Rust Fundamentals
Free Intermediate course · 11 lessons · 4 weeks · Certificate on completion
Memory safety without a garbage collector. Master ownership, traits, and idiomatic Rust. Across 11 lessons you'll move from fundamentals to a portfolio-ready outcome — at your own pace, with quizzes after each lesson and a final exam to certify your mastery.
What you'll learn
- Why Rust exists
- Ownership and moves
- Borrowing and lifetimes
- Enums, pattern matching, Option
- Traits and generics
- Error handling with Result
Skills you'll pick up
- Why Rust exists
- Ownership and moves
- Borrowing and lifetimes
- Enums, pattern matching, Optio
- Traits and generics
- Error handling with Result
Tools covered
- Rust
- Real-world projects
- Quizzes
- Final exam
Course modules
Module 1: Why Rust exists
Module 1 of Rust Fundamentals. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 2: Ownership and moves
Module 2 of Rust Fundamentals. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 3: Borrowing and lifetimes
Module 3 of Rust Fundamentals. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 4: Enums, pattern matching, Option
Module 4 of Rust Fundamentals. 2 lessons · 2h
Lessons in this course
- Why Rust exists
- Ownership and moves
- Borrowing and lifetimes
- Enums, pattern matching, Option
- Traits and generics
- Error handling with Result
- Cargo, crates, modules
- Building a CLI tool
- Rust: Deep dive 9
- Rust: Deep dive 10
- Rust: Deep dive 11
Instructor
Sven Halvorsen — Systems Software Engineer
Sven Halvorsen is a Systems Software Engineer with years of hands-on experience teaching Rust to thousands of learners worldwide.
Certificate
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for Rust Fundamentals. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.
Career outcomes
Median global salary $120,000 per year · median India salary ₹17,00,000 per year · 115,121 open roles worldwide
- Rust Specialist
- Senior Rust Lead
- Rust Consultant
Frequently asked questions
Is the Rust Fundamentals course free?
Yes. Every Learnera course, including Rust Fundamentals, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.
How long does Rust Fundamentals take?
11 lessons, typically completed in 4 weeks at a comfortable pace.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes — pass the final exam and you receive a free, verifiable certificate you can share on LinkedIn.