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IBM AI Developer Professional Certificate is a paid beginner course from IBM, online. It's a paid subscription; the price is not recorded yet. It ends with a professional certificate.
Suits beginners with no programming background who want to learn to build simple AI-powered apps. What stands out is the project list, from a sentiment analysis app to a voice assistant, and the IBM digital badge on completion. The main caveat is length: Coursera estimates 6 months at 4 hours a week, a subscription is needed with no price shown, and the later courses need programming skills. A free starting point is AI Python for Beginners from DeepLearning.AI, free for now during its platform beta.
IBM's ten-course Professional Certificate on Coursera for beginners. It starts with software engineering, AI, generative AI and prompt engineering basics, then teaches HTML, JavaScript and Python with Flask, and builds AI apps such as chatbots, a voice assistant and a meeting companion with LLMs and IBM Watson, ending with career preparation.
More courses on prompt engineering.
Developers and engineers, Students and career changers.
Level: beginner (as stated by the provider). Delivery: online, self-paced.
No prior AI or programming experience required. Courses 1 to 5 need no programming knowledge; the later courses need programming skills.
Paid subscription. Price not recorded yet. Coursera subscription; financial aid available.
Certificate: professional certificate. Professional Certificate from Coursera and an IBM digital badge.
IBM, based in the US, offers this course worldwide, so learners in Ireland join the same course as everyone else. Details last confirmed on 26 Oct 2026.
No Irish scheme on our funding list (Springboard+, Skillnet Ireland, HEA Micro-Credential Learner Fee Subsidy 2026 and others) covers its cost.
Irish courses for developers and engineers on a shared topic: AIReady.ie national AI skills platform (SOLAS / Department of Further and Higher Education), Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (micro-credential) (Chevron Training and Recruitment (with University of East London)), ISTQB Certified Tester: Testing with Generative AI (Tech Industry Alliance Skillnet).
See also: funded AI training in Ireland, AI courses for developers and engineers.
Paid subscription. Price not recorded yet.
Yes: professional certificate. The provider calls it "Professional Certificate from Coursera and an IBM digital badge".
It's a beginner course. Prerequisites: No prior AI or programming experience required. Courses 1 to 5 need no programming knowledge; the later courses need programming skills.
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