DeepLearning.AI

DeepLearning.AI — User Guide

DeepLearning.AI courses.

Strengths
  • Ng Enda teaches in person, the content is authoritative and systematic
  • There are tons of free courses available so you can learn without paying
  • Short courses (1-2 hours) to quickly learn the latest AI technology
  • Official courses in partnership with OpenAI, Google, AWS, and more
  • Chinese subtitle support, suitable for Chinese learners
Best for
  • System learning machine learning and deep learning basics
  • Quickly learn about the latest AI technologies (Prompt Engineering, RAG, etc.)
  • Get your Coursera certification
  • Learn LLM application development
  • Technical Literacy for AI Product Managers

Recommended learning path

Choose the appropriate learning path based on your background and goals.

Scenario

The entry path for AI beginners

Prompt example
Recommended learning order:




Step One: AI For Everyone (Free)


- For non-technical people


- Understand the basic concepts and applications of AI


- about 6 hours




Step Two: Machine Learning Specialization (Free Audition)


- Andrew Ng Classics Course, in partnership with Stanford


- Supervised learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning


- Approximately 3 months (10 hours per week)




Step Three: Deep Learning Specialization (Free Audition)


- Neural network, CNN, RNN, Transformer


- about 5 months
Output / what to expect

After completing these three courses,

You will have a solid theoretical foundation in AI/ML,

Ability to understand mainstream AI papers and technical articles.

Tips

Select "Audit" on Coursera to study all videos for free, only the certificates require payment.

Scenario

Fast path for LLM application developers

Prompt example
If you already have a programming foundation and want to quickly learn LLM application development:

Short courses (1-2 hours each, all free):
1. ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers
   - Learn how to write prompts well
   - Partnering with OpenAI

2. Building Systems with the ChatGPT API
   - Build multi-step AI systems

3. LangChain for LLM Application Development
   - Learn LangChain framework

4. Building and Evaluating Advanced RAG
   - Advanced RAG technology

5. Finetuning Large Language Models
   - Getting started with model fine-tuning
Output / what to expect

These 5 short courses last approximately 10 hours,

After completing the course, you can independently develop LLM applications.

All free and of extremely high quality.

Tips

Short Courses are a feature of DeepLearning.AI. You can learn a practical technical point in 1-2 hours.

Recommended short courses

DeepLearning.AI's short courses are the fastest way to learn the latest AI technology.

Scenario

List of the most popular short courses

Prompt example
Most recommended short courses for 2025:

Prompt Engineering:
- "ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers"
  In partnership with OpenAI, taught by Andrew Ng + Isa Fulford

AI Agent:
- "AI Agents in LangGraph"
- "Multi AI Agent Systems with crewAI"

RAG and knowledge base:
- "Building and Evaluating Advanced RAG"
- "Knowledge Graphs for RAG"

Multimodality:
- "Multimodal RAG: Chat with Videos"
- "Building Multimodal Search and RAG"

Model fine-tuning:
- "Finetuning Large Language Models"
- "Efficiently Serving LLMs"
Output / what to expect

1-2 hours per course,

Contains video explanations and Jupyter Notebook practices,

After learning, you can start practicing.

Tips

Visit deeplearning.ai/short-courses to see the full list, most of which are completely free.

Compared with similar tools

ToolStrengthBest forPricing
DeepLearning.AI This toolThe content is the most authoritative, taught by Andrew Ng, and the short courses cover the latest technologySystematically learn AI and understand the latest LLM technologyMost Free / Coursera Certificates Paid
Fast.aiPractice first, code-driven, suitable for those with programming foundationWant to quickly get started with deep learning practice?completely free
Coursera AIMore courses, with university certificationsFormal certification requiredFree audit/certificate paid
Kaggle LearnSupported with practical data sets, learn and practice at the same timeLearning through competition, practical orientationcompletely free

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