It’s never too late to learn new things or improve your career. And online now gives us the opportunity to study courses made available by Harvard University itself. These are from fields such as Health, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Economics, Humanities, Business. And most importantly, they are free. Only the certificate attesting the graduation costs, but it is cheaper than a cosmetology course done in Romania, for example. The price of a certificate starts from 149 dollars and goes up to 300, depending on the course. And good universities in Europe offer free courses. Below we show you what they are and what you can study.
What can we study for free at Harvard?
Harvard University is offering this year no less than 84 online courses that are completely free to sign up for and attend. There are no entry requirements either, and the time required for each is just a few hours a week. Because these are online courses, learning can be done at your own pace, with all the necessary materials provided by the prestigious university. The instructors are Harvard professors and the courses, lasting between 4 and 16 weeks, are in English.
Courses that can be studied include:
- The remote work revolution
- Humanitarian response to conflicts and disasters
- Improving global health with a focus on quality and safety
- The Invasions, Rebellions, and Fall of Imperial China
- Salary negotiation
- Essential AI Concepts for Business
- Bioethics
- Happiness management
- The fundamental principles of Leadership
- Data Science
- Modern masterpieces of universal literature
- Civic engagement in constitutional democracies
- Introduction to Probability
- The Einstein Revolution
- Effects of climate change on health
The full list of available courses, details about them and how to register can be found here. Obtaining the final certificate, which costs between $149 and $300 (depending on the course), is optional. This is required for those who want to include the completed course in their CV.
What can we study for free at the University of York
And the University of York, UK, offers several free online courses with very attractive titles. These include:
- Engineering the future
- From Crime to Punishment (Law)
- Digital well-being
- The language of truth (Philosophy)
- Introduction to cognitive psychology
- How to read a poem
- History of the FIFA World Cup
- Lights, Camera, Computer – Action! (How cutting-edge technology is transforming film, television and gaming)
- Bio-economy
The full list and course details can be found here.
Even if some of the courses have started, they can be downloaded to study at your own pace.
Other universities offering free courses
And other universities with a good international reputation also offer free online courses.
- University of London. “Business, Management and Marketing”, “Information Technology (IT)”, “Humanities” and “Educational Sciences” are the fields in which the university offers free courses. The full list and details can be reviewed here.
- Paris Lumières University. However, the courses here are not up-to-date in terms of knowledge. They were supported between 2018 and 2020, and some of them remained valid online. It is also important to note that they are mainly in French.
- The edX platform. Created by prestigious universities Harvard and MIT, the platform offers a lot of free courses from universities all over the world.
