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

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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
338 Comments
Bhavaniprasanna
New Contributor II

I started with my PATHWAY and course contents are really helpful. Is there any lab access for practicing the same? that would be really helpful 

Bhavaniprasanna

Hi @Bhavaniprasanna. If your company is Databricks partners, then you can use your company's email address to register for https://partner-academy.databricks.com/. You'll have to connect with the Learning and Development Team / you Manager to make sure to register using correct creentials.

This partner databricks academy will give you access to the practice labs. This great if you want to get hands-on practice.

But if you want vouchers as well, then you'll have complete the courses on https://customer-academy.databricks.com/.

I'd suggest you take up the same learning path on the both the academies, partner (for hand-on practice) and customer (to get vouchers). I hope this helps.

gauravsinghkr
Visitor II

I was trying to Login into different machine however it's showing same page to Register. Unable to login using same ID, kindly help.

Rafildes
New Contributor

Muito bom, obrigado pela oportunidade.

vidhyadataeng
Visitor II

Hi,I completed all the modules already.i.e before Jan 9.will i be eligible?

subha_bangalore
New Contributor

Can we get the access of those notebook which was shown in the session for the hands-on exposure?

tushars
New Contributor

kudos to dataricks

Tushar Sharma
VVCAMPOS
New Contributor II

I already finished Pathway 1 in November 2025. When I access the Qualification Criteria links, a pop-up appears saying, “Good job. The course was finished.”
I also see an option to retake the course.
Do I need to retake it in order to be eligible for the 50% discount?

No, please note you cannot revisit previously completed content as we only log the initial date a course is completed. please complete an alternative learning pathway before 30 January to qualify

My intention at this moment is to take the Associate Data Engineering exam. If I complete the Professional Data Engineering learning path, will I still be able to use the voucher for another exam (Associate Data Engineering)?

govardhantokala
New Contributor II

Looking forward to learn and get certified.

govardhantokala
New Contributor II

Do we have to complete each module to get 50% voucher or If we complete one module we still get the 50% voucher? Can we use same voucher for other certifications. How long the voucher validity will be?

As per the post - each participant is limited to one voucher per event, but can be applied to any Databricks Certification. The vouchers will be valid until 02 May 2026

Maheshgaddam
Visitor II

In fact, I too have the same doubts in my mind.

carol_moscheta
New Contributor

Hi, I'm trying to access the first course, Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect, but it's returning the error below.

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Would this be the same course?

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Thanks!

are you able to resolve the issue?

No, it's still giving me an error.
"The service is currently unavailable. Please try again later."

saood
New Contributor

I am getting error, "Service is unavailable, try again later!"

AJLim
Visitor II

Would I still be eligible if I only use databricks free edition? 

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

You'll need to complete the modules listed within Databricks Customer Academy to qualify