Free online university
insiderOne University
Free online courses and certifications, each with a certificate anyone can verify.
insiderOne University is insiderOne's free online university. It is run by insiderOne, which Aurist Private Limited owns and operates. It has 44 courses open now across 13 departments, about 92 hours of study in all. Each course ends in one assessed project and a certificate anyone can verify at its own link. Pass a live skill challenge at Practitioner level or above and it becomes a Verified Certificate. The courses and the certificates are free.
- Courses open
- 44
- Departments
- 13
- Study time
- About 92 hours
- Cost
- Free
Departments and courses
Every course open today, by department. Each is in English and ends in one assessed project. See them as certifications or as free courses by subject.
People and Talent
2Hiring, onboarding and the work that keeps a team running.
Free HR course
People Operations Associate
Write a role, run a fair hiring loop and get a new joiner productive in week one.
Free Recruitment course
Talent Acquisition Associate
Source, screen and close candidates without wasting anyone's time.
Marketing
5Finding an audience, earning its attention and measuring what worked.
Free Digital Marketing course
Digital Marketing Associate
Plan a campaign end to end, run it on a small budget and report what it returned.
Free Content Marketing course
Content Marketing Associate
Plan, write and publish content that brings people back.
Free SEO course
Search Marketing Associate
Earn search traffic on purpose rather than by accident.
Free Performance Marketing course
Performance Marketing Associate
Run paid campaigns, read the numbers daily and stop the losing ones.
Free Social Media Marketing course
Social Media Manager
Run a brand's accounts with a calendar, a voice and a reason for each post.
Sales and Revenue
2Conversations that turn interest into revenue, and customers who stay.
Free Sales course
Inside Sales Associate
Run a discovery call, handle objections and close a small deal.
Free Business Development course
Business Development Associate
Build a pipeline from nothing, and qualify it before you chase it.
Product
2Deciding what to build, why, and how you will know it worked.
Free Product Management course
Associate Product Manager
Turn a vague problem into a scoped, prioritised thing a team can build.
Free Product Analytics course
Product Analytics Associate
Instrument a product, read the funnel and find where people leave.
Design and Creative
2Making things people can use, and want to look at.
Data and Analytics
4Turning a mess of numbers into a decision somebody can act on.
Free Excel course
Spreadsheet Analyst
Clean a real dataset in Excel or Sheets and answer a question with it.
Free Data Analytics course
Data Analytics Associate
Take a business question all the way to a defensible answer.
Free SQL course
SQL Associate
Query, join and aggregate without producing a number you cannot explain.
Free Market Research course
Market Research Associate
Size a market and defend every assumption in the estimate.
Software and Engineering
4Building, shipping and keeping software working.
Free Frontend Development course
Frontend Development Associate
Build a responsive, accessible interface and ship it.
Free Python course
Python Programming Associate
Write Python that another person can read and run.
Free Cybersecurity course
Cybersecurity Fundamentals Associate
The attacks that actually happen, and the habits that stop them.
Free Git course
Version Control and Collaboration Associate
Git, branches and pull requests, the way a working team uses them.
Artificial Intelligence
11Using these tools well, and knowing where they should not be used.
Free AI course
AI Fundamentals Associate
What these systems do, what they cannot do, and how to tell.
Free Prompt Engineering course
Applied Prompt Engineering Associate
Get reliable work out of a model, and check it before you send it.
Free ChatGPT course
ChatGPT for Work and Study
Use ChatGPT for writing, research, study, spreadsheets and job search, and check it before it counts.
Free Claude course
Claude for Work and Study
A free Claude course: use it for real work and study, and check what it tells you.
Free Claude Code course
Claude Code for Beginners
A hands-on Claude Code course: build a web page from plain English and put it online. Labs need a paid Claude plan.
Free AI Voice Agent course
AI Voice Agents: Clone Your Own Voice and Build a Support Line
Clone your own voice with consent and build an AI voice agent for a small firm's support calls. Cloning needs a paid ElevenLabs plan.
Free AI Video course
AI Video Creation: From Idea to a Finished Short
A free, hands-on AI video course: plan, generate, edit and label a 30 to 45 second promo with Veo in Flow and free editors.
Free AI Image Generation course
AI Image Generation: From Prompt to a Finished Set
A free, hands-on AI image course: prompt, edit, letter, check and label a finished set of images with Gemini, Nano Banana and Canva.
