Sustainable development courses can help you learn frameworks for social, economic, and environmental progress. You can build skills in policy evaluation, community planning, climate resilience, and measuring development outcomes. Many courses introduce tools for sustainability indicators, data analysis, and impact assessment to support informed decision-making across global contexts.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Embedded Systems, Electronic Hardware, Embedded Software, Hardware Design, Electronics Engineering, Electronics, Electronic Components, Thermal Management, Design Specifications, Debugging, Schematic Diagrams, Development Environment
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Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Energy and Utilities, Sustainable Technologies, Electric Power Systems, Market Dynamics, Climate Change Mitigation, Emerging Technologies, Sustainable Development, Investments, Innovation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

EDUCBA
Skills you'll gain: Real-Time Operating Systems, Software Development, Software Design, Software Architecture, Embedded Systems, Configuration Management, Systems Architecture, Application Development, Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of London
Skills you'll gain: Pseudocode, C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C and C++, File I/O, Object Oriented Design, Integrated Development Environments, Computer Programming, Development Environment, Programming Principles, Debugging, Data Structures, Program Development, Algorithms, Interactive Design, Model Evaluation, Software Engineering, Test Data, Data Validation, Command-Line Interface
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Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Skills you'll gain: Model View Controller, Selenium (Software), Web Applications, Java, JUnit, Data Access, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Agile Methodology, Software Testing, Application Development, Software Design Patterns
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Skills you'll gain: Laboratory Testing, Materials science, Sustainable Technologies, Chemistry, Manufacturing Processes, Electrical Power, Product Lifecycle Management, Technical Standard, Product Testing
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Global Marketing, Cultural Diversity, International Relations, World History, Policy Analysis, Economics, Political Sciences, Economic Development, Business Management, Business Strategy, Business Economics, Competitive Analysis, Risk Management, Business Development
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Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Amazon Bedrock, AWS SageMaker, AI Workflows, Agentic systems, AI Enablement, AI Product Strategy, Generative AI Agents, Amazon Web Services, AI Orchestration, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Development, Model Deployment, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Intelligence, LLM Application, Solution Architecture, Data Management
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: COBOL (Programming Language), Integrated Development Environments, Business Logic, Mainframe Computing, Programming Principles, Computer Programming Tools, Computer Programming, File I/O, Data Management, Maintainability, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Florida
Skills you'll gain: Land Management, Climate Change Mitigation, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Systems, Environment and Resource Management, Water Resource Management, Water Resources, Sustainability Standards, Climate Change Adaptation, Environment, Natural Resource Management, Plant Operations and Management, Systems Thinking, Environmental Science, Cultural Diversity, General Science and Research, Spatial Analysis, Social Studies, Research, Biology
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Copenhagen
Skills you'll gain: Endocrinology, Physiology, Preventative Care, Drug Development, Pharmacology, Chronic Diseases, Epidemiology, Immunology, Medical Science and Research, Patient Treatment, Pharmaceuticals, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Exercise Science, Clinical Nutrition, Public Health, Biology, Nutrition and Diet, Molecular Biology
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Proposal Development, Sustainable Development, Environmental Issue, Stakeholder Engagement, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Business, Proposal Writing, Social Impact, Budgeting, Financial Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Operational Analysis, Project Implementation, Case Studies, Cost Benefit Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks