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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
718 Comments
Ankit5
New Contributor

If I reattempt the course will I still be eligible for the discount

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

No, please note only the initial date a course is completed is logged, therefore it must be initially completed between January 9 - 30 to qualify.

UshaKrishna
New Contributor

During the window, I have finished all the 4 modules in the "ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING". I see the status of all modules as completed and downloaded the certificates. Am I eligible for the discount coupon or are the labs shown in the demo videos need to be completed as well? Please clarify. Appreciate it. Thanks!

s_s
New Contributor II

I don't think those labs needs to be completed for being eligible for the certification voucher.

You're all set with just completing the videos 🙂 

DaniloGaspar98
New Contributor II

FINISH!!!

D2A
New Contributor II

If I take the lesson and want to retake the lesson , there is no option , it is showing only slides

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

I'm sorry, could you clarify? There should be a retake this lesson option whereby you can rewatch any of the video content.

D2A
New Contributor II

When I click on retake it is showing only slides

Prat_m
New Contributor III

I have completed all modules for LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING

erick_frausto
Visitor II

Hi, 

I already finished the Data Analyst courses. Am I elegible for the discount?

Did you finish the pathway after January 9th? Only learning pathway completions between January 9 - 30 will be eligible for the incentives.

Nikki2
Visitor II

Hello team,

I have completed all four modules under Learning Pathway 2 Professional Data Engineering, including Databricks Streaming and Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, Databricks Data Privacy, Databricks Performance Optimisation, and Automated Deployment with Databricks Asset Bundles.

I wanted to check if I meet the qualification criteria for the voucher and when I can expect it to be issued. Please let me know if any additional steps or verification are required from my side.

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,

Sam

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

That's perfect, if you've completed all of the constituent modules then you're good to go! 🙂 

Ahmed_Nagy
Visitor II

@jimanderson 
please Jim  i have completed my learning path and i need a voucher to take the data engineering associate exam  , i have contacted the support team , and they directed my to ask you 
email  : ahmed.nagy941@outlook.com
thanks 

As per the post, all vouchers will be distributed on February 06. Please also ensure you've completed the final module (DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering) prior to January 30 to qualify

MuhammadUmar
Visitor II

Hi,

I have completed Professional Data Engineering track but I haven't received the discount voucher for the exam. Could you please assist?

Regards

s_s
New Contributor II

Discount vouchers will be sent after the event has concluded. I think I read its going to be Feb/6th.

Anandakrishnan6
Visitor II

How to find out the progress of my learning for each learning track

 

Within the user menu on the top left, select 'My Activities' > under the 'Courses' section, you can view all progress 🙂