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.

Skills you'll gain: Data Preprocessing, Data Visualization, Logistic Regression, Feature Engineering, Data Cleansing, Predictive Modeling, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Data Science, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Applied Machine Learning, Regression Analysis, Supervised Learning, Machine Learning, Human Resources, Employee Retention, Machine Learning Algorithms
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Dassault Systèmes
Skills you'll gain: SolidWorks (CAD), 3D Modeling, Computer-Aided Design, Technical Design, Assembly Drawing, Engineering Drawings, Engineering Design Process, Technical Drawing, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Global Positioning Systems, Political Sciences, Entrepreneurship, International Relations, Governance, Higher Education, Public Policies, Policy Analysis, Business, New Business Development, Budgeting, Innovation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Council on Foreign Relations
Skills you'll gain: Environmental Policy, Climate Change Mitigation, Policy Analysis, Environmental Issue, International Relations, Social Justice, Diplomacy, Market Dynamics, Sustainable Systems, Environmental Regulations, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Governance, Tax, Cost Benefit Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Exploratory Data Analysis, Model Deployment, Keras (Neural Network Library), NumPy, Transfer Learning, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Predictive Modeling, Matplotlib, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Data Preprocessing, Development Environment, Pandas (Python Package), Deep Learning, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Artificial Neural Networks, Image Analysis, Machine Learning, