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Free Certificate Generator

Design a professional certificate in seconds, or upload an Excel sheet to create hundreds at once. Print them or save as PDF instantly — no watermark, no account.

  • 100% free
  • Bulk from Excel
  • Print-ready A4
  • Nothing stored

How to create a certificate online

Three steps, under two minutes, straight from your browser.

  1. 1

    Choose a template

    Pick from classic, modern, elegant or minimal designs, then set the orientation and your brand colour.

  2. 2

    Add the details

    Type a recipient name, title, description, date and signatories — or upload an Excel sheet with one row per recipient.

  3. 3

    Print or save as PDF

    Click Print / Save as PDF. Every certificate lands on its own A4 page, ready to print or email.

Generate certificates in bulk from Excel

Issuing certificates for a whole class, event or training batch? Upload a spreadsheet and the bulk certificate generator creates one personalised certificate per row — up to 500 at a time.

  • Add a Name column — it is the only required field.
  • Every other column becomes a placeholder. A Course column can be used as {course} in the certificate text.
  • Optional Date and Certificate No columns fill those fields for each person.
  • Works with .xlsx, .csv and .ods files exported from Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice.
Sample spreadsheet
Name Course Grade Date
Aarav SharmaScience OlympiadA+15 Oct 2026
Emily JohnsonInter-School DebateA15 Oct 2026
Mohammed AliAnnual Sports MeetB+15 Oct 2026
Download the sample Excel template

Certificates you can make for free

One certificate maker for schools, colleges, coaching centres, training teams and events.

Certificate of Achievement

Recognise toppers, olympiad winners and students who reach academic milestones.

Certificate of Completion

Award learners who finish a course, workshop, bootcamp or training programme.

Certificate of Participation

Thank every participant in sports days, quizzes, debates, hackathons and science fairs.

Certificate of Appreciation

Appreciate teachers, volunteers, parents, guest speakers and event sponsors.

Certificate of Excellence

Celebrate outstanding performance in academics, arts, leadership or service.

Merit Certificate

Honour rank holders, scholarship winners and house or class achievements.

Certificate generator FAQ

Yes. You can design, print and save as many certificates as you need without paying, creating an account or adding a watermark.

Switch to the "Bulk from Excel" tab, download the sample template, add one recipient per row with a "Name" column, then upload the file. Every extra column such as Course or Grade becomes a placeholder like {course} that you can use in the certificate text.

You can upload Excel (.xlsx), CSV and OpenDocument (.ods) files up to 2 MB with as many as 500 recipients at a time. Older .xls files should be saved as .xlsx first.

Click "Print / Save as PDF" and choose "Save as PDF" as the destination in your browser's print dialog. Each certificate is printed on its own A4 page, ready to share or email.

No. Your spreadsheet is read once to extract the recipient list and is never saved. Logos you add stay in your browser and are never uploaded.

You can create certificates of achievement, completion, participation, appreciation, excellence and merit, or write your own title for events, courses, competitions, workshops and staff awards.

Yes. InstiKit School ERP generates transfer, bonafide and achievement certificates directly from admission, attendance and exam data, so you never retype student details.

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