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Hugging Face NLP Course

4.8(5,000) on freeCodeCamp·120K enrolled
Intermediate 30 hours EnglishFREE
Our recommendation
Hugging Face's free NLP course, teaching how to use the Transformers library to work with modern language models — from using pre-trained models to fine-tuning your own. It is hands-on and highly regarded, one of the best free routes into practical NLP. It expects Python and some machine-learning basics, and currently has no certificate.

Good for: Python developers with ML basics who want practical, modern NLP skills.

Less suitable if: You are new to Python or ML, or you need a certificate.

Skills you'll gain

NLPTransformersHugging FaceBERTFine-tuningLanguage models

Is this course right for you?

A good fit if you…

You know Python and ML basics
You want practical modern NLP
You like hands-on learning

Consider something else if you…

You are new to Python or ML
You need a certificate
You want deep theory

Requirements: Python and machine-learning basics; intermediate.

Realistic time: About 30 hours; a couple of months part-time.

About this course

The Hugging Face NLP Course is the definitive free resource for learning the Transformers library: loading pretrained models, tokenizing text, fine-tuning BERT and similar models for classification, NER, and question answering, and building production NLP pipelines.

What you'll learn

Load and use pretrained transformer models for text classification and generation
Tokenize text correctly for different transformer architectures
Fine-tune BERT and other models on custom NLP tasks
Build NLP pipelines using Hugging Face Datasets and Transformers
Share models and datasets on the Hugging Face Hub

This course includes

30h
On-demand video
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language

What it costs

Completely free from Hugging Face, with no paywall. Note that fine-tuning or running larger models may need compute (a GPU), which can have its own cost.

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Instructor

HF
Hugging Face Team
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120K+ learners3 courses4.8 instructor rating

Created by the Hugging Face team, the company behind the Transformers library used by over 100,000 researchers and practitioners worldwide.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, completely. Hugging Face publishes it free.
Not currently — the NLP course has no certificate at the moment, though Hugging Face is working on certification for its ecosystem.
Python and some machine-learning basics. It is a practical, intermediate course.
Yes. It is one of the best free routes into practical, modern NLP with the Transformers library.
The course is free, but fine-tuning or running larger models may need a GPU, which can have its own cost.
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