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Overview of Learning Deep Learning Skill Courses with upGrad

Did You Know? Deep learning ranks in Forbes’ Top 10 AI Skills to Learn in 2025. At upGrad we teach you relevant skills in the domain of Deep Learning, such as neural networks, computer vision, and natural language processing (NLP), making you differentiate yourself from the competition in the tech world.

Learning deep learning skills at upGrad will enable you to acquire valuable hands-on skills that will:

  • Open doors to roles across domains: With almost all tech companies actively hiring professionals skilled in deep learning and AI, this skill set positions you for success in fields like data science, robotics, automation, and more.
  • High Salary Growth: Professionals with deep learning skills enjoy an average 27% global salary premium, and in India, upskilling through platforms like upGrad can lead to as much as 65% income growth, especially when transitioning into AI/ML roles.
  • Stand out in high-impact industries: Deep learning is transforming sectors such as healthcare, finance, and e-commerce, where it's utilized in image recognition, natural language processing (NLP), and predictive modeling. Having this expertise puts you at the forefront of innovation.
  • Explore expert-designed syllabi: upGrad deep learning course syllabi feature hands-on modules on neural networks, CNNs, RNNs, and more. These are core components in most machine learning course outlines, making them essential if you're serious about AI.

What Will You Learn in upGrad’s Deep Learning Skill Courses?

upGrad's deep learning courses offer a comprehensive and practical roadmap. The curriculum aligns with the latest industry demands, covering everything from neural networks to deployment strategies.

For example, programs like the Executive Diploma in Machine Learning & AI from IIIT Bangalore provide an in-depth understanding of machine learning and deep learning syllabus topics, while the Generative AI Foundations Certificate in Data Analysis helps you explore practical applications of deep learning in data analysis both designed for learners who want flexible, outcome-oriented education.

Here’s what you’ll typically learn:

  • Foundational concepts: Understand neural networks, CNNs, RNNs, and deep neural architectures, core topics in any deep learning course syllabus.
  • Industry-standard tools: Gain hands-on experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Keras, part of most advanced deep learning classes.
  • Real-world projects: Apply your knowledge through case studies in computer vision, NLP, and anomaly detection, common applications of deep learning in today’s tech world.
  • End-to-end model training: Learn how to preprocess data, build models, evaluate performance, and deploy systems, skills taught in both machine learning and deep learning course outlines.
  • Integration with ML concepts: The curriculum blends well with broader machine learning subjects, ensuring you're not just learning in isolation but gaining a holistic AI skillset.

AI & ML Course Instructors

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Learn AI and Machine Learning from expert instructors in the field, and get insights from the forefront of AI & ML research.

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Prof. Paulo Lisboa

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Head of Dept - Applied Mathematics, LJMU - Retired

Studied mathematical physics at LU and was the chairman of Industrial Mathematics at KMJU in 1996 and Head of Graduate School in 2002 

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Prof. Dhiya Al-Jumeily

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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Technology

A senior member of the IEEE and a chartered IT Professional, he is a fellow of the UK Higher Education ACademy 

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Chandrashekar Ramanathan

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Dean Academics, IIITB

Prof. Chandrashekar has a PhD from Mississippi State University and experience of over 10 years in several multinational organisations. 

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Debabrata Das

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Director, IIITB

Dr. Debabrata Das is Director of IIITB. He has received his PhD from IIT-KGP. His main areas of research are IoT and Wireless Access Network 

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Dr. Gabriela Czanner

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Faculty - Engineering and Technology, LJMU

A Senior lecturer at Department of Applied Mathematics at LJMU. Her research focus is advanced statistics for decision support 

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Prof. G. Srinivasaraghavan

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Professor, IIITB

Prof. Srinivasaraghavan has a PhD in Computer Science from IIT-K and 18 years of experience with Infosys and several other MNCs. 

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Tricha Anjali

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Ex-Associate Dean, IIITB

Prof. Anjali has a PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology as well as an integrated MTech (EE) from IIT Bombay. 

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Dr. Atif Waraich

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Faculty - Computer Science, LJMU

A Senior faculty of Engineering and Technology at LJMU who has multiple publications in the health care domain 

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AI & ML Projects

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Engage in real-world AI/ML projects and apply your learning to practical scenarios in our AI and Machine Learning online learning classes.

