Free Courses

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

Join Harvard University instructor Pavlos Protopapas in this online course to learn how to use Python to harness and analyze data.

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

Learn about China’s origins, its integral early thinkers, and competing states and schools of thought.

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

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.

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

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.

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership.

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.

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.

Learn how American women created, confronted, and embraced change in the 20th century while exploring ten objects from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library.

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

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

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

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

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!

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better.

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

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

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

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

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

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

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

Learn the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies, and the challenges faced in the field today.

Learn how electricity makes the neurons in your brain tick.

Learn probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

This is CS50’s introduction to computer science and tech literacy for business professionals.