Free Courses

Find innovation opportunities in health care technology, management, consulting, or investing by examining health care cost, quality, and access.

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.

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

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

An exploration of the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

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

Learn about the key beliefs and practices of Judaism through an examination of its sacred texts and their interpretation.

Learn about successful collaborations between families and educators and why they lead to improved outcomes for students and schools.

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

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Gain an understanding of history, museum studies, and curation by looking at, organizing, and interpreting art, artifacts, scientific curiosities, and the stuff of everyday life.

Learn how the Manchus conquered the Qing and established the last of the imperial dynasties.

A gentle introduction to programming that prepares you for subsequent courses in coding.

Explore the ethical controversies of financial markets.

Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.

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.

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

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

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

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

Combine literary research with data science to find answers in unexpected ways. Learn basic coding tools to help save time and draw insights from thousands of digital documents at once.

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

Keep your projects organized and produce reproducible reports using GitHub, git, Unix/Linux, and RStudio.

Develop skills in digital research and visualization techniques across subjects and fields within the humanities.

This introduction to biochemistry explores the molecules of life, starting at simple building blocks and culminating in complex metabolism.

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

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.

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.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

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