University Success Skills & Gen-AI Certificate
Jobs of Future Specialisation Diplomas

For High school students (e.g., A-Level, IB Diploma, American Diploma) and first year university students.
Total qualification time: 160 learning hours (64 guided learning hours and 96 independent study hours).

Investment in the cost of higher education is often the biggest financial investment parents make for the future success of their children. In this new digital world, success at university is driven by learning skills that are often not emphasised adequately during the high school studies.

Developed by the University of Sydney (Australia) and Vanderbilt University (USA), this program teaches skills that will differentiate a university application and help a student to excel at university.

For high school students, the full program is delivered over two terms of 16 weeks each (5 learning hours / week). Students can choose to start the program in either the final year or the penultimate year of their high school.

For university students, the full program is delivered in one semester of 16 weeks (10 learning hours / week).

Prepare for a new career in the high-growth field of data analytics. Get professional training designed by Google.

Data analytics is the collection, transformation, and organization of data in order to draw conclusions, make predictions, and drive informed decision making. Over 8 courses, gain in-demand skills that prepare you for an entry-level job. You’ll learn from Google employees whose foundations in data analytics served as launchpads for their own careers. 

This program includes over 180 hours of instruction and hundreds of practice-based assessments, which will help you simulate real-world data analytics scenarios that are critical for success in the workplace. The content is highly interactive and exclusively developed by Google employees with decades of experience in data analytics. Through a mix of videos, assessments, and hands-on labs, you’ll get introduced to analysis tools and platforms and key analytical skills required for an entry-level job.

In addition to expert training and hands-on projects, you’ll complete a case study that you can share with potential employers to showcase your new skill set. 

Prepare for a career in the high-growth field of data science. In this program, you’ll develop the skills, tools, and portfolio to have a competitive edge in the job market as an entry-level data scientist.

Data science involves gathering, cleaning, organizing, and analyzing data with the goal of extracting helpful insights and predicting expected outcomes. The demand for skilled data scientists who can use data to tell compelling stories to inform business decisions has never been greater.

You’ll learn in-demand skills used by professional data scientists including databases, data visualization, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, machine learning algorithms, and data mining. You’ll also work with the latest languages, tools,and libraries including Python, SQL, Jupyter notebooks, Github, Rstudio, Pandas, Numpy, ScikitLearn, Matplotlib, and more.

This Professional Certificate has a strong emphasis on applied learning and includes a series of hands-on labs in the IBM Cloud that give you practical skills with applicability to real jobs. You’ll also have the option to learn how generative AI tools and techniques are used in data science. Upon completing the full program, you will have built a portfolio of data science projects to provide you with the confidence to excel in your interviews.

Prepare for a career in the high-growth field of cybersecurity. With professional training designed by Google, get on the fast-track to a competitively paid job.

During the 8 courses in this certificate program, you’ll learn from cybersecurity experts at Google and gain in-demand skills that prepare you for entry-level roles like cybersecurity analyst, security operations center (SOC) analyst, and more.

This program includes 170 hours of instruction and hundreds of practice-based assessments and activities that simulate real-world cybersecurity scenarios that are critical for success in the workplace. Through a mix of videos, assessments, and hands-on labs, you’ll become familiar with the cybersecurity tools, platforms, and skills required for an entry-level job.

The Google Cybersecurity Certificate helps prepare you for the CompTIA Security+ exam, the industry leading certification for cybersecurity roles. You’ll earn a dual credential when you complete both.

Prepare for a new career in the high-growth fields of digital marketing and e-commerce. Businesses need digital marketing and e-commerce talent more than ever before; 86% of business leaders report that digital commerce will be the most important route to growth.

Throughout this program, you will gain in-demand skills that prepare you for an entry-level job and learn how to use tools and platforms like Canva, Constant Contact, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Hootsuite, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Shopify, and Twitter. You will learn from subject-matter experts at Google and have a chance to build your own portfolio with projects like customer personas and social media calendars to show to potential employers. 

This program includes over 190 hours of instruction and practice-based assessments, which simulate real-world digital marketing and e-commerce scenarios that are critical for success in the workplace. The content is highly interactive and developed by Google employees with experience in the field.

Prepare for a career in the high-growth field of UX design. With professional training designed by Google, get on the fast-track to a competitively paid job.

User experience (UX) designers focus on the interaction that users have with products, like websites, apps, and physical objects. They make those everyday interactions useful, enjoyable, and accessible.

Over 7 courses, gain in-demand skills that will prepare you for an entry-level job. You will create designs on paper and in digital design tools like Figma. By the end of the certificate program, you will have a professional UX portfolio that includes three end-to-end projects, so that you’re ready to apply for jobs. 

This program includes over 200 hours of instruction and hundreds of practice-based activities and assessments that simulate real-world UX design scenarios and are critical for success in the workplace. Through a mix of videos, readings, assessments, and hands-on activities, you’ll learn in-demand design tools like Figma. 

You’ll even create a portfolio that includes three projects to share with potential employers to showcase the skills you learned in this program.

Prepare for a new career in the high-growth field of project management. Get professional training designed by Google and get on the fast track to a competitively paid job. 

Project managers are natural problem-solvers. They set the plan and guide teammates, and manage changes, risks, and stakeholders. Gain in-demand skills that will prepare you for an entry-level job. Learn from Google employees whose foundations in project management served as launchpads for their own careers. 

This program qualifies you for over 100 hours of project management education, which helps prepare you for Project Management Institute Certifications like the globally-recognized Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).

Through a mix of videos, assessments, and hands-on activities, you’ll get introduced to initiating, planning, and running both traditional and Agile projects. You’ll develop a toolbox to demonstrate your understanding of key project management elements, including managing a schedule, budget, and team.