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Free Prompt Engineering Courses

17 free courses from 9 providers. No payment required.

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Free prompt engineering courses covering chain-of-thought prompting, few-shot learning, system prompts, and LLM best practices.

All Free Prompt Engineering Courses

ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers
DeepLearning.AI
Free
beginner

ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers

DeepLearning.AI

4.7(15,000)
1 hourbeginner
Free
Building Systems with the ChatGPT API
DeepLearning.AI
Free
intermediate

Building Systems with the ChatGPT API

DeepLearning.AI

4.6(6,500)
1 hourintermediate
Free
Pair Programming with a Large Language Model
DeepLearning.AI
Free
beginner

Pair Programming with a Large Language Model

DeepLearning.AI

4.5(4,200)
1 hourbeginner
Free
Stanford Online
Stanford Online
Free
advanced

Deep Multi-Task and Meta Learning

Stanford Online

4.7(1,100)
10 weeksadvanced
Free
Introduction to Generative AI Learning Path
Google Cloud
Free
beginner

Introduction to Generative AI Learning Path

Google Cloud

4.7(12,217)
5 hoursbeginner
Free
Generative AI for Beginners
Microsoft
Free
beginner

Generative AI for Beginners

Microsoft

4.6(2,500)
Self-pacedbeginner
Free
DataCamp
DataCamp
Free
beginner

Generative AI Concepts

DataCamp

4.5(4,200)
2 hoursbeginner
Free
Microsoft Copilot Foundations
Microsoft Learn
Free
beginner

Microsoft Copilot Foundations

Microsoft Learn

4.3(3,500)
4 hoursbeginner
Free
Prompt Engineering with Llama 2 & 3
DeepLearning.AI
Free
beginner

Prompt Engineering with Llama 2 & 3

DeepLearning.AI

4.5(3,100)
1 hourbeginner
Free
Introduction to Generative AI Studio
Google Cloud
Free
beginner

Introduction to Generative AI Studio

Google Cloud

4.4(4,500)
1 hourbeginner
Free
Anthropic
Free
intermediate

Building with the Claude API

Anthropic

9 modulesintermediate
Free
Anthropic
Free
beginner

AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations

Anthropic

4.8(36)
3 hoursbeginner
Free
Anthropic
Free
beginner

Anthropic's Prompt Engineering Interactive Tutorial

Anthropic

9 chaptersbeginner
Free
Cohere
Free
beginner

LLM University (LLMU)

Cohere

Self-paced (roughly 15-25 hours across modules)beginner
Free
OpenAI
Free
advanced

Agents and Workflows (OpenAI Academy)

OpenAI

75-90 minutesadvanced
Free
OpenAI
Free
beginner

AI Foundations (OpenAI Academy)

OpenAI

60-75 minutesbeginner
Free
OpenAI
Free
intermediate

Applied AI Foundations (OpenAI Academy)

OpenAI

75-90 minutesintermediate
Free

Why Learn Prompt Engineering for Free?

Many of the best prompt engineering courses are offered free by top universities and companies.

Free courses let you explore prompt engineering before committing to a paid specialization.

The quality of free prompt engineering education has never been higher — many courses match university curricula.

You can learn at your own pace without pressure from subscription deadlines.

9 of these free courses offer certificates you can add to your resume.