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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! 📚🎓🧑‍💻🧑‍

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


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Start:
Fri, Jan 9, 2026 04:00 AM PST
End:
Sat, Jan 31, 2026 04:00 AM PST
1,940 Comments
saood
New Contributor II
In response to carol_moscheta
‎01-09-2026 12:02 AM

are you able to resolve the issue?

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carol_moscheta
New Contributor II
In response to saood
‎01-12-2026 07:30 AM

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

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saood
New Contributor II
‎01-08-2026 10:56 AM

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

AJLim
Visitor II
‎01-08-2026 06:21 PM

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

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to AJLim
‎01-09-2026 02:09 AM

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

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AJLim
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎01-09-2026 02:16 AM

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?

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psangang
New Contributor II
‎01-08-2026 07:58 PM

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
In response to psangang
‎01-08-2026 08:13 PM

I have the same doubt 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to tanuj127
‎01-09-2026 02:09 AM

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

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Urvish-Joshi
New Contributor
In response to psangang
‎01-09-2026 01:14 AM

@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?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Urvish-Joshi
‎01-09-2026 02:09 AM

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

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to psangang
‎01-09-2026 02:06 AM

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

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Dali
Visitor II
‎01-08-2026 09:41 PM

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

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Dali
‎01-09-2026 02:06 AM

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.

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Joaovps
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎01-09-2026 02:37 AM

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

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magda_home
Visitor II
‎01-09-2026 12:46 AM

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

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phanisriharsha
Visitor II
‎01-09-2026 01:02 AM

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.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to phanisriharsha
‎01-09-2026 01:35 AM

This initiative is only open to Customer Academy participants. 

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n_anand
New Contributor
‎01-09-2026 06:02 AM

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?

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n_anand
New Contributor
In response to n_anand
‎01-09-2026 06:10 AM

Pathway 2 * 

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