Free Courses

Learn about the opioid epidemic in the United States, including information about treatment and recovery from opioid addiction.

Join Harvard Medical School faculty Dr. Luana Marques to use applied psychology to build personal resilience with five science-driven skills.

Discover how neurons work together to create complex networks inside the brain.

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance.

A quantitative introduction to the energy system and its environmental impacts.

Explore the roles that microbes play in the production, preservation, and enhancement of diverse foods in a variety of culinary traditions, and learn about the history of food fermentations.

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

Learn how early American politics informed the U.S. Constitution and why its promise of liberty and equality has yet to be fully realized.

The culmination of the MicroBachelors® program.

Mobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change

Learn what is involved in using data wisely to build a culture of collaborative inquiry. 

Examine how cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how their vision of literature contributes to our understanding of civilization, culture, and literature today.

Get the opportunity to see TinyML in practice. You will see examples of TinyML applications, and learn first-hand how to train these models for tiny applications such as keyword spotting, visual wake words, and gesture recognition.

Take your introductory knowledge of Python programming to the next level and learn how to use Python 3 for your research.

Learn introductory programming and data analysis in MATLAB, with applications to biology and medicine.

Develop the skills to lead with courage and conviction through challenging times with this free, 35-minute Harvard Business School (HBS) Online lesson.

Examine best practices in child and family policies, advocacy, financing, and pathways to scale.

Join Harvard faculty in this online course to discover the physical history of the Jewish bible.

In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn to excel in the virtual-work landscape. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and remain fully aligned with your remote team.

Learn to process and convert raw data into formats needed for analysis.  

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.

Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

Learn probability, an essential language and set of tools for understanding data, randomness, and uncertainty.

Learn about the forces in American politics that seek to influence the electorate and shift the political landscape.

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.

Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership. Gain the tools to imagine and build the future of learning.

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.