1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Take online cours­es from the world’s top uni­ver­si­ties for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online cours­es from uni­ver­si­ties like Yale, MIT, Har­vard, Oxford and more. Our site also fea­tures col­lec­tions of Online Cer­tifi­cate Pro­grams and Online Degree & Mini-Degree Pro­grams.

Note: This page includes a lot of Mas­sive Open Online Cours­es (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free ver­sion of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Cer­tifi­cate” (edX) or “Audit” (Cours­era) option. If you take the course for a certificate/credential, you’ll be charged a fee, and we will receive a com­mis­sion from our affil­i­ate partners–Coursera, Future­Learn and edX.

Human­i­ties & Social Sci­ences

Archaeology Courses

Architecture Courses

Art & Art History Courses

Classics Courses

Communication Courses

Demography Courses

Design Courses

Economics & Finance Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Eco­nom­ics. And find free econ text­books in our Free Text­book col­lec­tion.

Education Courses

Film Courses

Food Courses

Geography Courses

Health Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in His­to­ry.

Writing & Journalism Courses

Note: This sec­tion includes a lot of Mas­sive Open Online Cours­es (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free ver­sion of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Cer­tifi­cate” (edX) or “Audit” (Cours­era) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.

Language Lessons

To start learn­ing 40 for­eign lan­guages, please see our exten­sive col­lec­tion called Learn Lan­guages for Free. You can down­load or stream free lessons in French, Span­ish, Eng­lish, Ger­man, Man­darin, Ital­ian and more.

Law Courses

Literature Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Lit­er­a­ture.

Linguistics Courses

Media Studies Courses

Music & Performing Arts Courses

  • Anar­chy in the UK: A His­to­ry of Punk from 1976–78 — Mas­sive Open Online Course (MOOC) — Uni­ver­si­ty of Read­ing
  • Basic Con­cepts of Music The­o­ry — Inter­net Archive — Jamie Henke, U. of Wis­con­sin
  • Dave Con­ser­va­toire (Music The­o­ry Lessons) — Free Online Video — David Rees, Roy­al Col­lege of Music, Lon­don
  • Intro­duc­tion to Pitch Sys­tems in Tonal Music — Free Online Video — John Crooks, UC Irvine
  • Intro­duc­tion to The­atre and Dra­ma Arts — Free Online Video — Mis­souri State, Robert Bradley
  • Intro­duc­tion to World Music — Free Online Video — Mis­souri State, John Prescott
  • Lis­ten­ing to Music — Free Online Course — Craig Wright, Yale
  • Musi­cal Impro­vi­sa­tion - Free Video — Mark Har­vey & Tony Hall
  • Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Mod­ernism, Bal­let, and Riots — Free Online Video — Thomas For­rest Kel­ly, Har­vard
  • The Ethics of Jazz (Lec­ture Series) — Free Online Lec­tures — Her­bie Han­cock, Har­vard
  • The Lan­guage of Music — Free Online Video — Amy Much­nick, Mis­souri State
  • The British Lec­tures — Free Online Lec­tures — Karl­heinz Stock­hausen
  • The Unan­swered Ques­tion: 6 Lec­tures on Music - Free Online Lec­tures — Leonard Bern­stein, Har­vard

Personal Development Courses

Philosophy Courses

For a full line­up of online cours­es, please vis­it our com­plete col­lec­tion, 1,700 Free Online Cours­es from Top Uni­ver­si­ties

For a full line­up of online cours­es, please vis­it our com­plete col­lec­tion, 1,700 Free Online Cours­es from Top Uni­ver­si­ties

Political Science, International Relations and Law Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence.

Religion Courses

Sociology Courses

Urban Studies Courses

Sci­ences

Aeronautics Courses

Anthropology Courses

Biology Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Biol­o­gy.

Note: This sec­tion includes Mas­sive Open Online Cours­es (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free ver­sion of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Cer­tifi­cate” (edX) or “Audit” (Cours­era) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.

Chemistry Courses

Computer Science Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online course in Com­put­er Sci­ence. Also find comp sci text­books in our Free Text­book col­lec­tion.

Data Science Courses

Note: This sec­tion includes a lot of Mas­sive Open Online Cours­es (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free ver­sion of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Cer­tifi­cate” (edX) or “Audit” (Cours­era) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.

Note: This sec­tion includes a lot of Mas­sive Open Online Cours­es (MOOCs). If you want to enroll in a free ver­sion of a MOOC, please select the “Full Course, No Cer­tifi­cate” (edX) or “Audit” (Cours­era) option. If you opt to take the course for a certificate/credential, you will be charged.

Engineering (Mechanical, Civil and Electrical) Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Engi­neer­ing.

Environment & Natural Resources Courses

Math Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Math. Also find free math text­books in our Free Text­book col­lec­tion.

Physics Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Physics. Also find free physics text­books in our Free Text­book col­lec­tion.

Psychology & Neuroscience Courses

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Psy­chol­o­gy.

Book­mark our col­lec­tion of free online cours­es in Psy­chol­o­gy.

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