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OpenAI Academy learning resources

OpenAI Academy offers completion-certificate courses for AI foundations, applied workflows, and agent-directed work.

A simple order that works

  1. 1

    Build fluency

    Learn AI basics, prompting, and verification.

  2. 2

    Apply it to work

    Map repeatable workflows and evaluate output.

  3. 3

    Go deeper

    Study agents, retrieval, strategy, and governance.

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OpenAI Academy

Practical AI skills from the teams building ChatGPT.

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Official courses and guides

OpenAIbeginnerSelf-paced Certificate

AI Foundations

Learn the basics of AI, LLMs, ChatGPT prompting, useful context, output review, and responsible use in everyday work.

ChatGPTLLMsPromptingResponsible AI
Open resource
OpenAIintermediateSelf-paced Certificate

Applied AI Foundations

Turn recurring work into repeatable AI-assisted workflows with clear steps, review points, and practical delegation.

WorkflowChatGPTProductivity
Open resource
OpenAIadvancedSelf-paced Certificate

Agents and Workflows

Practice directing agents through structured work by defining context, outputs, boundaries, reviews, and reusable workflows.

AgentsWorkflowsAutomation
Open resource