Free It Software Courses & Certifications

The course is about cloud computing which is a foundational capability for the success of business information systems. Cloud computing will fulfill the needs that the businesses need to adapt in the digital world such as scale, operating flexibility, and agility. 

Under this course, the candidates will explore components of virtualization, deployment on the cloud, network architecture, cloud computing models, and the Internet of Things. They will also learn the impact that cloud computing has on information technology and the advantages of cloud computing in a business environment.

The course Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure is for 12 weeks and will require the candidates to put in an effort of 8-10 hours a week and is an instructor-led course on a schedule. As it is an introductory level course the candidates will need no prior knowledge to enrol for this course. Candidates can either choose to audit the course without a certificate or via verified track by paying a fee which makes them eligible for the course certificate. 

Candidates doing this course by the verified track will have to purchase a textbook to complete the course successfully.

The CIT-002: Introduction to Information Technology course is being provided by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and spread out over 12 weeks or three months. This course will give you the basics of information technology and touch upon various aspects of Information Systems.  

The CIT-002: Introduction to Information Technology programme covers the meaning of ICT and the emergence of the digital divide and cyberspace issues. This comprehensive course also explains the application of Information Technology. These applications include e-commerce, e-governance and education, which are thoroughly explained in this programme. 

Besides, the CIT-002: Introduction to Information Technology online course also has an extensive curriculum spread over 12 weeks, and the candidates will also receive a certification upon successful completion of the programme. Through this programme, you can learn about the uses and process of development of information systems. You will also understand the need for Management Information Systems (MIS) in the duration of this course.

The World Wide Web or WWW is a significant development, and it facilitates several technologies and services available through the internet. The aim of the CIT-003: Web-Based Technologies and Multimedia Applications programme by Swayam is to discuss the various technologies that form the basis of the internet on which services like WWW, Messenger, or Email are developed.

Computers are becoming smarter every day. After the internet was introduced, one of the major uses of computers has been, to aid the communication of secure information over the internet. The CIT-003: Web-Based Technologies and Multimedia Applications course discuss the methods of developing web pages and websites. It also focuses on the applications of multimedia. 

Furthermore, the CIT-003: Web-Based Technologies and Multimedia Application training programme is an online course. The course is rife with video lectures, self-assessment tests, and quizzes which are taken on a weekly basis. It will take you 12 weeks to complete this course. And this is a core course intended for undergraduate-level students.

Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things program is the result of an initiative of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It is an AICTE approved FDP course that focuses on how industrial processes have changed through the integration of modern technology. These modern technologies include sensors, computational processing, communication, machine learning, the internet of things data analytics, the industrial internet of things, and much more. the Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things certification is designed by IIT Kharagpur, an esteemed institute of education. The educator of the course will be professor Sudhip Mishra, a highly reputed professor with numerous awards. 

Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things is an online course. Participants will be taught the syllabus for a duration of twelve weeks. Along with video lectures, the participants will also have case studies, periodic assignments, and a final exam to help them imbibe maximum information from the course.

The Organising and Managing Information Course is the third course among the 9 courses required for the Bachelor's Degree in Library and Information Science. The course provides candidates information about organising and managing information at both digital and virtual libraries along with other information centres.

The Organising and Managing Information Online Course offered by Swayam aims at making the candidates capable of managing both printed and digital information in the most effective ways. The course explains different types of library classification and cataloguing techniques along with features of the online cataloguing process.

The Organising and Managing Information Training course is a 12-weeks long course spread over 14 units provided by the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The course discusses the impact of information technology in the present world and aids candidates in gathering knowledge and preparing for a career in library information science.

The Analytics in Python course offered by Columbia University available on the edX platform is a well-structured programme equipped with course content designed by experts to enrich candidates with python programming knowledge. 

Data is an essential part of an organization and proficiency in programming is an important skill for effectively imparting knowledge and information from data. The course will help learners in developing an understanding of various topics like web scraping, web crawling, database basics, relational databases, data interchange formats of JSON and XML and text mining. Through the course, learners will gain knowledge to analyze and visualize data and will be introduced with the basics of SQL that they can apply in the programming area. 

The rapidly increasing demand for python as a programming language makes this course a one-time investment for professionals working in this field. The professionals can share the verified certificate provided towards the end of the programme in their LinkedIn profile for their professional benefits.

