From Gmail to Maps, Google offers a ton of useful apps. For instance, this article was originally drafted on Google Docs, like most of our articles at Class Central. What many people don’t know is that Google also offers many online courses — and some of them include free certificates and badges!

Indeed, besides offering courses on platforms like Coursera and Udacity, Google itself runs a series of educational platforms with different goals. For example, the Grow with Google initiative and Google’s Digital Garage offer online courses to help learners gain digital skills or prepare them to run online businesses.

Fortunately, hundreds of these courses offer free certificates or badges. We even earned a few ourselves, as you’ll see below. So we decided to sift through Google’s entire online learning ecosystem to compile all their free certificate courses.

In total, we found over 700 courses, covering topics such as digital marketing, Google Analytics, and Google Cloud. You can find the full list below.

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Without further ado, here are Google’s online courses with free certificates and badges.

Free Google Analytics Certifications

In 2023, Google will complete the transition to the latest major version of its analytics platform, Google Analytics 4. For the occasion, Google has launched new online courses, including a free certification program.

Here’s the complete list:

• Google Analytics Certification from Google via Skillshop ★★★★☆(1)
• Use Google Analytics to Meet Your Business Objectives from Google via Skillshop ★★★★☆(3)
• Discover the Next Generation of Google Analytics from Google via Skillshop ★★★★☆(1)
• Measure Your Marketing with Google Analytics from Google via Skillshop
• Go Further with Your Google Analytics Data

But Google also continues to offer free certificates courses for its Universal Analytics platform through its Google Analytics Academy, as you can see below. While the Universal Analytics platform will stop working soon, the courses might still be helpful, since a lot of the concepts also apply to Google Analytics 4.

Each course includes a series of videos and assessments. After getting a score of 80% or higher on each assessment, you’ll earn a free certificate of completion, like the one above. These will appear on your profile on the platform, but you can also download them and share them via LinkedIn.

Here are the free certificate courses offered on the platform:

• Google Analytics for Beginners from Google via Independent ★★★★★(43)
• Advanced Google Analytics from Google via Independent ★★★★★(6)
• Google Analytics for Power Users from Google via Independent ★★★★★(1)
• Getting Started With Google Analytics 360
• Google Tag Manager Fundamentals
• Introduction to Data Studio

Free Google Digital Marketing Certifications

Google Digital Garage provides 160 online courses to learn digital skills on a wide variety of topics. Most notably, the course Fundamentals of Digital Marketing offered by Google includes a free certificate of completion. The course includes 26 modules, each with their own video and quiz.

For each module you complete, you’ll earn a badge. Once you complete all the modules, you’ll unlock a certificate like the one above. All your badges and certificates will be added to your profile page.

(If you’re interested in digital marketing, you may want to have a look at our dedicated compilation: 1000+ Free Digital Marketing Certificates & Badges.)

Free Google Ads Certifications

Google Skillshop provides free training programs for a large number of Google services, including their marketing tools. There are courses on all the following subjects: Google Ads, Google AdMob, Google Marketing Platform, Google My Business, YouTube, and more.

In total, the Google Skillshop offers close to 80 online courses with a free certificate of completion. As usual, you’ll unlock the certificate once you complete the course assessments. One difference here is that these courses are all text-based. Below is a selection of some of them. You can find the full course list here.

• Google Ads Search Certification from Google via Skillshop ★★★★★(2)
• Google Ads Display Certification from Google via Skillshop ★★★★★(3)
• Certified Trainer Course from Google via Skillshop ★★★★★(1)
• Shopping ads Certification from Google via Skillshop ★★★★★(1)
• YouTube Music Certification from Google via Skillshop ★★★★★(1)
• Google Ads Video Certification from Google via Skillshop ★★★★★(2)
• Get Started as an Authorized Buyer from Google via Skillshop ★★★★☆(1)
• Learn the fundamentals of Google Ads Campaign Measurement from Google via Skillshop
• Get Started with Google AdMob from Google via Skillshop
• Get Started with Campaign Manager 360 from Google via Skillshop
• Create and Implement Engaging, Interactive Creatives with Google Web Designer from Google via Skillshop
• Serve Creative Ad Formats at Scale Using Google Marketing Platform from Google via Skillshop
• Make Impactful Creatives with Google Web Designer from Google via Skillshop
• Get Started with Search Ads 360 from Google via Skillshop
• Create and Manage Google Ads Video Campaigns from Google via Skillshop
• Learn How to Create Google Search Campaigns from Google via Skillshop
• Learn how to create and optimize Google App campaigns from Google via Skillshop
• Google Ads Apps Certification from Google via Skillshop
• Google Ads Video Certification from Google via Skillshop

