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Preparing for Google Cloud Certification: Cloud Data Engineer

4.6(8,000) on Coursera·110K enrolled
Advanced 200 hours English Professional Certificate
SkillsGoogle CloudData engineeringBigQueryDataflowPub/SubDataproc

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A Coursera Professional Certificate preparing you for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer exam, covering the full GCP data stack — Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataproc, BigQuery and more.

Good for: Preparing for the GCP Professional Data Engineer certification.

Skip if: You are new to GCP or expect the cert from the course alone.

It's thorough, official-aligned preparation, and the GCP Professional Data Engineer is a genuinely well-regarded, advanced cloud credential — so this is aimed at people already working in or toward GCP data roles, not newcomers to the platform.

Be clear on the two-part cost, because it's easy to miss: as a Google Professional Certificate the course runs on the ~$49/month Coursera subscription (not covered by Coursera Plus), so finishing faster costs less; and the actual certification is earned by passing Google's separate exam, about $200, booked with Google.

So treat the Coursera certificate as strong preparation and the Google exam as the real credential. You can audit the course free if you only want the knowledge (as of 2026).

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About this course

This Coursera Professional Certificate prepares you for the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer exam, covering the full GCP data stack: ingesting data with Pub/Sub, processing with Dataflow and Dataproc, storing in BigQuery and Bigtable, and building ML pipelines with Vertex AI.

Instructor

GC
Google Cloud Teaching Staff
Coursera instructor
110K+ learners6 courses4.6 instructor rating

Developed by Google Cloud training team with input from Google engineers who designed the GCP data services covered in the curriculum.

Frequently asked questions

No — it is preparation. The Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer exam (about $200) is booked separately with Google.

As a Google Professional Certificate it runs on the ~$49/month Coursera subscription (not part of Coursera Plus); you can audit individual courses free.

Yes — GCP and data-engineering familiarity are expected; it is an advanced certificate.

The full GCP data stack — Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataproc and BigQuery.

Yes — the Professional Data Engineer is a well-regarded, advanced cloud credential.
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