With the rise in competition in the market, to provide the best customer service the demand for Data Mining professionals is at an all-time high. Data Mining is the process of collecting raw data from a business and turning it into meaningful information, which can be researched to detect customer buying patterns, launching campaigns, and even detecting spam and fraud. Data Miners break down the data provided to find patterns as requested. 

Data Mining is decoding sequential patterns and associations to highlight any growing trend in customer behaviour. Companies can use Data Mining software to classify and detect information as requested. Such a technique is used in many industries such as restaurants and supermarkets.

The process of data mining involves different steps. First, data is loaded in data warehouses, then data is managed or stored in the cloud or in the company. The data is accessed by management teams, business analysts, and information technology professionals to determine how it will be organised. Then, the software forms the data on the basis of the user, and the data is then presented in an easy to share format.

CIT-001: Fundamentals of Computer Systems course covers the basic working of a personal computer and introduces a wide range of software tools. You will gain fluency in the implementation of numerous devices such as I/O and storage devices. These technologies and ICT tools are quite helpful as they can be used in everyday life, and mastering them will allow you to become an enhanced professional.

You will study the concepts of problem-solving with SWAYAM’S CIT-001: Fundamentals of Computer Systems programme and use the element of logic to solve various problems. Moreover, the curriculum will also introduce you to elementary programming concepts using the C language. In this manner, the course takers learn several problem-solving techniques.

Take this course to familiarize yourself with networking devices and the working of Computer Systems to use these tools confidently and establish a firm career path by achieving expertise.

With constant innovations in technology, it has become imperative for everyone to have a strong fundamental knowledge of computers. The Computer Fundamentals course offered by Swayam will help you achieve just that! 

The online course covers primary topics such as the evolution and development of the microprocessor, generations of computers, primary and secondary storage devices, input and output devices, and programming languages. Also, the Computer Fundamentals course provides extensive knowledge of application software, operating systems, system software, and more. 

Thus, you will have an overview of everything about and related to computers upon successful course completion. The curriculum for the Computer Fundamentals online course is spread across two weeks, with an in-depth study of both the software and hardware aspects of computers. 

Besides, Prof. Sanjay Tanwani, who has an experience of 30 years in teaching, research, and programming, instructs this online programme. It is an elective course at the undergraduate level and belongs to the Computer Science and Engineering category. 

SWAYAM Computer Architecture and Organization course is an apt choice for people with a piece of basic knowledge about digital circuit design, familiarity with a programming language like C or C++. Individuals who have a skilled degree in Computer science and engineering, Information technology, Electronics and communication engineering, or Electrical engineering, are the intended audience for this course. This course will also prove to be helpful for students to enhance their skill set and to add power to their CV. 

This course status is ongoing and the duration for this course will be of 12 weeks and is suitable for undergraduate students. There will be no fee expenses to enroll or learn the Computer Architecture and Organization course but to get certified, the applicant must appear in the exam being conducted at an assigned examination center. The certification will be provided wholly and solely based on the students' hard work and perseverance. 

The Compiler Design by Swayam is designed for those candidates who are GATE aspirants. It follows the intermediary process of compiler design. This course will discuss and illustrate the code generation process and the automaton theory. This course will give a solid background of the compiler design process. The means of the code generation process and its various utilities will be discussed. It is a one-semester course. It is primarily for undergraduate students.

The course is offered for free. The Swayam platform offers the best quality education in the online platform so that it can be accessed by advantaged and disadvantaged alike. The course curriculum is structured in lectures divided into 12-week duration. The candidates will be given books and references which will be required in the course progression. It is on the course website. The certification exam is the only payable section. It is optional.

The Certification provided by the Compiler Design program is verified by NPTEL and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The certification is highly valuable and it can be shared on all platforms such as Linkedin. The certification will have the logos of NPTEL and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

The Computer Architecture program offers candidates extensive learning on the different terminologies used in computer architecture. The participants will learn about the design of hardware and the different important elements related to it. The candidates will acquire learning on the layers of computer architecture.

The course is free of cost, the candidates need to take the end term exam for receiving certification. The certification helps candidates learn about assembly language and the operations in binary additions. After the candidates complete the fundamentals, the candidates will be exposed to the design of a simple processor.

Concepts and the memory system are some of the areas where the tutor has laid emphasis on during the Computer Architecture certification syllabus. The candidate also offers certification for candidates who are looking for qualifications in this area. The course covers all the topics required in the market currently. The certification will help candidates grow up in their career, and grow with the learning they acquire.

