AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations is a free beginner course from Anthropic Academy, online. It ends with a free certificate. Anthropic Academy doesn't say how long it takes.
Suits anyone new to working with AI as a first course. Built with academic partners, it focuses on using AI effectively, efficiently, ethically and safely, and the final assessment earns a free certificate. Anthropic doesn't state the duration. If you want a short course on what today's models can and can't do before you start, try AI Capabilities and Limitations, also free from Anthropic.
Anthropic's core AI literacy course, built with academic partners, on working with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically and safely. Ends with a final assessment for a certificate.
More courses on responsible AI and ethics and on prompt engineering.
Everyone (no background needed).
Level: beginner (as stated by the provider). Delivery: online, self-paced.
Not stated by provider.
Free.
Certificate: free certificate. Certificate of completion after final assessment.
Anthropic is based in the US. We checked this course on the provider's own page on 3 Oct 2026.
It is free to take. We show any paid extras, such as a certificate, as the provider prices them.
If you want a free, government-backed start instead, AI Skills Boost gives every adult in the UK free AI courses, and finishing selected ones earns an AI foundations badge.
None of the UK funding schemes we track pays for this course. See free and funded training by nation for what is funded where you live.
Other UK courses on AI literacy and fundamentals: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Online (Forth Valley College), Living with AI (Scottish AI Alliance), An Introduction to AI (North East Scotland College).
See also: free and funded training by nation.
It's free.
Yes: free certificate. The provider calls it "certificate of completion after final assessment".
It's a beginner course. The provider does not list prerequisites.
Start any time.
Most are. Building with the Claude API and AI Capabilities and Limitations are free or free to learn, as are 6 others; the rest are paid.
Only through a member firm. Claude says: "Exams are available to members of the Claude Partner Network." See our Claude certifications guide.
Cardiff and Vale College
Next intake not announced
Cardiff and Vale College
Next: 8 Mar 2027
Cardiff and Vale College
Next: 18 Jan 2027
| Course | Delivery | Cost | Level | Hours | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Capabilities and LimitationsAnthropic Academy | Online, self-paced | Free | Beginner | Not stated | Free certificate |
| AI FoundationsOpenAI Academy | Online, self-paced | Free | Beginner | 1.5 | Free badge |
| AI in primary computingNational Centre for Computing Education | Online, self-paced | Free | Beginner | 1.5 | Certificate not stated |
| AI literacy for teachers and school leadersRaspberry Pi Foundation | Online, self-paced | Free | Beginner | Not stated | Free certificate |
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