Excel Skills for Business (Macquarie University)
Coursera
Free to audit
Self-paced · beginner · About 6 months part-time · certificate available
Free to audit; certificate is paid. Check current details on the provider’s site.
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Cleans data and builds reports.
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Every sector; analytics and consulting firms hire freshers.
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Analyse a public dataset and publish 3 findings with charts.
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Excel / Google Sheets
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Paid
Certification · beginner · About 6 months at a few hours a week · certificate available
Paid subscription (financial aid available on Coursera). Check current details on the provider’s site.
SQL basics
CS50's Introduction to Databases with SQL
Harvard University
Free
Self-paced · beginner · About 7 weeks · certificate available
Free. Check current details on the provider’s site.
Kaggle Learn: Intro to SQL
Kaggle Learn
Free
Self-paced · beginner · About 3 hours · certificate available
Free. Check current details on the provider’s site.
Python basics
CS50: Introduction to Computer Science
Harvard University
Free
Self-paced · beginner · About 10–12 weeks · certificate available
Free, including a free CS50 certificate; verified certificate via edX is paid. Check current details on the provider’s site.
CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python
Harvard University
Free
Self-paced · beginner · About 10 weeks · certificate available
Free. Check current details on the provider’s site.
Charts and dashboards
Kaggle Learn: Data Visualization
Kaggle Learn
Free
Self-paced · beginner · About 4 hours · certificate available
Free. Check current details on the provider’s site.
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Paid
Certification · beginner · About 6 months at a few hours a week · certificate available
Paid subscription (financial aid available on Coursera). Check current details on the provider’s site.
Statistics basics
Khan Academy: Statistics and probability
Khan Academy
Free
Self-paced · beginner · Self-paced
Free. Check current details on the provider’s site.
BS in Data Science and Applications
IIT Madras
Paid
Degree / diploma · beginner · Flexible, multi-year · certificate available
Paid degree; check current fees and fee waivers on the official site. Check current details on the provider’s site.