The key motive behind the program is to make students aware of - a) the necessity and the requirements of the internet in the future, b) the model or the architecture of the exciting global internet model, c) the principles and the protocols that are related to the present computer networking system. 

Hence the Computer Networks and Internet Protocol by Swayam over the course of twelve weeks will be elebarotaley covering topics like- media access control, data link layer service, SNMP, IP routing, error control, TCP congestion control, and others to help the students aware of the basic fundamentals of internet protocol and the computer networking systems. During the course the students will be provided with- lecture classes, assignments, tests, quizzes, and other such provisions so that they can learn and also practice their skills parallelly. After completing the online certification program the applicants will thus become more efficient while working in the various application layer services.

The program on Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect certification by Swayam is a part of a series of courses provided by Swayam in the subject of computer science and engineering. The Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect certification online course is the first course in the series and hence will provide the applicants with a detailed understanding of the design involved in the fundamental blocks of the computer system. The Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect certification syllabus will be taught in accordance with Bloom’s Taxonomy over the period of twelve weeks.

The course has been subdivided into a number of modules and level objectives to help the students learn in a more comprehensive manner. The level for the Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect certification training has been modeled as “undergraduate” for all the applying students.  The session will thus help the students learn about the basic fundamentals of the number system.

The primary aim of the online programme is to make the applicants familiar with the rudimentary concepts and issues related to image processing and computer vision. The course on Computer Vision and Image Processing- Fundamentals and Application by Swayam acts as an introduction to the domain of computer vision by providing detailed I information about- image formation in camera, extraction features, radiometric models of image formation, image fusion, imagine registration, scene understanding, image classification and others. 

The twelve week online session will be emphasizing more on engineering computer science and help students develop all the necessary skills that will help them in the software industries. With the skills learnt in the course the candidates will be able to develop computer vision apps. After completing the online certification course the students will also be able to solve the concepts that are related to real-world problems.

The Foundations Of Cryptography certification course gives an amazing free learning experience through the platform of Swayam. The course is about cryptography. The main aim of the programme is to provide the basis as well as modern cryptography. The course will be mentored by the faculty of the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and topics like the construction of cryptographic objects, safeguarding properties of the cryptographic object, and other topics related to the Foundations Of Cryptography certification syllabus will be covered in the time span of 3 months. However, students can take more than 3 months to learn from the programme as it is a self-paced course.

The Foundations Of Cryptography training programme also offers certificates for the course when the candidates pass an offline exam according to the terms and conditions specified on the website. However, candidates have the full freedom to not appear for the exam as it is optional and still access the course completely. The Foundations Of Cryptography online course by Swayam deals with the field of computer science so students are expected to have basic knowledge of computer science and algorithms.

The Foundations To Computer Systems Design online course is filled with excellent chapters related to computer architecture. This is fully an online programme that comes with no cost. The platform of the system allows the candidate to have full control over access to the course, even when the student pays no amount. Candidates who enrol themselves in this programme have the alternative to be qualified as certified participants. For that alternative, they can pay the exam fees and appear for the offline exam when scheduled according to the instructions of the platform. Candidates can learn from the Foundations To Computer Systems Design certification course for as long as they want since it is a self-paced course. The course is provided by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and Swayam.

The candidate who pursues this course gains an understanding of topics like Boolean logic, machine language specification, assembly language, etc. The syllabus can be covered in 12 weeks or 3 months. The covers 12 different topics in the whole Foundations To Computer Systems Design certification syllabus. The platform also provides the course with a multimedia method of teaching, and assignments to gain a proper understanding of the online course.

In the Embedded Systems Design programme by Swayam, students will be introduced to the requirements of embedded systems and the interaction between software and hardware in these systems. Basic steps of hardware design, ASIPs, ASICs, and FPGAs will also be discussed. Next, students will understand the issue of designing for less power consumption and learn about related techniques.

The Embedded Systems Design training will explain fundamental issues of real-time operating systems, as many of the embedded systems will have real-time constraints. Additionally, topics such as formal specification models and languages, and mapping the specification to software and hardware components will be covered.

