Free AI & Generative AI certifications
Use, build, evaluate and govern AI — from AI literacy to agents, RAG and responsible AI. 36 free tests from beginner to advanced, every question based on a published source, with a verifiable certificate you can add to LinkedIn.
Founder, Science of AppsWhat are the best free AI & GenAI certifications?
Science of Apps has 36 free AI & Generative AI certifications and skill tests: use, build, evaluate and govern AI — from AI literacy to agents, RAG and responsible AI. 11 beginner, 17 intermediate, 8 advanced — each a timed online test of original scenarios based on published standards, graded instantly, with a verifiable, LinkedIn-ready certificate.
Beginner AI & GenAI certifications
No experience needed: fundamentals and clear reasoning.
- 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AIL
AI Literacy Certification
Tests whether you understand what today's AI can and can't do, how large language models produce answers, and how to use AI tools safely and sensibly at work.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Office professional, Student, Team memberTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-GAIF
Generative AI Fundamentals Certification
Tests the core concepts behind generative AI — models, tokens, context windows, prompts, multimodal inputs, grounding and common limitations — in plain, job-ready terms.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Business analyst, Marketer, Product managerTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AITW
AI Tools for Workplace Productivity Certification
Tests how well you use AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and Claude for everyday work — email, meetings, documents, spreadsheets and research — safely and efficiently.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Office administrator, Executive assistant, Project coordinatorTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AIBP
AI for Business Professionals Certification
Tests how business professionals use AI to work faster and decide better — identifying use cases, judging ROI, using AI assistants, managing risks and leading adoption.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Business professional, Consultant, Operations managerTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AIEF
AI for Entrepreneurs and Founders Certification
Tests how founders use AI to validate ideas, build MVPs, run lean operations, market and sell — and where AI-first startups face risk and competition.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Founder, Startup operator, SolopreneurTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AIHR
AI for HR Professionals Certification
Tests how HR teams use AI responsibly across recruiting, onboarding, learning and employee experience — and the bias, privacy and legal risks of AI in employment decisions.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor HR generalist, Recruiter, HR business partnerTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AISP
AI for Sales Professionals Certification
Tests how salespeople use AI for prospect research, personalised outreach, call preparation and summaries, CRM hygiene and forecasting — without spamming or misleading buyers.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Account executive, Sales development representative, Sales managerTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AIDM
AI for Digital Marketers Certification
Tests how marketers use AI for research, content, ads, SEO and analytics — while protecting brand quality, accuracy, disclosure rules and visibility in AI search.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Digital marketer, Content marketer, Social media managerTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AITE
AI for Teachers and Educators Certification
Tests how teachers use AI to plan lessons, differentiate materials, give feedback and save time — while protecting student privacy, academic integrity and good learning.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Teacher, Lecturer, TutorTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AICU
AI for Customer Support Certification
Tests how support teams use AI — reply drafting, ticket triage, self-service bots, knowledge bases, quality checks and knowing when to hand over to a human.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Customer support agent, Support team lead, Customer service managerTake the 10-minute test → - 10 questions · 10 minSOA-AICC
AI Content Creation and Editing Certification
Tests how writers and editors use AI to research, draft, edit and repurpose content — keeping accuracy, originality, voice and search quality guidelines in mind.
Difficulty: BeginnerFor Content writer, Editor, CopywriterTake the 10-minute test →
Intermediate AI & GenAI certifications
Assumes hands-on experience in the role.
