This free DEI training certificate records that an employee completed your organization's diversity and inclusion training. It's built for inclusion offices and people teams that run one program for all employees and want a dated record for each person. Training providers who deliver in-house programs can use it too.

A navy blue border ringed with gold dots frames a cream panel, and inside, a thin gold double rule with ornate corners surrounds the text over a faint guilloche pattern. The recipient's name is set in a navy script above a gold divider. Three rounded fields hold the completion date, issue date, and credential ID, and a gold seal with navy blue ribbons sits between two signature lines.

When the training window closes, import completions from your HR system or a spreadsheet and issue every certificate in one run. Each employee gets a credential page with a verification link on every plan.

What is a DEI training certificate?

A DEI training certificate shows that a named person completed a diversity, equity, and inclusion course on a specific date. Courses often cover respectful conduct, equal opportunity and anti-discrimination law, bias awareness, and inclusive communication. Employers issue the certificate so each person, and the organization, has a record of the training.

A certificate doesn't prove compliance on its own. It shows who completed the training and when, alongside your course content and policies.

This template is laid out on A4 landscape (29.7 x 21 cm). Sign up for a free Certifier account to edit the design and issue it to your whole workforce.

What should a DEI training certificate include?

For a company-wide program, each certificate should show who completed the training, what it covered, and when.

Static fields

• Organization block: Your organization and office name (e.g., Harborview Institute, Office of Inclusion & Belonging).
• Logo: Your emblem beside the organization name.
• Certificate title: The program name (e.g., Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Certificate).
• Program description: What the training covered (e.g., inclusive leadership, equitable workplace practices, belonging, and bias awareness).
• Seal: A gold seal with the program label and year (e.g., Certified DEI 2026).
• Signature and role areas: Two signature lines (e.g., Head of DEI and Chief People Officer).

Dynamic fields (automatically populated by Certifier)

• Recipient name: The employee's full name (e.g., Alexandra Morgan-Whitfield).
• Completion date: When the employee finished the training (e.g., 18 Sep 2026).
• Date issued: The issue date (e.g., 12 October 2026).

You can rename, add, or remove fields in Certifier's design builder until the layout matches your training records.

How to issue DEI training certificates to all employees

1. Set the title and description: Rename the certificate to match your program, then list the topics the course covered. Upload your logo and the two signatures.
2. Pull in the completion list: Upload a spreadsheet of everyone who finished (up to 1,000 recipients per upload), or connect your HR system or LMS.
3. Issue to every employee in one run: Certifier emails each person their certificate and matching badge with a link to their own credential page.
4. Keep records easy to find: Use the Credential Repository to see who received, opened, or downloaded their certificate. Fix a misspelled name without reissuing.

Available DEI training certificate template formats

Edit and issue online with Certifier 

Edit the design in your browser, add employee data from a spreadsheet, and email every certificate from one place.

Download in Microsoft Word 

Enter your email to receive a ZIP with editable Word files.

PDF document export 

Employees can download a print-ready PDF from the credential page linked in their delivery email.

Who issues DEI training certificates?

Inclusion and DEI offices 

Running one inclusion program for every employee calls for a dated record per person, and this template gives each employee one.

HR and L&D teams

When a policy refresh adds inclusion and respectful-workplace training, HR teams keep the records as evidence of the steps taken.

In-house training providers 

Programs delivered across sites or subsidiaries can still issue every certificate from one account.