Free Google Developer Certifications

The Google Developers Platform offers a wealth of resources for professional and aspiring developers. In particular, the platform has over 1000 online courses from beginner to advanced levels to learn:

• Programming: Kotlin, JavaScript, Go…
• Specific libraries: TensorFlow, Angular, Flutter…
• Software & services: Kubernetes, Maps, Pay…

Notably, a substantial portion of the platform’s catalog is dedicated to Android development.

You can take individual courses, but if you’re looking for a deeper dive, you may prefer one of Google’s 130 learning pathways. These consist of a sequence of mini-courses and culminate in a quiz. After passing the quiz, you’ll receive a badge that appears on your developer profile.

Here’s a selection of courses you may take on the platform:

• Build your first web app with Firebase
• Get started with Google Maps Platform
• Build apps with Flutter
• Introduction to SQL
• Get data from the internet
• Adapt for different screen sizes
• Build Actions for Google Assistant
• Kotlin fundamentals
• Get started with object detection
• Implement Material Design in web apps
• Develop locally with Firebase
• Make your Android app more accessible
• Use Actions on Google to make your home smarter
• Location-based features in Android
• Build cross-platform apps with Angular
• Advanced navigation app examples
• Android Basics in Kotlin
• Cloud Run and serverless computing
• Securely Deploying to Cloud Run
• Jetpack Compose basics

Free Google Certifications from Qwiklabs

Qwiklabs, a startup acquired by Google and since then rebranded to Google Cloud Skills Boost (though the Qwiklabs name lingers), lets you learn Google Cloud through a hands-on approach. On the platform, you can complete close to 600 labs in a real cloud environment.

In addition to individual labs, you can take full courses or so-called “quests”, which typically consist of a series of labs. There are over 300 courses and quests. These typically end with a timed assessment. Upon completion you’ll receive a badge.

Finally, there are 26 learning paths, which consist of a series of quests and courses.

While the platform offers free or free-to-audit courses, completing labs typically requires spending “credits”. However, there are multiple ways to get credits for free.

For instance, if you’re a student with a valid university email address, you can claim 200 free Qwiklabs credits through this page. That’s what I did a few years back, allowing me to earn the certificate above.

100+ Qwiklabs Quests

Qwiklabs quests, just like learning paths, consist of a series of labs. These are hands-on activities conducted within a real cloud environment. That’s what makes Qwiklabs special: you’re getting genuine hands-on practice.

For instance, if you start a Kubernetes quest, you’ll be dropped into a real GKE instance ⁠— that is, an actual virtual compute cluster created temporarily for you to practice on.

Here’s a selection of Qwiklabs quests:

• Google Cloud Essentials from Google via Qwiklabs ★★★★★(2)
• Application Development – Python from Google via Qwiklabs ★★★★★(1)
• Websites and Web Applications from Google via Qwiklabs ★★★★★(1)
• Flutter Essentials from Google via Qwiklabs ★★★★★(1)
• Creating with Google Maps from Google via Qwiklabs ★★★★☆(1)
• Intro to ML: Language Processing from Google via Qwiklabs ★★★★☆(1)
• Build Interactive Apps with Google Assistant from Google via Qwiklabs
• Dart Essentials from Google via Qwiklabs
• Applied Data: Blockchain from Google via Qwiklabs
• DevOps Essentials from Google via Qwiklabs

200 Qwiklabs Courses

Similar to quests, Qwiklabs courses consist of a sequence of lessons, quizzes, and labs. Upon completion of all the elements, you’ll unlock a badge for your Qwiklabs profile.

Here’s a selection of courses:

• Digital Transformation with Google Cloud
• Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
• Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals
• Google Cloud Fundamentals for AWS Professionals
• Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine
• Getting Started with Terraform for Google Cloud
• Multi-Cluster, Multi-Cloud with Anthos
• Managing Security in Google Cloud
• Smart Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI on Google Cloud
• Applying Machine Learning to your Data with Google Cloud