Certification

Yes, all Kaggle courses are completely free. Kaggle does not charge for access to any of its courses, quizzes, or coding exercises. This makes Kaggle an excellent platform for learners who want to gain data Science and machine learning skills without any financial investment. The only requirement is that you create a Kaggle account to start accessing the courses.

While video lessons and quizzes are only accessible online, Kaggle allows learners to download the notebooks and use their favorite Jupyter IDE (e.g.: VS Code, Jupyter Lab, JetBrains Datalore, Google Colab, AWS Sagemaker). These downloadable resources are helpful for learners who want to continue practising even when not connected to the internet.

Enrolling in Kaggle courses is simple. Follow below steps -

• Create a free account on Kaggle.

• Navigate to the "Learn" section once logged in.

• Browse through the available courses and pick the one that interests you.

• Enrollment is instant, and you can start accessing the course content immediately.

Yes! Kaggle courses are designed to help learners prepare for competitions. The courses cover key topics for participating in Kaggle competitions, such as data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation. By applying the techniques learned in the courses, learners can develop the skills to build strong models and perform well in Kaggle challenges.

After you complete a course, navigate to the Kaggle Learn Courses homepage. You should see two tabs: Active and Completed. Click on Completed. Every course you have completed should now appear in the course listing, along with a View Certificate button that navigates to your certificate.

Yes, Kaggle provides certificates of completion for each course. After completing a course, learners can download and share the certificate, which can be added to resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and personal portfolios. These certificates can help demonstrate a learner's data Science or machine learning skills to potential employers or colleagues.

Kaggle courses are designed to be engaging and practical. They include:

• Video Lessons: Pre-recorded videos explaining the key concepts in an easy-to-understand manner.

• Quizzes: Quizzes will test your understanding and reinforce learning.

• Coding Exercises: These exercises allow you to practice what you've learned by writing code in an interactive environment directly within the course platform.

• Projects: Practical, hands-on projects where you can apply concepts to solve real-world problems.

• Notebooks: Kaggle courses often provide interactive Jupyter Notebooks, which learners can use to run and modify code.

Most Kaggle courses are short and designed to be completed in a few hours, especially those on fundamentals. However, learners can take as much time as they need to grasp the material, as the courses are self-paced fully. Some advanced topics, like deep learning, may take longer to complete, especially if you spend additional time practising and implementing the techniques on real-world datasets.

Yes, TCS iON certificates are valid. They help in employability across 200 roles in both IT and non-IT sectors across India.