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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! 📚🎓🧑‍💻🧑‍

#Databricks #MachineLearning #DataEngineering #AI #GenerativeAI #DataAnalysis #Upskill #Certification #TechCareers #LearningFestival #DataScience #AICommunity #DatabricksAcademy #DataSkills #AITraining #LearntoEarn




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

So what I’m understanding here is that I can still be eligible for the 50% voucher after completion even if I just use free edition?  Except I have no access to the note books yes?

how will the vouchers be distributed?

and in the case we did not receive one even after completion,. Who do we approach to receive it?

psangang
New Contributor

If we complete multiple training modules do we get multiple vouchers for each one separately i.e. LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING and LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING will I be gettin 50% on each certification?

 

tanuj127
New Contributor II

I have the same doubt 

Each participant is limited to one certification voucher and Academy Labs discount per event.

@Jim_Anderson  Ya same doubt can you please tell us. What if we complete 2 learning paths. SO for each we will get 50% for each?

Each participant is limited to one certification voucher and Academy Labs discount per event.

No, each participant is limited to one certification voucher and Academy Labs discount per event.

Dali
Visitor II

How do I get access to the notebooks covered in the trainings?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

We don't provide access to the notebooks. If you'd like to gain hands on experience with the labs, please purchase the Databricks Academy Labs Subscription. We'll be providing a 20% discount on this to any partipants in this initiative.

Hi, sorry to bother, but how can we have access to the discount so we can purchase the subscription?

magda_home
Visitor II

The section in AI path Prompt Engineering Primer is not loading correctly the same with the Introduction to RAG.

phanisriharsha
Visitor II

Hi Databricks team,

The company I work at provides partner-academy access to databricks. Will I be getting 50% off coupon if I finish it over there?

Thanks and regards,
Harsha.

This initiative is only open to Customer Academy participants. 

n_anand
New Contributor

I have done all modules of Pathway 4 and got certificates from each module upon completion. Is that sufficient for the vouchers ? where do I verify that I have attained the eligibility for the vouchers?

Pathway 2 * 

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Within the user menu in the top left of academy, you can select the My Transcript option. From there, you can verify that all modules within Learning Pathway 2 are listed as completed, with the completion date for at least one of the modules being since January 9 🙂 

techronnan
Contributor II

As always, I'm here to say, let's share and reach as many people as possible!! Go Databricks!

@techronnan
Data Engineering • Tech • AI — Insights that Transform

@ronnanlimadataeng
Data • Tech • AI — Insights that Transform
aarora25
Visitor II

If I completed one module earlier out of 4, can I retake it and complete all 4, will I be eligible for the discount coupon for cert? 

You'd just need to complete the remaining three modules between now and January 30 to qualify for the incentive! 🙂 

germano
New Contributor III

For those who took the course last October, but did't finish. Needs to take the entire course again or only the lesson that are missing ?