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In this assignment, you will work for a consumer finance company which specialises in lending various types of loans to urban customers and use EDA to analyse the patterns present in the data. This will ensure that the applicants are capable of repaying the loan and are not rejected.

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Credit EDA Assignment

In this assignment, you will work for a consumer finance company which specialises in lending various types of loans to urban customers and use EDA to… Know More

Telecom companies often face the problem of churning customers due to the competitive nature of the industry. Help a telecom company identify customers that are likely to churn and make data-driven strategies to retain them from the perspective of a business analyst.

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Model Selection Case Study -Telecom Churn

Telecom companies often face the problem of churning customers due to the competitive nature of the industry. Help a telecom company identify customer… Know More

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Face Mask Detection

Create a custom object detector using the YOLO algorithm to detect the presence of face masks in the images of different people. 

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Machine Translation System

You will build an attention based neural machine translation model translating from one language to another. 

Build a Model for converting MRI images from one type (T1) into other (T2) and vice versa. CycleGAN model is used for producing T2 type MRI images given T1 type input MRI images.

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Style Transfer using GAN's

Build a Model for converting MRI images from one type (T1) into other (T2) and vice versa. CycleGAN model is used for producing T2 type MRI images gi… Know More

Predict the sales for a european pharma giant using a host of different types of variables. Apply VAR and VARMAX models to build the appropriate model.

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Sales Forecasting

Predict the sales for a european pharma giant using a host of different types of variables. Apply VAR and VARMAX models to build the appropriate mode… Know More

Build a sentiment analysis based product recommendation system to recommend the similar products to the users. Sentiment analysis is used to fine tune the product recommendation system.

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Sentiment analysis based Product Recommender system

Build a sentiment analysis based product recommendation system to recommend the similar products to the users. Sentiment analysis is used to fine tune… Know More

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Eye for the Blind

Build a model that can help any visually impaired person in understanding image present before them. 

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Custom Entity detection in Healthcare data

You will build a custom NER to get the list of diseases and their treatment from a medical healthcare dataset. 

Learners will use the Markov Decision Process & Q-Learning to build an RL agent that learns to choose the best request so as to maximise the total profit earned by the agent that day.

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Maximising profit of cab driver using RL

Learners will use the Markov Decision Process & Q-Learning to build an RL agent that learns to choose the best request so as to maximise the total pro… Know More

Build a model to using the concepts of natural language processing and recommender systems to recommend news stories to users on a popular news platform.

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News Recommender System

Build a model to using the concepts of natural language processing and recommender systems to recommend news stories to users on a popular news platfo… Know More

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Gesture Recognition

Make a Smart TV system which can control the TV with user’s hand gestures as the remote control  

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Melanoma Detection Assignment

Build a neural network from scratch in Tensorflow to identify the type of skin cancer from image. 

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Train an agent to play Tic Tac Toe

Learners will apply Q-Learning to train an RL agent to play the game of numerical Tic Tac Toe. 

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Classification of customer complaints

Create a solution that will help in identifying the type of complaint ticket raised by the customers of a multinational bank 

To create an ML system that can predict the propensity of customers cancelling the subscription plan. The aim of the project is to provide the marketing team with insights into why a customer is choosing to leave. This will assist in identifying the probability of customer churn in the future so that preventive action can be taken.

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Customer Churn prediction

To create an ML system that can predict the propensity of customers cancelling the subscription plan. The aim of the project is to provide the market… Know More

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Advanced Regression

Build a regularised regression model to understand the most important variables to predict. 

Understand the factors that drive the Airbnb business and help the team leads tackle problems and bottlenecks through extensive data analysis on UI tools.

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Airbnb Case Study

Understand the factors that drive the Airbnb business and help the team leads tackle problems and bottlenecks through extensive data analysis on UI to… Know More

Career Paths After Completing a Deep Learning Skill Course

By taking a Deep Learning course, you will be getting the latest skill set used for some of the top jobs in the AI-powered world. Driving, facial recognition, fraud detection, analysis of medical images, and  deep learning applications are driving innovation across industries. 

