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Self-Paced Learning Festival: 09 January - 30 January 2026

Published on ‎12-09-2025 03:56 AM by Databricks Employee | Updated on ‎01-02-2026 02:50 AM

🚀 Grow Your Skills and Earn Rewards! 🚀
📅 Mark your calendar: January 09 – January 30, 2026

🎉 Join us for a three-week event dedicated to learning, upskilling, and advancing your career in data engineering, analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. Whether you’re new to the field or aiming to deepen your knowledge, this is a great opportunity to invest in your professional development alongside a global community.

🎟️ Finish all of the modules listed within at least one of the self-paced learning pathways below within Customer Academy during the event window to receive:
50% discount on any Databricks Certification
20% discount on a yearly Databricks Academy Labs subscription

💬 All Incentives will be distributed to the eligible participants on 06 February 2026, after the event has concluded. These incentives will be sent to the email associated with your Customer Academy account.

⚠️ Note: Please ensure every component of the course is marked as completed (including any course introduction sections) during the eligibility window to confirm your learning pathway is properly recorded and to qualify for the incentives.

Start exploring our learning pathways below!

LEARNING PATHWAY

CUSTOMER ACADEMY ENROLLMENT LINKS

LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan

  1. Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect
  2. Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs
  3. Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
  4. DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering

LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan

  1. Databricks Streaming and Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
  2. Databricks Data Privacy
  3. Databricks Performance Optimisation
  4. Automated Deployment with Databricks Asset Bundles

LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete both modules from the Data Analyst Learning Plan

  1. AI/BI for Data Analysts
  2. SQL Analytics on Databricks

LEARNING PATHWAY 4: ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan

  1. Data Preparation for Machine Learning
  2. Machine Learning Model Development
  3. Machine Learning Model Deployment
  4. Machine Learning Operations

LEARNING PATHWAY 5: PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

Please complete both modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan

  1. Advanced Machine Learning Operations
  2. Machine Learning at Scale

LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Generative AI Engineering Learning Plan

  1. Generative AI Solution Development
  2. Generative AI Application Development
  3. Generative AI Application Evaluation and Governance 
  4. Generative AI Application Deployment and Monitoring

LEARNING PATHWAY 7:  APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Apache Spark™ Developer Learning Plan

  1. Introduction to Apache Spark™
  2. Developing Applications with Apache Spark™
  3. Stream Processing and Analytics with Apache Spark™
  4. Monitoring and Optimizing Apache Spark™ Workloads on Databricks

LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 3 modules from the Data Warehousing Practitioner Learning Plan

  1. Data Warehousing with Databricks
  2. SQL Programming and Procedural Logic in Databricks
  3. Data Modelling Strategies

Happy learning! 📚🎓🧑‍💻🧑‍

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Starts:
Fri, Jan 9, 2026 04:00 AM PST
Ends:
Sat, Jan 31, 2026 04:00 AM PST
114 Comments

One voucher per customer.  You must "finish all of the modules listed within at least one of the self-paced learning pathways..."

eareyesga
New Contributor

I completed two modules during the previous Self-Learning Festival and two modules in the current one. Am I eligible for the coupon discount?

Yes, as long as you finish the learning pathway during the window.

kp2592
Visitor II

hi is anyone else facing login issues today on Customer Academy portal with any of the learning links? I am not able to sign in today to the Academy portal to see my enrolled trainings.  

StephanieAlba
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Has this been resolved?

methasantosa
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson , last year I joined similar event, and I got 50% discount voucher for any Databricks certification. Am I still eligible to get 50% discount voucher from this event if I complete any learning pathway listed above within Jan 9th 2026 to Jan 31st 2026? 

Thank you!

Yes, you can also participate in this learning festival. 

Jaideepkumar
New Contributor II

Hi. Thanks for the another opportunity.

faridganbarli
New Contributor II

Hi,

How i can submit my badges to show you the completion of all 4 (for data engineering assoc) subjects?

There's no need to submit the badges as evidence 🙂 Upon completion of the event, we'll pull the list of eligible participants who have completed at least one of the learning pathways and email the incentives to the email address associated with each individual's Customer Academy account!

rehansalesforce
New Contributor II

Any swags ???

There's no swag for this specific event, but please keep an eye out for swag at future events! 🙂 

kedarpathare
New Contributor II

Looking forward to this event.

tiennguyen0505
New Contributor II

Hi. I want to ask 2 questions:

1. Do I need to do anything for be counted for the event? Or I just need to start studying between the timeframe and I will be qualified automatically.

2. Is it necessary to use the same email for studying and for registering Webassessor exam gateway?

Thanks

1. You will need to complete one or more of the learning pathways listed above between January 9 - 30 (please ensure all aspets of the learning pathway are completed to qualify for the incentive)

2. No, the incentives will be distributed to the email associated with your Customer Academy account, but you can then register for the exam itself with any email address.

mariam_sheikh
New Contributor II

Hi, can I start the modules before the event kicks off and then complete them during the event window in order to be eligible for discount? 

Yes 🙂 

wesley_ellison
New Contributor II

Can i retake the same course for the discount?

No - please note if a course is already logged as completed for a date prior to January 9 - 30 within Academy then this will not be considered eligible. Only learning pathways logged as completed between January 9 - 30 are eligible

ADITYACHOUBEY
New Contributor II

I completed the learning modules for Apache Spark Developer plan a month ago, is there any way I can opt in for the voucher during this event?