- SpecialistSOA-PE
Prompt Engineering Certification
Certifies that you can get reliable results from large language models — prompt fundamentals, structure and reasoning, prompting for real product work, and evaluation, safety and reliability.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Prompt Engineer, AI Product Manager, Product DesignerEarn Certified Prompt Engineer → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIWA
AI Workflow Automation Certification
Tests whether you can design reliable AI-powered automations with tools like Zapier, Make, n8n and Power Automate — triggers, steps, error handling, human approval and data safety.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Operations manager, Automation specialist, No-code developerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIRF
AI Research and Fact-Checking Certification
Tests how to research with AI tools without being misled — checking claims and citations, using primary sources, spotting fabricated references and documenting verification.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Researcher, Journalist, AnalystTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIOQ
AI Output Quality Assurance Certification
Tests how to review and quality-check AI-generated content, code and data — rubrics, sampling, error types, brand and policy compliance, and feedback loops.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor QA specialist, Content editor, AI operations specialistTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIHD
AI Hallucination Detection Test
Tests whether you can spot AI hallucinations — invented facts, citations, quotes, numbers and code — and choose the right techniques to prevent them.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Editor, Analyst, DeveloperTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AISR
AI Safety and Responsible AI Certification
Tests responsible AI practice — fairness, transparency, human oversight, safety testing and accountability — using frameworks such as the NIST AI RMF, OECD AI Principles and the EU AI Act.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor AI product manager, Responsible AI lead, Data scientistTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIEB
AI Ethics and Bias Assessment
Tests whether you can recognise and reduce bias in AI systems — data bias, proxy variables, fairness trade-offs, representation in generated content and ethical decision-making.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Data scientist, AI ethicist, Product managerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIMT
AI for Managers and Team Leaders Certification
Tests how managers lead teams in the AI era — choosing use cases, redesigning workflows, setting guardrails, coaching people, measuring impact and managing change.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Team lead, Manager, Department headTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIUE
AI for UX/UI Designers Certification
Tests how designers use AI across the design process — research synthesis, ideation, UI generation, prototyping and copy — while keeping quality, originality, accessibility and users at the centre.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor UX designer, UI designer, Product designerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIPA
AI for Product Managers Certification
Tests how product managers use AI in their own work — discovery, analysis, specs, prioritisation and communication — and judge where AI belongs in their product.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Product manager, Product owner, Associate product managerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AISE
AI for Software Developers Certification
Tests how developers use AI assistants and LLM APIs — code generation, review, testing, debugging, integrating models into apps and keeping code secure and correct.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Software developer, Full-stack developer, Back-end engineerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIDA
AI for Data Analysts Certification
Tests how analysts use AI to write SQL and Python, clean data, explore datasets, build visuals and explain findings — while validating results and protecting data.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Data analyst, Business analyst, BI developerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIIG
AI Image Generation and Art Direction Certification
Tests how to direct AI image generation for real work — prompting, composition, style consistency, editing, brand fit, rights and content provenance.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Art director, Graphic designer, Creative directorTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIVG
AI Video Generation and Editing Certification
Tests how to plan, generate and edit video with AI — scripting, shot prompting, consistency, voice and captions, editing workflows, disclosure and deepfake risks.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Video editor, Content creator, Social media managerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AICA
AI Coding Assistant Proficiency Certification
Tests how to work effectively with AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code — context, task sizing, agent mode, review, testing and security.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Software engineer, Front-end developer, Back-end developerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIDP
AI Data Privacy and Security Certification
Tests how to protect data when using and building AI — data minimisation, vendor terms, training on user data, prompt injection, data leakage, access controls and secure AI development.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Security analyst, Privacy officer, AI engineerTake the 15-minute test → - 15 questions · 15 minSOA-AIAC
AI Adoption and Change Management Certification
Tests how to lead AI adoption across an organisation — strategy, use-case selection, skills, governance, communication, measuring value and overcoming resistance.
Difficulty: IntermediateFor Transformation lead, Change manager, COOTake the 15-minute test →
Advanced AI & GenAI certifications
Assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge.
- SpecialistSOA-AIUX
AI UX Design Certification
Certifies that you can design AI-powered products people trust — setting expectations, conversational and agent UX, handling errors and uncertainty, and responsible AI.
Difficulty: AdvancedFor AI Product Designer, AI UX Designer, Conversation DesignerEarn Certified AI Product Designer → - ProfessionalSOA-AIPM
AI Product Manager Certification
Certifies that you can manage AI products — finding the right AI opportunities, data, models and evaluation, AI UX, trust and safety, and shipping, cost and operations.
Difficulty: AdvancedFor AI Product Manager, Product Manager, Technical Product ManagerEarn Certified AI Product Manager → - 20 questions · 20 minSOA-APE
Advanced Prompt Engineering Assessment
Tests advanced prompting for production systems — system prompts, structured outputs, chaining, tool use, prompt caching, evaluation and defending against prompt injection.
