Udemy is a great place to learn how to be a Data Scientist. Not many people know, so whisper it quietly (then share on social media!), but it's got lots of free Data Science courses on everything you need to learn - statistics, R and Python, Machine Learning, Data Visualisation and all sorts of other stuff.
Udemy might be better known for selling courses at around the 10 £/$/Euro mark, so you'll often find courses that would cost thousands of dollars in a University for only 10 £/$/Euro.
By carefully choosing the courses that you need for your career you could learn all you need about Data Science (except the on-the-job experience, of course) for perhaps less than 100 £/$/Euro. That's simply stunning!
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What if you wanted to get started for free, though, just to see if these courses and teachers are any good?
Well, you're in luck. Many of the instructors offer free courses as a way of advertising themselves and introducing themselves to the world.
Most of these are fairly short courses, after all - you wouldn't expect them to give away such big, important courses for free would you? Well, actually, offering courses for free when they're brand new is how the instructors build their audience, so quite often you can find really big, in-depth courses for free.
Better still, once you've enrolled for a course, you get lifetime access to it, even when the course is updated and a price slapped on it!
One or two of you have asked me about some free Udemy Data Science courses, so I thought I might list some of the better ones.
I've categorised them so it should be easy for you to identify one that you might want to try out.
Ready? Well here goes...
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Top FREE Statistics Courses at Udemy
R, ggplot, and Simple Linear Regression
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Top FREE Python Courses at Udemy
Introduction To Python Programming
Programming with Python: Hands-On Introduction for Beginners
The Four Pillars of OOP in Python 3 for Beginners
Python for Beginners with Examples
Import Excel File from Python - Openpyxl
Learn Python Fast and Easy Way
Top FREE Python Courses Elsewhere
Top FREE Artificial Intelligence Courses at Udemy
The Top 5 Machine Learning Libraries in Python
Top FREE Data Visualisation Courses at Udemy
Some Other FREE Data-Related Courses at Udemy
Non-Free Data Science Courses at Udemy
Most of the courses listed above are fairly short and are usually 'an introduction to...' If you're ready for something a bit meatier, then check out my series of posts about Data Science courses at Udemy. They're not free, but at typically 10-15 £/$/Euro in the sales (which they run very frequently), they're super value for money.
Check out the other posts in my Data Science Ninja series:
Summary
There are loads of free Data Science courses at Udemy, not just the ones listed above. If none of these take your fancy, click through from any of the links and have a look around. I'm sure you'll find others that you might like.
If you find that any of these courses have moved to the paid platform, give me a shout and I'll remove them.
Also, if you find any other free Data Science courses, whether at Udemy or anywhere else, let me know in the comments below - I'll add them to the list.