Moreover, the Embedded Systems Design certification course will explain the synthesis of hardware and software, along with a few optimisation techniques. In the end, students will get a brief overview of design verification methods that are adopted for embedded system design. After completing the course successfully and obtaining the necessary marks in the assignments and final exam, students will receive a completion certificate.

The Operating System certification course is meant for undergraduate students who want to learn about different operating systems. The course is provided to the students by IIT, Madras. The programme is approved by NPTEL as well as AICTE. The classes will be conducted thoroughly in online mode through video lectures, assignments, tests, etc. Candidates who learn from this Operating System online course will be knowledgeable about how the operating system services take place, how the designs are made, how these are made better, etc. 

The course can be pursued as a full time course or according to the wish of the students. Students can complete the whole Operating System certification syllabus of the training in 1 week or by the end of the year, depending on the candidate since this is a self paced course. However, the said time period to learn from the course is 12 weeks. The platform allows the students to have a certificate at the end of the course or upon the successful completion of the programme. To get the certificate for the Operating System programme, students have to go through the process of registration, exam fees, and a final exam.

The Social Networks certification course throws light on the multitude of social media we use in our daily life. Students are educated on the different ways networks available online could be depicted in the form of graphs; graphs that hold a great deal of hidden information. This undergraduate course falls under the domain of Computer Science and Engineering and is spread over a duration of twelve weeks. 

The Social Networks online programme is offered by one of India’s top institutes, IIT Ropar. The course is taught by Professor Sudarshan Iyengar, who has four years of academic expertise and is currently working as an assistant professor at IIT Ropar. Students are also trained with tools like sociology game theory, and graph theory, to name a few. 

The Social Networks online course is an AICTE-certified FDP course. Through this elective course, students can learn how to study graphs and learn a great deal of information through their properties. This study is popularly referred to as social network analysis. 

The Advanced computer architecture online course is a 12 weeks online certification program offered by Swayam, an initiative by the government of India’s ministry of education. The Advanced computer architecture training will teach candidates about advanced elements of processor design, with a particular emphasis on GPUs, out-of-order pipelines, and compiler methods for improving ILP. The course covers main memory technology such as DDR-4 and cache design. The Advanced computer architecture syllabus focuses on the concept of memory models and on-chip networks. The last section of the course will go into hardware security,low-power design, and dependability.

Traditionally, research has been viewed as a purely academic undertaking, especially in resource-limited healthcare systems. Not all countries can afford clinical trials. As such, the findings and results of studies conducted in the United States and other Western and developed countries are generalised. The Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare course shines a light on why there is a need for localised research. 

The Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare programme aims to position research and data at the centre of all healthcare operations. It is an introduction and a survey of all the data science tools that are used in healthcare. The Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare syllabus includes numerous exercises and hands-on workshops to highlight the significance of a multi-disciplinary approach to data science in healthcare. 

Ideally, clinicians and engineers/computer scientists should take the Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare course together, as a team. This Collaborative Data Science for Healthcare classes on data analysis is brought to you by members of the MIT Critical Data team and is a 12-week long free online course. This self-paced programme can be taken either in the paid mode or in the free audit mode. The paid mode will provide unlimited access to the course as well as a certificate of completion whereas the free audit mode will give access only for a limited duration. 

The course has been structured purposefully to help the applicants with comprehensive knowledge in the domain of cyber security. In the Information Security and Cyber Forensics programme by Swayam awareness will be created so that the emerging domain of cyber security can be approached from a more professional point of view. The Information Security and Cyber Forensics certification course will be focusing on the topic of- information security, computer risks, security threats, data security, digital forensic, backup process, mobile forensics, and the laws pertaining to cyber science. The Information Security and Cyber Forensics certification syllabus will be covered over a span of twelve weeks on the e-platform. Upon completing the programme the students will have their skills enhanced on the various information systems and the security issues related to it. The applicants will thus have their skills improved on preventing any possible cybercrime and malpractice.

The Cryptography and Network Security Certification Course offered by Swayam and the Indian Institute of Kharagpur  aims to introduce the aspirants to areas of cryptography and cryptanalysis. This programme develops a basic understanding of the algorithms used to protect users online and to understand some of the design choices behind these algorithms. Swayam’s goal is to create a workable knowledge of the mathematics used in cryptology in this course. A huge variety of basic cryptographic primitives will be discussed during the tenure along with functional encryption,  recent developments in some advanced topics like identity-based encryption, bitcoin and crypto-currency, and so on.

