Discover courses, programs, tutorials, documentation and learning resources from the organizations and institutions teaching AI today.
Curated from leading technology companies, universities and AI institutions.
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A starting point for learning AI from trusted providers.
A practical introduction to generative AI for people who want to use it well in everyday work. Five modules cover AI fundamentals, productivity with AI tools, prompting, responsible use and keeping current as the tools change.
Microsoft
Courses & training
A broad AI learning hub organised around roles and practical outcomes, spanning AI fundamentals, agents, Azure AI, Microsoft Copilot, data, development, security and AI leadership. The widest single starting point in the directory.
All levels · Learning path · Free
University of Helsinki
Courses & training
An accessible introduction to artificial intelligence built to give a general audience genuine conceptual understanding without requiring advanced technical knowledge. Free and available in many languages.
Fundamental · Course · Free
NVIDIA
Courses & training
Technical training in deep learning, generative AI, data science and accelerated computing, from short self-paced courses to full instructor-led workshops. Some courses are free; others are paid.
All levels · Workshop · Free and paid
Selected by Nakoda as sensible places to begin. These are not ranked, sponsored or endorsed by the organizations that publish them.
Learning paths
Four routes through the catalogue, named for what you want to do rather than how advanced you are.
By role
Start with the work you already understand, then discover how AI can change it.
Select your role
You are being asked to approve AI investment, absorb AI risk and answer for AI decisions — usually before anyone has explained the technology in terms a decision-maker can use.
For individuals
Pick a route by the outcome you need for your career: an examined certification, CPE hours for your professional body, or a free first step. Every link goes to the provider’s own page.
For organizations
Everything above is self-serve — a resource you work through on your own, on the provider’s own site. If you’d rather someone taught it, Nakoda AI runs that training directly: capability that stays after the training ends.
By topic
Twelve subject areas, each counting what the catalogue currently holds.
United Arab Emirates
Universities, scholarships, internships and national programs supporting AI education in the UAE.
The UAE funds AI education directly — through universities built for it, national coding and internship programmes, and scholarships that cover study here and abroad.
Read the UAE Government sourceNames follow the UAE Government’s Learning Artificial Intelligence page. Intakes, eligibility and awards change between editions and are published by each program.
Providers
Technology companies, universities, institutes and UAE government bodies whose material is listed in this directory.
Technology company · 2 resources
Paid, examined AI certifications at practitioner and engineer level, each published alongside free preparation material.
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Microsoft
Courses & training
A broad AI learning hub organised around roles and practical outcomes, spanning AI fundamentals, agents, Azure AI, Microsoft Copilot, data, development, security and AI leadership. The widest single starting point in the directory.
All levels · Learning path · Free
Microsoft
Courses & training
An introduction to AI written for business users rather than engineers, covering what the technology does and how organisations put it to work.
Fundamental · Learning path · Free
DeepLearning.AI
Courses & training
A non-technical introduction to what AI can realistically do for an organisation, written for people who will make decisions about AI rather than build it.
Fundamental · Course · Free and paid
ISACA
Certifications
An audit-side AI credential for assurance professionals who have to review an AI system rather than build one. It is earned by examination, and ISACA publishes its own eligibility and maintenance requirements — confirm those with ISACA before booking.
Professional · Credential · Paid
IAPP
Certifications
A governance credential rather than a technical one: the law, policy and programme management of putting AI into an organisation responsibly. Earned by examination, with IAPP training sold separately from the exam.
Professional · Credential · Paid
MIT
Academic programs
Structured professional programmes in AI and data for practising professionals, delivered online and in person. Check the provider for current programmes, dates and fees.
All levels · University program · See provider
Stanford University
Academic programs
Stanford's online catalogue, including artificial-intelligence and machine-learning courses and professional certificates. Mixes free course material with paid programmes.
All levels · University program · Free and paid
Stanford University
Reference
Stanford's Institute for Human-Centered AI publishes research and analysis on AI capability, adoption and policy. Useful for leaders who need evidence rather than vendor material.
