Free certificates
Free job simulations and career certificates
When you have no experience yet, finished work is a stronger argument than a certificate. Virtual simulations fill exactly that gap: you complete a real company's tasks and end with a certificate carrying that company's name. This direction connects directly to our vacancies section.
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11 certificates · Career and practice
Inbound Sales and Sales Management
exam is free tooHubSpot Academy · ~6 h
A free sales certification that genuinely reads well against international SDR and account executive vacancies.
strong brandValid: 2 yearsVirtual work simulations from 200+ companies
certificateForage · ~6 h
JPMorgan, BCG, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Accenture, Mastercard and others. No application, no prior experience, no age limit, and the certificate carries the company's name.
strong brandCareer Essentials: 9 learning tracks
certificateLinkedIn and Microsoft · ~15 h
Generative AI, Data Analysis, Project Management, Cybersecurity and more. Entirely free, with no Premium and no card.
moderate weightProfessional courses in Israel, with a scholarship
certificateMASHAV (Israel) · ~80 h
More than 1600 Georgians have trained through it since 1992. The scholarship covers tuition, accommodation and insurance. Applications go through the Israeli embassy in Tbilisi.
Flights and daily expenses are not covered.
moderate weightFully funded training courses in Europe
certificateSALTO / Erasmus+ · ~40 h
Travel and accommodation are covered and a Youthpass is issued at the end. Georgia appears directly in the eligible countries.
Each training has its own individual application and deadline.
moderate weightTBC IT Academy
certificateTBC · ~100 h
Free technology courses in Georgian, described on the site as entirely free. A separate track is funded by USAID; minimum age 18.
Cohort dates are not always published; check the registration page periodically.
moderate weightin GeorgianVocational education and retraining
certificateMinistry of Education of Georgia · ~200 h
State-funded vocational programmes in Georgian; the 2026 cycle is running. Admission twice a year.
moderate weightin GeorgianRemote Work Professional
exam is free tooCertiProf · ~4 h
The one genuinely free specialised remote work certificate we found.
weak signalTyping speed certificate
certificateTyping.com · ~2 h
Free and shareable. Useful for virtual assistant and data entry work.
weak signalYouth platform: free courses
certificateYouth Agency of Georgia · ~20 h
A state aggregator of free online courses, training sessions and masterclasses in Georgian.
Whether a certificate is issued depends on each individual organisation.
weak signalin GeorgianConflict series 1-3
digital badgeUNITAR · ~4 h
Free courses from the UN training institute. The overwhelming majority of the catalogue is paid; only seven courses are free.
The free courses issue a badge, not a certificate.
weak signal
Advertised as free, and is not
Alison
The course is free, the certificate is not: roughly €21-26, and €34-37 for a diploma. What you get for free is a Learner Record, which is a transcript rather than a certificate.
Coursera Financial Aid
No longer a guaranteed 100%. When approved it is a 50-100% discount that also depends on your location. You apply per course rather than per specialisation, and a decision takes up to 16 days.
Great Learning Academy
The page title says free certificate; their own FAQ says the certificate is issued after completing the course and paying the fee. The fee only appears at the end.
edX and FutureLearn
The material is free, the certificate is not. edX financial aid is an 80% discount, so a card is still needed. FutureLearn's free access is limited to the course duration plus 14 days.
Upwork Skill Certification
The programme stopped accepting new candidates in 2024 and remains closed. The Rising Talent and Top Rated badges require identity verification, which costs 35 Connects, meaning real money.
How to read this list
Every row states three things: what kind of document you walk away with, how much weight it carries with an employer, and when it was last checked on the provider's own page. The mark exam is free too is the rarest and means the most: it says that even the qualifying exam costs nothing.
Where a row has a note set off by a red line, there is a condition or a risk attached: a deadline, a country restriction, a student status requirement, or the fact that we could not confirm something on the provider's page. Those notes are not hidden, because they are what decides whether you lose an evening.
If you are looking for work in this field, see remote vacancies and compare what employers are actually asking for. That section is written in Georgian.
Frequently asked questions
Are there genuinely free certificates in Career and practice?
Yes. This page collects only those Career and practice certificates where the document itself is free and no card is asked for. HubSpot Academy: Inbound Sales and Sales Management is one of them. Every row states what kind of document you receive and when it was last checked.
Where should I start if Career and practice is new to me?
Start with a row marked as a strong brand: that means the document is issued by the vendor itself or by a recognised institution, and an employer will know the name. Two of those are worth more than ten completion papers from a course marketplace.
What does free mean on this list?
That the document itself, the certificate or the badge, is issued at zero cost. That is not the same as a free course: the most common arrangement on this market is exactly the one where the studying is free and the certificate costs $20-70 at the end. Platforms that work that way are not listed as certificates here, they are in the warnings block.
Do I need a bank card?
One condition for being on this list is that no card is asked for, neither for payment nor for identity verification. The few exceptions are marked individually, for example time-limited offers where one exam is paid and the next one is free after it.
Are these certificates available from Georgia?
Yes. Georgia appears on no major vendor's restriction list: the recurring exclusions in the AWS and Microsoft terms are Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia and Crimea. Where a country restriction does exist it is written on that specific card.
Which free certificate actually counts with an employer?
The one issued by the vendor itself or by a recognised institution: Google, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Oracle, HubSpot, Harvard's CS50. A completion paper from a course marketplace is a weak signal and we mark it as one. That is why every card states what weight the document carries.