Imperial College London
Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence is a paid course from Imperial College London, online. It costs £4,199.
It ends with a professional certificate, included in the fee. Starts in 2 days (15 Oct 2026). Imperial College London doesn't say how long it takes. We rate it intermediate level; the provider doesn't say.
Suits software engineers, analysts and STEM graduates with coding or maths skills who want a structured, technical grounding in machine learning, from statistics to deep learning and LLMs. What stands out is the 25-module syllabus built with the Department of Computing and a capstone project. The main caveat is that it is non credit bearing and weekly study hours are not stated. Free university MOOCs on machine learning offer a lower-cost way to test interest first.
A 25-week online programme developed with Imperial's Department of Computing, covering maths and statistics for machine learning, core algorithms, neural networks and deep learning, generative AI and large language models, unsupervised and reinforcement learning, ending in a capstone project. Requires a background in coding or mathematics. Non credit bearing.
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Developers and engineers, Data scientists and analysts, Students and career changers.
Level: intermediate (our rating). Delivery: live online.
The Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence requires a background in coding or mathematics.
£4,199. £4,199.
Certificate: professional certificate included in fee. Verified digital certificate of completion.
Imperial College London is a UK provider. We checked this course on its own page on 12 Oct 2026.
The price is shown in pounds, as the provider states it.
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 for developers and engineers: Building with the Claude API (Anthropic), Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Online (Forth Valley College), Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (ILX Group).
See also: free and funded training by nation, AI courses for developers and engineers.
Starts in 2 days (15 Oct 2026).
Start dates listed by the provider: 15 Oct 2026, 10 Dec 2026.
£4,199.
Yes: professional certificate included in fee. The provider calls it "verified digital certificate of completion".
It's an intermediate course (our rating; the provider does not state a level). Prerequisites: The Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence requires a background in coding or mathematics.
Starts in 2 days (15 Oct 2026).
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