates on some courses (quiz score)
- Reuse
- LLM Course: Apache 2.0
IBMMade by an AI company
IBM SkillsBuild ↗Free learning for adults, university and school students, in more than 20 languages.
- Time
- Varies by course
- Level
- Beginner
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- Digital credentials
- Reuse
- Not stated
Khan AcademyNon-profit
AI for education ↗Generative AI basics, teaching with AI and lesson plans; marked as a course in progress. Khan Academy also sells an AI tutor.
- Time
- Three units
- Level
- Teachers and students
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- None
- Reuse
- Not stated
MicrosoftMade by an AI company
Microsoft Learn AI and the Copilot adoption hub ↗Learning plans by role, plus an adoption hub (adoption.microsoft.com) with rollout guides by stage and role, built around Copilot.
- Time
- Varies
- Level
- By role
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- Credentials available
- Reuse
- Microsoft Learn content: CC BY 4.0
MITUniversity
6.S191 Introduction to Deep Learning ↗MIT's open course: lectures, slides and labs from the 2026 run.
- Time
- Lectures and labs over a term
- Level
- Some maths and Python
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- None
- Reuse
- MIT licence
NVIDIAMade by an AI company
NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute ↗Self-paced courses with a filter for free ones, plus instructor-led workshops.
- Time
- Free courses: a day or less
- Level
- Technical
- Cost
- Many self-paced courses free; workshops paid
- Credential
- Certificates on selected courses
- Reuse
- Not stated
OpenAIMade by an AI company
OpenAI Academy ↗Four tracks: apply AI at work, build with AI, lead AI adoption, and teach and learn with AI; plus livestreams and events, built around ChatGPT and Codex.
- Time
- Varies
- Level
- By track
- Cost
- No charge shown; join with an account
- Credential
- Not stated
- Reuse
- Not stated
SalesforceMade by an AI company
Trailhead Agentblazer ↗Each level says what you can and can't do yet; built around Agentforce.
- Time
- Varies
- Level
- Three levels: Champion, Innovator, Legend
- Cost
- Free trails
- Credential
- Status levels, renewed yearly
- Reuse
- Not stated
UK GovernmentGovernment
AI Playbook for the UK Government ↗Ten principles, use cases to avoid and actions for each audience, from beginners to leaders.
- Time
- Reference
- Level
- Public sector
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- None
- Reuse
- Open Government Licence v3.0
UK Government (Skills England)Government
AI Skills Boost ↗Free courses checked against Skills England's AI foundation skills benchmark; most are made by AI companies.
- Time
- 20 min to a day per course
- Level
- Beginner
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- AI foundations badge
- Reuse
- Not stated
University of Helsinki and MinnaLearnUniversity
Elements of AI ↗Two courses at your own pace, available in many languages; the makers suggest finishing in about six weeks.
- Time
- Introduction to AI: about 4–8 h per part
- Level
- Introduction: no maths or code. Building AI: basic Python
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- University credit (ECTS) available
- Reuse
- All rights reserved
US National Institute of Standards and TechnologyGovernment
AI Risk Management Framework Playbook ↗Suggested actions under Govern, Map, Measure and Manage; downloadable as PDF, CSV, Excel and JSON.
- Time
- Reference
- Level
- Organisations
- Cost
- Free
- Credential
- None
- Reuse
- Not stated
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