Certificate of Completion

How verification works

Each certificate carries a unique verification ID in the WA-YYYY-Cn-NNNN format. Anyone — a recruiter, a HR department, a graduate-admissions officer — can paste this code into wanacademy.com/verify and see, in one click, the course name, completion date, and the assignments the holder submitted. The certificate cannot be forged because the verification record is signed by the issuing private key and stored centrally.

What the certificate signals

A Wan Academy certificate is a private credential — not an accredited academic degree. It tells a reader three things: you read a substantial book, you submitted graded work on a schedule, and your capstone passed instructor review. The closest equivalents are the professional certificates from Coursera or the Specialisation badges from edX. It is exactly the kind of signal that gets you noticed by recruiters looking for self-driven analytical talent — not a replacement for a Master's degree, but a complement to one.

Adding the certificate to LinkedIn

On your LinkedIn profile, under Licenses & Certifications, click Add and paste in the verification URL we email you. LinkedIn will display the certificate alongside any institutional credentials you already hold. Many cohort graduates also link it from their GitHub README or personal website.