Free · Word and PDFCertificate of completion templates
For finishing a course, a programme or a module: the student’s name, the course, the date and what it took. 16 templates, every line editable in Word.
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Wording for a completion certificate
Lines for under the name. Copy one, then paste it over the placeholder in Word.
What to put on it
- The student’s full name, as they’ll want it on their CV
- The course title and the date they finished
- What it took: hours, lessons, an exam score or CPD
- Who issued it, with your logo
- A signature, and any accreditation in the small print
How to edit a completion certificate in Word
- 01Download the Word filePress Word on any template. It’s a .docx, A4 landscape, with its fonts inside.
- 02Enable editingWord may open it in Protected View first, as it does any download. Click Enable Editing.
- 03Type over the placeholdersEvery line is its own text box. The logo, seal and signature are pictures: delete them, or right-click ▸ Change Picture.
- 04Print it or save a PDFFile ▸ Print on card, or File ▸ Save As ▸ PDF to email it. Change the name and save again for the next person.
Questions
- What is a certificate of completion?
- A record that someone finished a course or programme: who, what and when, signed by whoever ran it. It isn’t a qualification unless an awarding body says so.
- Can I show CPD hours or a score?
- Yes: these templates have a line for hours beside the date, and the line under the name can carry a score. In the maker you can choose CPD hours, credits or your own label.
- Can certificates be sent automatically when a student finishes?
- Not from Word. In Knola, a course’s certificate fills in each student’s name, the course, the date and their score, and is emailed when they finish, with a number anyone can check.
- Are these certificate templates free?
- Yes. Download as many as you like as Word or PDF: no sign-up, no watermark.
- Can I edit them in Word?
- Yes. The design is the page’s background and every line of text is a text box you can retype, in the template’s own font (the fonts are inside the file). The logo, seal and signature are pictures you can delete or change.
- Will they open in Google Docs?
- They’re made for Microsoft Word. Google Docs can open a .docx but may move the text boxes and swap the fonts, so for Google Drive, customise the template in the maker and download a PDF.
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Give certificates that issue themselves
In Knola, every student who finishes your course gets their certificate: their name, the date and their score filled in, emailed, with a number anyone can check. Free on every plan.