Below are some of the key job roles in the field of deep learning

  • Deep Learning Engineer: ₹6 - ₹15 LPA
  • AI Engineer: ₹6 - ₹18  LPA
  • Machine Learning Engineer: ₹7 - ₹20 LPA
  • Data Scientist: ₹9 - ₹20 LPA 
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineer: ₹5 - ₹12 LPA
  • Computer Vision Engineer: ₹5 - ₹10 LPA
  • Business Intelligence Analyst: ₹6 - ₹12  LPA
  • AI Product Manager: ₹17 - ₹37 LPA

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Placements in AI & Machine Learning Courses

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What Our Learners Have To Say

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Worth the price pursuing

Though I have been in the Analytics and ML space for a few years now, the programme curriculum I went through did help me tremendously during the interview process

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Sagar Pavan

Lead Data Scientist, Craftt

10 Years of Experience

Program curriculumn helped me in excellence

20 months Master of Science program on ML and AI, conducted by IIIT, Bangalore and LJMU, UK. This dual degree program is managed by UpGrad Online learning platform.

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Angshuman Mukherjee

Principal Architect, LTIMindtree

23 Years of Experience

Makes you ready for the industry

A Master's degree will not only give you the edge but also enables you to prepare for the job market

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Samarjit Adhikari

Sr. Principal Software Engineer, Incedo

19 Years of Experience

This would not be an achievement without upGrad and IIITB

I am excited to start my first job with Ugam as Associate Analyst and this wouldnt be an achievement without upGrad and IIITB. Thanks to the team! March 2021 is the month of celebration and I believe new colours will now be a part of my new journey too. Wish you all a safe and happy holi!

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Sakshi Maharana

Associate Analyst

9 Years of Experience

Thanks to upGrad for giving me the platform, knowledge and opportunity to apply for the job!

I am pleased to announce that I have joined CitiusTech as a Senior Software Engineer in the role of AI Engineer. I would like to thank upGrad and upGrad Placements for giving me the platform, knowledge and opportunity to apply for the job. Thank you Argha Mukherjee for your guidance and support during and post my job offer! You are really helpful and patient and I look forward to working with you. Thanks Udit Pathak for being so patient with all my questions and your suggestions!

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Arpan Chattopadhyay

Senior Software Engineer - AI Engineer

8 Years of Experience

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ChatGPT for Developers

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ChatGPT for Developers

Learn to harness the power of ChatGPT! Improve your productivity by making ChatGPT your personal coding assistant. Automate repetitive tasks like testing, other maintenance tasks and learn how to use ChatGPT APIs.

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Introduction to Generative AI

What is Generative AI? Why has it recently become a buzzword? Dive deeper into the Generative AI landscape, its evolution over the years, its potential impact on industries, jobs, use cases and the skills you need to develop to succeed in the Generative AI era.

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Advanced Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT

Ever wondered how AI-powered chatbots understand and respond to your questions? Join our course on Advanced Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT to craft effective prompts that enable ChatGPT to provide accurate and helpful responses. Discover the art of optimizing prompts, mastering conversational flow, and empowering ChatGPT to engage in meaningful and natural conversations, opening doors to enhanced customer support, virtual assistants, and more.

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How ChatGPT Understands You: Introduction to Natural Language Processing

This course on Artificial Intelligence will help in taking your first step towards learning the interactions between human language and computers i.e., NLP. The course covers the basics of NLP, and other topics such as RegEx for building tools for Spell Correction, Phonetic Hashing, and Spam Detection

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Fundamentals of Deep Learning of Neural Networks

Harness the power of ChatGPT and improve your productivity by making ChatGPT your personal coding assistant who can Automate repetitive tasks.

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24 Exciting IoT Project Ideas & Topics For Beginners 2023 [Latest]

Looking for IoT Project Ideas? Start off with these cool IoT project ideas to test your strengths & weakness but also help you to gain exposure that can be helpful for boosting your career.

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Kechit Goyal

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Top 16 Artificial Intelligence Project Ideas & Topics for Beginners [2023]

Looking for Artificial Intelligence Project Ideas? Start off with these cool AI project ideas to test your strengths & weakness but also help you to gain exposure that can be helpful for boosting your career.

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Pavan Vadapalli

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Basic CNN Architecture: Explaining 5 Layers of Convolutional Neural Network

Did you know that you can classify or analyze images within a few lines of code using CNN? Check out this article that explains the Convolutional Neural Network architecture explaining its 5 layers.

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MK Gurucharan

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45+ Interesting Machine Learning Project Ideas For Beginners [2023]

Looking for Machine Learning Project Ideas? Start off with these cool machine learning project ideas to test your strengths & weakness but also help you to gain exposure that can be helpful for boosting your career.

