How I Earn Coursera Certificate for Free (2022)

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Introduction

In this post, I will show you how to earn a valid certificate from Coursera for free. I earn more than five certificates for free so far and I still keep learning. This process will be easy to follow for everyone.

Let’s get started.

What’s Coursera?

Coursera is a universal online educational platform that everyone around the world could use and educate themselves.

Why should I need a certificate?

Nowadays every employer looking for someone who is educated from a famous organization to hire. So we need to have something to show our qualifications not only by hands-on tasks but also by providing a degree or certificate from a valid organization like great universities.

How to apply for the financial aid program in Coursera?

Step 1: Choose your course

After logging in to your account you need to look for a course that is in your field or you want to try something new whatever you want to learn, search it in the search bar, and find it.

Step 2: Go to the financial aid program page

You could see a little text beside of enroll for free bottom, the financial aid available click on it to link to the financial aid page. you should see this page;

Step 3: Fill out the forms

First, choose your background degree.

Then you need to provide your annual revenue.

At any stages keep in mind; YOU MUST BE HONEST

The next stage is your employment status.

Step 4: How to answer the first question?

Then the first question is:

Why are you applying for financial aid?

In this segment, you should honesty describe why you need this course and why you are using the financial aid program, actually, why you need financial aid?. You could google “coursera financial aid answer examples” to review some typical answers to give some idea of how to answer the question completely. You need to write at least 150 words.

DO NOT COPY ANSWERS

Check the box below then click Next to go to the next step.

Step 5: How to answer the second question?

The second question will be:

How will this course help you with your goals?

Same to the first question be honest and describe how this course will help you to pursue your goals in your professional life.

Then check two boxes and finally write: I agree to the terms above to submit your application.

After your submission, you get an email like below.

Then after two weeks, you will receive another email which includes the result of your application as below.

Below you can see an example answer to get some inspiration:

First question:

The first answer example

Second question:

The second answer example

Third question in some casess

The Third answer example