Free Educational Resources — From First Words to PhD

Every level of learning, and every link on this page is genuinely free to use: kids’ learning apps, full school subjects, free college-level courses, coding, professional certifications, and research-level academic databases.

This page collects free educational resources for every stage of learning — starting with early-childhood apps and school subject help, moving through free university-level courses from MIT, Google and Harvard, and going all the way up to research databases and academic journals used at the postgraduate level. Nothing here requires payment to access the core content, so learners of any age or level can use this single page instead of searching separately for each site.

10Categories

60+Free resources

All levelsKids to research

Early Learning & Kids

Starting point

Free apps and sites built for pre-schoolers and early primary learners — letters, numbers, phonics and story reading.

Khan Academy Kids

Completely free app for ages 2–8 covering reading, math and social-emotional skills.

khanacademy.org/kids

Free educational games and videos built around early learning topics.

Free phonics and early reading activities for young children.

Free children’s storybooks in English and many Indian languages, by Pratham Books.

storyweaver.org.in

Free School Subject Help

Class 1–12

Free video lessons and practice covering the full school curriculum, subject by subject.

Free, subject-wise video lessons and practice exercises for all school grades.

khanacademy.org

GeeksforGeeks School

Free notes and practice for school-level maths and computer science.

geeksforgeeks.org

Great Learning Academy

Free short courses (separate from paid Great Learning) across many subjects.

mygreatlearning.com/academy

Government School Resources

Class 1–12

Official, always-free resources run by Indian government education bodies.

Official school textbooks and curriculum for classes 1–12, free to download.

Free national digital platform for school teachers and students.

Free NCERT and NIOS textbooks, audio, video and periodicals.

epathshala.nic.in

Free/low-cost open schooling for students outside the regular system.

Free educational DTH TV channels covering school and college subjects.

swayamprabha.gov.in

National Digital Library

Free access to textbooks, articles and content across all subjects.

ndl.iitkgp.ac.in

Free College & University Courses

Undergrad+

Real university-level courses, free to take (certificates are sometimes paid, the learning itself is not).

MIT OpenCourseWare

Free lecture notes, exams and videos from actual MIT courses.

Harvard Online (Free Courses)

Free-to-audit courses across subjects from Harvard.

pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free

Stanford Online

Free courses across engineering, humanities and sciences.

online.stanford.edu/free-courses

Free Indian government courses from school to postgraduate, with certificates.

Free engineering and science courses from the IITs and IISc.

Free-to-audit courses from top universities worldwide.

Many courses free to audit; certificates are usually paid.

Free, community-built learning materials and courses.

wikiversity.org

Free, openly-licensed college textbooks across many subjects.

Free Coding & Tech Skills

Practical skill

Learn to code or pick up a technical skill without paying anything.

Completely free coding curriculum with web development certifications.

freecodecamp.org

Harvard’s famous free introduction to computer science.

cs50.harvard.edu

The Odin Project

Free, full curriculum for becoming a web developer.

theodinproject.com

Free programming tutorials and coding interview preparation.

geeksforgeeks.org

Free reference and tutorials for web development languages.

Free short courses in data science, Python and machine learning.

kaggle.com/learn

Interactive coding lessons with a solid free tier.

Google Cloud Skills Boost

Free hands-on labs and courses on cloud computing.

cloudskillsboost.google

Free Certifications

Resume-ready

Free courses from major companies that end in a certificate you can add to a resume or LinkedIn.

Google Digital Garage

Free digital marketing and career-skill certifications from Google.

learndigital.withgoogle.com

Google Skillshop

Free certifications on Google Ads, Analytics and Marketing Platform.

skillshop.withgoogle.com

Microsoft Learn

Free training paths and certifications on Microsoft technologies.

learn.microsoft.com

IBM SkillsBuild

Free courses and certificates in tech and workplace skills.

skillsbuild.org

HubSpot Academy

Free certifications in marketing, sales and content strategy.

academy.hubspot.com

Large library of free courses across many industries.

Free Language Learning

Any age

Free apps for learning a new language from scratch.

Free, gamified lessons for dozens of languages.

Research & Academic (High Level)

Postgrad / research

Free access to research papers, theses and academic journals for advanced study.

Free search engine for academic papers, citations and theses.

scholar.google.com

Free repository of research papers in physics, maths, CS and more.

Directory of thousands of free, peer-reviewed open-access journals.

Free database of biomedical and life sciences research.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Free repository of Indian PhD theses and dissertations.

shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in

Free e-journals and e-books for Indian college and university students.

nlist.inflibnet.ac.in

Free network for sharing and discovering research papers.

researchgate.net

Free preprints in social sciences, economics and law.

Free Digital Libraries & Books

Reference

Free books, references and general knowledge resources for any level.

Project Gutenberg

Over 70,000 free classic ebooks whose copyright has expired.

Internet Archive

Free access to books, historical documents and archived web content.

Free, collaboratively edited general knowledge encyclopedia.

National Digital Library of India

Free textbooks and educational content across all levels.

ndl.iitkgp.ac.in

Free Government Skill Programs

Vocational

Government-run programmes that teach a practical, employable skill for free.

Skill India Digital

Free skill courses, certifications and job linkages.

skillindiadigital.gov.in

National Skill Development Corporation training partnerships.

Free short-term skill training scheme for youth.

pmkvyofficial.org

Free digital literacy and e-governance learning programmes.

digitalindia.gov.in