Material science courses can help you learn about the properties of materials, material selection, nanotechnology, and the principles of thermodynamics. You can build skills in analyzing material behavior, conducting experiments, and applying statistical methods to interpret data. Many courses introduce tools such as scanning electron microscopes, X-ray diffraction, and software for modeling material properties, that support practical applications in industries like aerospace, electronics, and biomedical engineering.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Sampling (Statistics), Estimation, Risk Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Software, Return On Investment, Statistical Analysis, Sample Size Determination, R (Software), Data Analysis, Business Risk Management, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Inference, Project Estimation, Business Analysis
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: HVAC, Water Resource Management, Plant Operations and Management, Environmental Management Systems, Thermal Management, Control Systems, Environmental Monitoring, Electric Power Systems
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Video Production, Canva (Software), Product Demonstration, Web Content, Marketing Materials, Presentations, Content Creation, Team Oriented, Color Theory, Web Design, Graphic Design
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: AWS CloudFormation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Infrastructure, Configuration Management, IT Automation, Patch Management, Cloud Security, Automation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Visualization, Matplotlib, Plotly, Scientific Visualization, Seaborn, Exploratory Data Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Image Quality, Creativity, Web Applications
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Autodesk, 3D Assets, Design Software, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphics, Editing, Virtual Environment, Simulations
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Infectious Diseases, Network Analysis, Tree Maps, Molecular Biology, Biology, Science and Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Network Analysis, Analytics, Data Preprocessing, Unstructured Data, Classification Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), Version Control, DevOps, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Development Life Cycle, Linux Administration, Software Development, Software Development Methodologies, File Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Debugging, C# (Programming Language), 3D Assets, Video Game Development, Scripting, Software Testing, User Interface (UI), Development Environment, Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Keras (Neural Network Library), Data Preprocessing, Google Cloud Platform, Data Pipelines, Model Deployment, Data Transformation, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Application Programming Interface (API)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months