IBM Certified watsonx Generative AI Engineer - Associate (C1000-185)
IBM
- Type
- Exam
- Price
- $200
- Level
- Associate
- Who can take it
- No requirement listed
- Valid for
- Not stated by IBM
- Status
- Active
Checked against IBM on Oct 25, 2026
IBM RAG and Agentic AI Professional Certificate
IBM RAG and Agentic AI Professional Certificate is a free-to-learn advanced course from IBM, online. Some parts are paid. It ends with a professional certificate.
Before you sign up
Suits Python developers who know the basics of web development and AI and want hands-on practice with current agent frameworks. IBM rates it advanced, and Coursera estimates 8 weeks at 3 hours a week. You can audit the course materials free. The main caveat is that the certificate route uses a Coursera subscription and the page shows no price. A free alternative is the AI Agents Course from Hugging Face Learn.
Properties
- Provider
- IBM
- Format
- Self-paced
- Delivery
- Online
- Duration (as stated by provider)
- 8 weeks at 3 hours a week
- Level
- Advanced
- Cost
- Free to learn. Some parts paid
- Certificate
- Professional certificate
- Language
- English
- Funding
- None
- Next start
- Start any time
Checked against IBM on Oct 26, 2026
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What you'll learn
IBM's 10-course Professional Certificate on Coursera for developers building with LangChain and LangGraph. It covers prompt templates, function calling, vector stores and RAG pipelines, multimodal AI, and autonomous multi-agent systems with CrewAI, AG2, BeeAI and Model Context Protocol, ending with a capstone project.
Prepares for IBM RAG and Agentic AI Professional Certificate.
Who it's for
Level: advanced (as stated by the provider). Delivery: online, self-paced.
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of Python programming and a fundamental knowledge of web development and AI concepts
Is IBM RAG and Agentic AI Professional Certificate free?
Free to learn. Some parts paid. Course materials can be audited free; the certificate route uses a Coursera subscription; price not shown on the page; financial aid available.
Certificate: professional certificate. IBM Professional Certificate (Coursera).
Where to take it
- Free to learn on coursera.org, checked Oct 26, 2026.
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- Status
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- Type
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- Price
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- Level
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- Who can take it
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- Status
- Active
Checked against IBM on Oct 26, 2026
Questions people ask
How much does this course cost?
Free to learn. Some parts paid.
Is there a certificate?
Yes: professional certificate. The provider calls it "IBM Professional Certificate (Coursera)".
Do I need experience first?
It's an advanced course. Prerequisites: Working knowledge of Python programming and a fundamental knowledge of web development and AI concepts.
When does it start?
Start any time.
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Microsoft Learn
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Free
- Level
- Advanced
- For
- Developers and engineers, Managers and leaders
- Duration
- About 11 hours
- Certificate
- Not stated
Start any time
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- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Free
- Level
- Advanced (our rating)
- For
- Developers and engineers
- Duration
- About 1.5 hours
- Certificate
- Yes
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AWS Skill Builder
- Delivery
- Online, self-paced
- Cost
- Price not stated by provider
- Level
- Advanced
- For
- Developers and engineers
- Duration
- About 45 hours
- Certificate
- Not stated
Start any time
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How we chose
- Alternatives: Chosen from other courses of the same kind, then by shared topic. Closed courses are left out.
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- Similar courses: other AI agents and agentic AI courses, same level first.
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