All levels · Guide · Free
Stanford University
Academic programs
Stanford's paid professional route into AI for working engineers: graduate-level courses taken online, individually or as a full programme, with a professional certificate on completion rather than an exam-based credential.
Professional · University program · Paid
MBZUAI
Academic programs
AI education aimed at professionals, leaders and advanced learners from a UAE university specialising in artificial intelligence. Programme details, dates and eligibility are published by MBZUAI directly.
All levels · University program · See provider
ISACA
Certifications
ISACA's dedicated AI-risk credential, covering AI risk governance, lifecycle risk management and risk programme management. Earned by examination, and restricted to people who already hold an eligible ISACA (or equivalent) certification.
Professional · Credential · Paid
ISACA
Certifications
ISACA's long-established credential in enterprise risk and control, earned by examination. A common qualification alongside ISACA's newer AI-specific credentials for people building out an AI risk practice.
Professional · Credential · Paid
Start with a general introduction rather than a tool tutorial. Elements of AI from the University of Helsinki builds conceptual understanding with no technical background assumed, and Google AI Essentials covers practical use at work in under ten hours. Either one is enough to make the rest of this directory navigable.
Use the role section. Pick the role closest to your work and you get why AI matters there, what to learn first, the topics that apply, and a short list of external resources — rather than a general course that spends half its time on material irrelevant to you.
No — not for the majority of what is listed here. AI literacy, prompting, responsible use and applying AI to everyday work require no code at all. Programming becomes necessary only when you move into the Build route: models through an API, retrieval, agents and evaluation.
AI literacy is understanding what these systems do, where they fail and how to use them responsibly — the skill of judging output. AI engineering is building software on top of models: integrating them, grounding them in your own data, giving them tools, and measuring whether the result is good enough to ship. Most people need the first. Fewer need the second.
That is decided by your professional body, not by us, so the explorer reports only what the provider publishes. The CPE filter separates resources whose provider states that they carry continuing-education credit, resources that award nothing at all and so cannot be evidenced, and — the largest group — resources where the provider is silent. Alongside it, the Assessment filter shows whether a credential is earned by passing an exam or by completing the material, and the Issue date filter shows how recently the provider published the offering, which is what most reporting periods actually turn on. Where a provider publishes no credit claim we say so rather than assert eligibility on its behalf; take the provider's own page to your body if you need a ruling.
A substantial part of the catalogue. Use the Cost filter in the resource explorer and select Free to see them. We mark a resource free only where the provider publishes it at no cost; anything we could not confirm is shown as "See provider" rather than guessed at.
Both. Around half the catalogue is published free by the provider, and the rest includes paid certifications earned by examination — cloud and AI credentials from AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud, audit and governance credentials from ISACA and the IAPP, and paid university and professional programmes. Use the Cost filter to separate them, and the Assessment filter if you specifically want something examined rather than awarded on completion. We never state a price: fees change, and the provider's own page is the only reliable place to read one.
Check who publishes it and go to their own site. Every link here points at the provider's official destination, never a mirror or a reseller, and the provider is named on every card. Beyond that: prefer material that states its level and prerequisites honestly, and be sceptical of anything promising expertise in a weekend.
Each entry carries the date Nakoda last reviewed it, shown on the resource card. Providers restructure their catalogues often, so if you find a link that has moved or a description that no longer matches, tell us and we will correct it.
No. Nakoda does not create, teach, host or accredit any of the learning listed here. Every course, programme, tutorial and credential belongs to the organisation that publishes it, and enrolment, payment, support and certification all happen with that organisation. Nakoda's work is discovery: finding what exists, describing it accurately and helping you get to the right one quickly.
Yes — separately from this directory. Everything above is curated from other organisations' public courses; this question is about the one thing on the page that Nakoda does teach. Nakoda's own Learning and Development practice runs live training directly for boards, teams and departments, built around your organisation's own tools and use cases rather than a generic deck. See the "For teams" section on this page, or get in touch to talk through what your organisation needs.
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Nakoda is a discovery and curation platform. External courses and programs are provided by their respective organizations. Listing a resource here is not an endorsement, and implies no partnership with, or accreditation by, the organization that publishes it.