The Cryptography and Network Security Online Course, by Swayam, is very helpful in understanding challenges for cybersecurity that includes mobile security, cloud security, endpoint security, network security and data security. This course demands no specific qualification or educational background to learn the concepts of cryptography and network security. The course is free to enroll in and learn from. The programme instructor will be Prof. Sourav Mukhopadhyay from IIT Kharagpur. There will be industry support from Dubai (UAE), DRDO, SAG, Stratign FZE, WESSE, NTRO and ISRO available for the students. The course certification comes with the candidate's name, photograph and score in the final exam with the breakup.

The Online Privacy certification course is a 12-week elective programme which is online. This course is the responsibility of professor Ponnurangam Kumaraguru. IIT Madras, Swayam, and NPTEL have jointly taken up responsibility or offering a certificate jointly to all those who fulfil all the criteria related to it. 

The Online Privacy training will help in understanding online privacy from an international perspective. The use of social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and other messaging services like Telegram and Whatsapp has risen over the years. The lack of understanding the privacy over the years for these platforms has given rise to privacy attacks in the online world both nationally and internationally. Hence this course is ideal for learning about different perspectives like cultural, psychological, and theoretical aspects of online privacy. 

A brief introduction to Cyber Crime Administration Certification describes how cyber security protects us from hackers, cybercriminals, and other fraudsters. 

With these Cyber Crime Administration Classes, you'll study the fundamentals and cutting-edge knowledge of cyber security, in terms of both management issues and technological aspects. 

The Cyber Crime Administration Certification Syllabus covers important subjects like the necessity for cyber security and cyber crime prevention techniques, as well as legal protection issues, the best security precautions, and what you can do on your own to be more secure online. 

All students get a Cyber Crime Administration Certification by Savitribai Phule Pune University under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

Machine learning certification course by edX primary stage starts from the core development of computer programs that can acquire data and use it to learn for themselves. The course served by edx will guide the candidate through various topics that include, matrix factorization, classification and regression, topic modelling,  sequential models, clustering methods, and model selection. In the first half of the course, we will cover guided learning techniques for regression and classification. 

We will explore several fundamental methods which will be essential for performing this task and optimizing it with algorithms. In the second half of the Machine learning training course, we will shift to unguided learning techniques, where the end output will be more unpredictable based on a corresponding input. Any student or professional with knowledge of undergraduate probability, statistics, linear algebra, calculus, probability, and statistical concepts can enroll in this course. The course has a tenure of 12 weeks, where only 8-10 hours per week can push the candidate towards excellence. Under the guidance of ColumbiaX (Columbia University) after successful completion, every student will get a verified certificate with the institution's logo. Also Read: Machine Learning Practical Applications.

Candidates looking for an undergraduate or postgraduate course in machine learning should enroll in the Introduction to Machine Learning program. It is an elective twelve-week course in the field of computer science and engineering, programming, artificial intelligence, and data science. A collaboration of IIT Madras and NPTEL, this course is an initiative by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and is available on the learning platform Swayam.

Introduction to Machine Learning certification will be taught by professor Balaraman Ravindran. The syllabus includes various topics from the data-driven disciplines such as machine learning and analytics. Candidates will be introduced to different learning paradigms and some popular algorithms and architectures used in these paradigms.  

Introduction to Machine Learning is an online free audit course that offers an e-certificate for interested participants. Candidates will attend the online lectures, and submit assignments periodically. There is also an optional offline examination for participants who want to achieve certification.

The Reinforcement Learning program focuses on studying the mathematical grounds of reinforcement learning- a psychological phenomenon. Students will explore such concepts and view this learning paradigm in light of AI, research, and psychology. Through this AICTE approved course, learners can avail a verified certificate that validates their newly acquired expertise and acquired skills.

Spread across 12 weeks, the Reinforcement Learning certification syllabus is replete with learning modules, books, and research references. Students may proceed to the next module after completing the previous week’s topics. The curriculum highlights bandit algorithms, function approximation, hierarchical RL, and much more. It is an elective course based on AI, data science, and computer engineering. 

The Reinforcement Learning online course is developed by IIT Madras. Professor Balaraman Ravindran from the institute instructs the study. For the certification, students need to write a proctored examination after completing the course and assignments. This certificate will carry logos of IIT Madras and NPTEL, which is verifiable on NPTEL’s website.