Free online courses from The University of Edinburgh
Ranked in the top 50 universities in the world, the University of Edinburgh has been a leader in digital education since the earliest days of online learning. As a world-leading, research-intensive university, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges.
Extraordinary reputation
Embracing the technological and pedagogical opportunities of our digital age, the University provides an outstanding online distance learning experience as part of our commitment to making learning accessible to all.
Extraordinary courses
We offer free short online courses in a variety of subjects, all designed to build the skills of the global community, as well as degree-level education through our online master’s programs.
Visit our website to browse our catalog of online courses, and join our global network of 4 million learners to upskill and gain academic accreditation to boost your career. The University of Edinburgh MOOCs
Browse free online courses in a variety of subjects. The University of Edinburgh courses found below can be audited free or students can choose to receive a verified certificate for a small fee. Select a course to learn more.
Courses
- Digital Marketing Strategy
- Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage
- Introduction to Marketing
- Sustainable Global Food Systems
- Climate Solutions
- Breeding Programme Modelling with AlphaSimR
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge
- Nitrogen Pollution – Threats to Tropical Coral Coasts
- Nitrogen-related field measurements
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Portuguese)
- Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage (Chinese)
- The Role of Social Sciences in Nitrogen Research
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Spanish)
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Urdu)
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Bengali)
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Hindi)
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Chinese)
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Bhutan)
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Hungarian)
- Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Dari)
- Economic Democracy: The Cooperative Alternative
- Introduction to Social Research Methods
- Statistics: Unlocking the World of Data
Programs
- Digital Marketing Fundamentals
- Nitrogen Management Essentials
- The Nitrogen Challenge from a Social Science Perspective
About The University of Edinburgh
With our rich history, noted alumni, and distinguished scholars, we have much to be proud of in our many centuries as a world-renowned university.
From Nobel laureates and Olympic champions to space explorers and prime ministers, the University of Edinburgh has been influencing history since it opened the gates to its first students in 1583.
Ground-breaking thinkers
Following the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, the University was positioned at the forefront of academia and critical thinking.
Due to the determination and perseverance of a group of Edinburgh intellectuals, facts about the world were being boldly and consistently challenged.
Amid this group was David Hume, philosopher, economist, and essayist known for his philosophical skepticism and empiricism; Joseph Black, the chemist behind the discovery of latent heat and carbon dioxide; and James Hutton, the ‘Father of Modern Geology’.
Shaping the past, the present, and the future
We are the home of Britain’s oldest literary awards, the James Tait Black Prizes, and Dolly the sheep, the first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell.
It was also here at the University of Edinburgh that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired to create his notorious character, Sherlock Holmes, and James Young Simpson pioneered anesthetics through his discovery of the properties of chloroform.
More recently, theoretical physicist and Professor Emeritus Peter Higgs was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his 1964 prediction of the Higgs Boson.
Through the many achievements of its staff and students, the University has continued to present cutting-edge research, inspirational teaching, and innovative thinking as its central ethos, attracting some of the greatest minds from around the globe.
About edX
edX is the online learning platform from world-leading digital education company 2U, Inc.
edX was founded by Harvard and MIT as an experiment to make the world’s best education available to everyone. Today, as part of 2U, edX connects over 81 million people worldwide with online learning that delivers real professional progress across nearly every career discipline, from artificial intelligence and robotics to sustainability and public health. Together with universities and organizations at the forefront of their fields, edX offers thousands of job-relevant programs designed to give every ambitious learner a path to achievement.
