What it does
Machine Learning Zoomcamp is a free practical course from DataTalks.Club. It follows a project from start to finish: framing the problem, preparing data, training and evaluating a model, and turning it into a service other software can use.
Lessons are pre-recorded videos with homework. You can follow along at any time, or join the yearly group run for graded homework, peer review, a leaderboard and a certificate. It uses common tools such as Python, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch and Docker.
The course says you don't need machine-learning experience, but you do need about a year of programming experience.
Who it's for
Programmers, data analysts and technical students who want to move into machine-learning engineering.
Can I use it without coding?
Developers only. The course expects programming experience and comfort with the command line. New to this? Start here.
Can I run it?
- Cost
- FreeNothing to pay or sign up for.
- Runs on
- Web browser
- Computer
- An ordinary computer is fine
- API key
- Not needed
Try it
- Register for the free yearly group, or study the materials at your own pace.
- Make sure you have at least a year of programming experience first.
- Watch the videos, then complete the homework and projects.
Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?
Before you install
- Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
- No standard license listed. Check the GitHub page before using it for business.
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