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How to Make a Chatbot in Python Step By Step [Python Chatterbox Guide]

Are you curious to learn more about chatbot using Python and how to make chatbot in python? We’ll take a step by step approach and break down the process of building a Python chatbot.

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6 Types of Regression Models in Machine Learning You Should Know About

If you are new to machine learning, check out this article to learn 6 different types of regression in machine learning, under what condition each of them can be used and understand the regression modeling concept.

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Top 7 Challenges in Artificial Intelligence in 2023

Artificial Intelligence has a lot of potentials. But, do you know the issues surrounding the field? Read below to find out about the challenges in AI.

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Why Choose upGrad for the Deep Learning Course?

At upGrad, your deep learning journey is powered by structured mentorship, career guidance, and immersive hands-on experience. If you are looking for a deep learning course online, a machine learning certification in India, or a deep learning course for working professionals, upGrad ensures you gain industry-relevant skills that matter.

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upGrad Deep Learning Courses

Typical Online Deep Learning Courses

Curriculum

Industry-vetted deep learning curriculum with cutting-edge models like CNNs, RNNs, GANs

Outdated content lacking focus on modern architectures and industry applications

Certifications

Recognized deep learning certification from top institutions like IIITB & LJMU

Generic or non-accredited certificates

Learning Format

100% online with live doubt-clearing sessions, hands-on projects & expert-led modules

Mostly pre-recorded video lectures with little interactivity

Career Support

1:1 career mentorship and resume preparation

No structured placement support or mentorship

Tools & Projects

Real-world projects using TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, NumPy, OpenCV, etc.

Limited tool exposure and mostly academic assignments

Global Recognition

Learn deep learning from globally recognized institutions like IIIT Bangalore and LJMU

Courses offered by lesser-known or unranked platforms

Flexibility

Customizable deep learning programs suited for working professionals and students

Rigid learning paths with limited flexibility

Frequently Asked Questions on Deep Learning

1. What is included in a typical deep learning course syllabus?

A deep learning course syllabus usually includes neural networks, CNNs, RNNs, deep neural networks, autoencoders, and practical applications like image recognition and NLP. Courses also cover hands-on projects for real-world experience.

2. What are some real-world applications of deep learning?

Deep learning is widely used in industries like healthcare (disease prediction), e-commerce (recommendation engines), finance (fraud detection), and automotive (self-driving cars). These applications are often taught in deep learning classes online.

3. Do I need a programming background to take a deep learning course online?

While not mandatory, a basic understanding of Python and machine learning subjects helps. Many deep learning courses online-like those on upGrad-offer beginner-friendly modules before diving into advanced concepts.


4. What are the commonly used algorithms in Deep Learning?

The most commonly used algorithms in Deep Learning are recurrent neural network (RNN), convolutional neural network (CNN), Deep belief network (DEB), Long Short-Term Memory networks (LSTM), stacked autoencoders, and Deep Boltzmann machine (DBM), etc.

5. Which universities offer deep learning programs with upGrad?

upGrad partners with top universities like IIIT Bangalore and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) to deliver advanced machine learning and deep learning courses with globally recognized credentials.

6. What kind of certification will I receive from upGrad's deep learning courses?

Upon successful completion, you’ll earn an industry-recognized deep learning certification, often co-branded with upGrad and its university partner, which boosts your LinkedIn profile and job prospects.

7. What tools and projects are included in upGrad’s deep learning syllabus?

Projects involve real datasets and tools like TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, and scikit-learn. upGrad’s deep learning course outline focuses on applied learning with use cases in image recognition, speech analysis, and NLP.

8. What is the cost of learning AI and deep learning with upGrad?

 Short-term AI and deep learning courses can start around ₹20,000, while full-time programs like the Master’s in Machine Learning & AI can cost up to approx. ₹6 lakhs. upGrad also offers free deep learning courses with certificates.


9. Can I pay for my deep learning course in instalments?

Yes, upGrad offers EMI and flexible payment options starting at low monthly rates-making it easier to invest in a deep learning certification without financial stress.


10. Are there any refunds if I withdraw from the course midway?

Yes, upGrad has a clear refund policy. If you choose to withdraw early, the applicable terms will depend on the specific program and the time of withdrawal. It's recommended to review the refund policy at the time of enrollment to ensure clarity and avoid any misunderstandings.

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