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By what learners rate each course, weighted by how many people rated it, and by how many people took it. A 5.0 from 3 people does not outrank a 4.8 from 50,000. Courses with no ratings rank by reach.

Which AI course should a complete beginner start with?

Pick the Beginner level, then a topic like AI basics or Use AI at work. The top of that list is beginner courses with high ratings from many learners, and many are free to start.

Are there free AI courses?

Yes. Use the Price filter: Free courses cost nothing, and Free to start courses let you audit or try the first part before you pay for a certificate.

Where does the course data come from?

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#31Udemy· Course
Desenvolvimento de Sites HTML, CSS e Inteligência Artificial
Wagner Cardoso
4.7 (3.2K) out of 5 from 3,211 ratings12 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#32Udemy· Course
Succeed in the Age of AI
Dr. Angela Yu, Developer and Lead Instructor
4.6 (4.3K) out of 5 from 4,289 ratings8.5 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#33XuetangX· Course
人工智能原理
Peking University, Wenmin Wang
293.4K learners
All levelsAI basicsChinese
Free to startView course ↗
#34edX· Course
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Columbia University
268.1K learners48 hours
AdvancedAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#35Udemy· Course
AI Fundamentals: Essential Guide to Artificial Intelligence
Steve Ballinger, MBA
4.4 (9K) out of 5 from 9,039 ratings2 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#36Udemy· Course
AI Foundations — The Fundamentals: Understanding Modern AI
Frank Kane, Karoly Nyisztor • AI Instructor & Software Architect, Frank Kane
4.5 (5.5K) out of 5 from 5,471 ratings3 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#37Udemy· Course
AI for Every Employee: Understanding and Using AI
Kurt Anderson
4.5 (4.9K) out of 5 from 4,920 ratings1.5 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#38Simplilearn· Course
Free Generative AI Studio Course: Unleash Creativity
4.6 out of 5184.5K learners
All levelsAI basics
Free to startView course ↗
#39Udemy· Course
The Complete Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Professionals
Dey Academy, IT & AI Dey Academy
4.5 (4.4K) out of 5 from 4,435 ratings14 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#40Netology· Path or specialization
🤖 ИИ-инструменты
Нетология
4.5 (4.4K) out of 5 from 4,423 ratings
All levelsAI basicsRussian
PaidView course ↗
#41Skillbox· Path or specialization
Профессия ML-инженер + ИИ
Онлайн-университет Skillbox
4.9 (952) out of 5 from 952 ratings
All levelsAI basicsRussian
PaidView course ↗
#42Coursera· Course
Text Retrieval and Search Engines
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4.5 (968) out of 5 from 968 ratings63.7K learners12 hours
All levelsAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#43Udemy· Course
Introduction to AI and ChatGPT
Imran Afzal
4.5 (3.3K) out of 5 from 3,331 ratings7.5 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#44Udemy· Course
Máster en Herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial 2026
render2web : Más de 170.000 Estudiantes en Todo el Mundo
4.6 (1.9K) out of 5 from 1,944 ratings49 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#45XuetangX· Course
人工智能教育应用
Beijing Normal University, Yanyan Li, Yu Lu
104.6K learners
All levelsAI basicsChinese
Free to startView course ↗
#46XuetangX· Course
人工智能
Beijing Institute of Technology, Xiabi Liu
94.6K learners
All levelsAI basicsChinese
Free to startView course ↗
#47Maven· Live class or bootcamp
AI Evals For Engineers & PMs
Hamel Husain & Shreya Shankar
4.7 (1.1K) out of 5 from 1,057 ratings
All levelsAI basics
US$4,500View course ↗
#48edX· Course
Robotics
Columbia University
69.6K learners40 hours
AdvancedAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#49Udemy· Course
Full stack web development and AI with Python (Django)
John Harper
4.5 (1.8K) out of 5 from 1,787 ratings40 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#50DataCamp· Path or specialization
Developing AI Applications
4.8 (7) out of 5 from 7 ratings58.5K learners21 hours
All levelsAI basics
Free to startView course ↗
#51DataCamp· Course
Introduction to MLflow
4.7 (927) out of 5 from 927 ratings4 hours
AdvancedAI basics
Free to startView course ↗
#52edX· Course
Robotics: Kinematics and Mathematical Foundations
University of Pennsylvania
62.5K learners48 hours
AdvancedAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#53Simplilearn· Course
Artificial Intelligence Free Course with Certificate
4.6 out of 556.3K learners
All levelsAI basics
Free to startView course ↗
#54Alura· Course
Curso Python para Dados: primeiros passos
4.7 out of 553.4K learners10 hours
All levelsAI basicsPortuguese
SubscriptionView course ↗
#55XuetangX· Course
小白学人工智能
South China University of Technology, Yue Li
48.5K learners
All levelsAI basicsChinese
Free to startView course ↗
#56Udemy· Course
AI for SAP ABAP Development
Smart Logic Academy
4.3 (3.2K) out of 5 from 3,206 ratings2 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#57Coursera· Course
Probabilistic Graphical Models 3: Learning
Stanford Online
4.6 (305) out of 5 from 305 ratings22.7K learners28 hours
AdvancedAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#58Coursera· Course
Multimodal Literacies: Communication and Learning in the Era of Digital Media
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
4.7 (184) out of 5 from 184 ratings17K learners8 hours
All levelsAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#59AWS Skill Builder· Path or specialization
Amazon Q Developer Knowledge Badge Readiness Path
Amazon Web Services
4.7 (707) out of 5 from 707 ratings5.5 hours
All levelsAI basics
FreeView course ↗
#60Coursera· Course
Introduction to Predictive Modeling
University of Minnesota
4.8 (145) out of 5 from 145 ratings15.9K learners4 hours
All levelsAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗

How we rank AI courses

How are these AI courses ranked?: By what learners rate each course, weighted by how many people rated it, and by how many people took it. A 5.0 from 3 people does not outrank a 4.8 from 50,000. Courses with no ratings rank by reach.
Which AI course should a complete beginner start with?: Pick the Beginner level, then a topic like AI basics or Use AI at work. The top of that list is beginner courses with high ratings from many learners, and many are free to start.
Are there free AI courses?: Yes. Use the Price filter: Free courses cost nothing, and Free to start courses let you audit or try the first part before you pay for a certificate.
Where does the course data come from?: From each platform's own catalogue pages and public course lists: titles, levels, ratings, learner counts, length and price as the platform shows them. Prices can change; the platform's page has the current price.
Can a platform pay to rank higher?: No. The order comes only from ratings and reach. Some links may earn us a commission. Commissions play no part in the order.