Difficulty: AdvancedFor AI engineer, Prompt engineer, LLM application developerTake the 20-minute test → - 20 questions · 20 minSOA-AIAD
AI Agent Design and Orchestration Certification
Tests how to design AI agents that plan, use tools and work with other agents — choosing between workflows and agents, tool design, the Model Context Protocol, memory, guardrails and human oversight.
Difficulty: AdvancedFor AI engineer, Agent developer, Solutions architectTake the 20-minute test → - 20 questions · 20 minSOA-AIAE
AI Agent Evaluation and Reliability Certification
Tests how to measure and improve AI agents in production — task success, trajectory evaluation, tool-call accuracy, regression testing, observability and safe failure.
Difficulty: AdvancedFor AI engineer, ML engineer, QA engineerTake the 20-minute test → - 20 questions · 20 minSOA-AIGR
AI Governance and Risk Fundamentals Certification
Tests how organisations govern AI — inventories, risk tiers, policies, the EU AI Act timeline, ISO/IEC 42001, NIST AI RMF, vendor due diligence and documentation.
Difficulty: AdvancedFor AI governance lead, Risk manager, Compliance officerTake the 20-minute test → - 20 questions · 20 minSOA-RAG
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Fundamentals Certification
Tests how retrieval-augmented generation works — chunking, embeddings, vector and hybrid search, re-ranking, grounding prompts, citations and evaluating retrieval and answers.
Difficulty: AdvancedFor AI engineer, ML engineer, Search engineerTake the 20-minute test → - 20 questions · 20 minSOA-LLME
LLM Evaluation and Benchmarking Certification
Tests how to evaluate large language models — choosing benchmarks, building task-specific evals, human and LLM-as-judge grading, contamination, statistical significance and safety evals.
Difficulty: AdvancedFor ML engineer, AI researcher, AI engineerTake the 20-minute test →
More free certification categories
- Software & web dev33 tests
- Data & BI28 tests
- Marketing, SEO & AEO39 tests
- UX/UI & design42 tests
- Product & project35 tests
- Security, cloud & DevOps50 tests
- Sales & support24 tests
- HR & people14 tests
- Finance & operations69 tests
- Communication & leadership30 tests
- Languages60 tests
- Healthcare, education & more64 tests
- Test prep & academics31 tests
- Language exam prep15 tests
- Office & productivity13 tests
- Engineering & safety30 tests
- Hospitality & retail8 tests
Frequently asked questions
What are the best free AI & GenAI certifications in 2026?
Science of Apps offers 36 free AI & Generative AI certifications and skill tests, including AI UX Design Certification, Prompt Engineering Certification, AI Product Manager Certification, AI Literacy Certification, Generative AI Fundamentals Certification, AI Tools for Workplace Productivity Certification. Each is a timed online test of original scenarios based on published standards, graded instantly, with a founder-signed certificate and a credential ID employers can verify.
Which AI & GenAI certification should I take first?
Start with a Beginner test such as AI Literacy Certification, Generative AI Fundamentals Certification, AI Tools for Workplace Productivity Certification, then move to Intermediate and Advanced ones such as AI UX Design Certification, AI Product Manager Certification. Every test page shows its difficulty, the skills it covers and a sample question.
Are these AI & GenAI certifications really free?
Yes. Taking a test, receiving the certificate as a PDF and by email, adding it to LinkedIn and having it verified are all free — no course, payment or sign-up.
How long does each AI & GenAI test take?
Quick skill tests are 10, 15 or 20 questions (Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced) at a minute each; full role certifications are 20 scenarios in 30 minutes. Every answer is explained with its source when you finish, and a retake draws questions you haven't seen.
How much do Science of Apps certifications cost?
Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.
How are the tests graded?
On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.
What happens if I don't pass?
You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.
Do the certificates expire?
No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.
Can I add the certificate to LinkedIn?
Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.
How can an employer verify my certificate?
Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.
Are these accredited qualifications?
No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.