Free Local AI course
Run AI on Your Own Computer: Local Models, Step by Step
A free, hands-on course: run an AI model on your laptop, chat offline, ask it about your files and call it from code.
Free Gemini course
Gemini for Work and Study
A free, hands-on Gemini course: research with sources, study with Gemini Notebook, work in your Google apps, and check every answer.
Free AI for Data Analysis course
AI for Data Analysis
A free, hands-on course: analyse a small shop's sales with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and check every number in Sheets and SQL.
Finance and Accounting
2Reading the numbers a business runs on.
Project and Programme
1Holding a plan, a team and a deadline together.
Communication and Professional Practice
3The skills every role assumes you already have.
Free Communication Skills course
Business Communication Associate
Write and speak at work so that people act on what you said.
Free Business Writing course
Workplace Writing Associate
Email, updates and documents that respect the reader's time.
Free Interview Preparation course
Interview Readiness Associate
Answer the questions you will actually be asked, with evidence.
Consulting, Strategy and Research
1Structuring a hard question and answering it with evidence.
Life and Money
5The things school never taught: documents, money, tax and health.
Free Identity Documents course
Your Documents: Aadhaar, PAN, DigiLocker, ABC ID and APAAR ID
Sort out your Aadhaar, PAN, DigiLocker and student IDs on the official sites, step by step, and spot the scams.
Free Banking course
Banking, UPI and Credit: Accounts, Cards and Your CIBIL Score
A free, hands-on course on bank accounts, safe UPI, credit cards, loans and your credit score.
Free First Salary course
Your First Salary: CTC, Payslip, PF and Tax
Turn a CTC into real monthly pay, read every payslip line, set up your PF and work out your tax, step by step.
Free Income Tax Return course
File Your Own Income Tax Return
File your own income tax return on the official portal, check it against your AIS, verify it and track your refund, step by step.
Free Nutrition course
Nutrition That Works: Protein, Macros and Indian Food
Work out your protein need, read Indian food labels and plan a week of meals on a student budget, from ICMR-NIN sources.
How a certificate is checked
Every certificate has its own page. The credential code printed on it opens that page, and anyone can read it without an account. Finish the units and the project and you get the Certificate of Completion. Pass the live skill challenge at Practitioner level or above and it becomes a Verified Certificate.
Verify a skill receiptSkill tests
A skill challenge takes about ten minutes and is free. Its questions are generated fresh for each attempt. A pass seals a signed receipt. Pass the skill a course teaches at Practitioner level or above and that course's certificate becomes a Verified one.
See every skill testComing next
Being written now, each with the month it is due.
Questions
- What is insiderOne University?
- insiderOne University is insiderOne's free online university. It has 44 courses open now across 13 departments, in English, written for students and freshers. Each course takes a few hours, ends in one assessed project, and issues a certificate.
- Is insiderOne University free?
- Yes. The courses and the certificates are free. There is no fee to download, share or verify a certificate.
- Does insiderOne University give free certificates?
- Yes. Every course that is open issues a free certificate when you finish its units and pass its assessed project. It is a Certificate of Completion, and it becomes a Verified Certificate, also free, once you also pass the live skill challenge on the skill it teaches, at Practitioner level or above.
- Which free AI courses with certificate does it offer?
- It has 11 free AI courses with certificate: AI, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, AI Voice Agent, AI Video, AI Image Generation, Local AI, Gemini and AI for Data Analysis. Each ends in one assessed project. None is made by or affiliated with the companies whose tools it teaches.
- Is the certificate recognised, and how does an employer check it?
- It is a certificate from insiderOne University, not a university degree or a government qualification. What it offers is proof anyone can check: every certificate has its own page, and the credential code printed on it opens that page without an account. A Verified Certificate also shows that the holder passed a live skill challenge at Practitioner level or above.
- Who runs insiderOne University?
- insiderOne runs it. insiderOne is owned and operated by Aurist Private Limited, North Lakhimpur, Assam, India. The founder is Bishnu Dev Changkakoti.
- How is it different from insiderOne the career platform?
- insiderOne is the career platform: you prove skills in live challenges, keep a verified record and apply for jobs and internships. insiderOne University is its place to learn: the courses and the certificates they issue. A certificate you earn and the project behind it stay on your insiderOne profile.