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Featured UAx on Coursera Certificates

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IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate

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5-6 months
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Gain the skills and proficiency of an AI engineering professional with IBM AI engineering certification training that equips you to build, test and deploy ML and deep learning models.

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Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

Beginner
4-5 months
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Complete these data analytics training courses and earn the Google data analytics certificate that qualifies you to clean, analyze and visualize digital data.

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IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Certificate

Beginner
4-5 months
Certificate

This is the IBM cybersecurity training and cybersecurity analyst certificate that gives you the technical skills and practical application required for helping prevent cyber intrusion.