Free Courses

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.

Learn to use R programming to apply linear models to analyze data in life sciences.

Build a foundation in R and learn how to wrangle, analyze, and visualize data.

A human-centered approach to the fundamentals of cell biology with a focus on the power plants of the cell - mitochondria.

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

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China.

Explore the reunification of China under the Tang with a focus on aristocratic culture — from poetry to calligraphy to literature.

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare’s Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello’s story in new forms and contexts today.

Learn advanced approaches to genomic visualization, reproducible analysis, data architecture, and exploration of cloud-scale consortium-generated genomic data.

This course introduces learners to Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) through the lens of TinyML (Tiny Machine Learning). Learners explore best practices to deploy, monitor, and maintain (tiny) Machine Learning models in production at scale.

Learn fundamental principles of architecture — as an academic subject or a professional career — by studying some of history’s most important buildings.

An overview of modern Chinese history, including the fall of the Qing and the end of imperial China.

Learn about Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony and forms of orchestral music.

Expand your learning of chemistry and thermodynamics by exploring entropy, free energy, and equilibrium.

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how traditional and modernist cooking techniques can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about elasticity, viscosity, mayonnaise, baking, and more!

The Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Statements webinars provide a great opportunity to learn the basic principles of nonprofit accounting.

Top chefs and Harvard researchers explore how everyday cooking and haute cuisine can illuminate basic principles in chemistry, physics, and engineering. Learn about food molecules and how chemical reactions can affect food texture and flavor.

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

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

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

Examine the inner workings of the three branches of the U.S. Federal Government

HKS Executive Education and Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences present a webinar featuring Harvard faculty Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viégas.

Equipping clinicians with an up‑to‑date, comprehensive understanding of stem cell–based approaches for Parkinson’s disease, including biological rationale, current trial outcomes, comparison with existing therapies, and guidance for evidence.

This free webinar from HKS Professor Matthew Bunn tours the horizon of nuclear dangers.

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

This course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students).

Show what you’ve learned from the Professional Certificate Program in Data Science.

Explore the underlying structures of everyday arguments and develop the tools to communicate effectively.

Learn the skills and tools of improvement science to make positive changes in health, healthcare, and your daily life.

Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework.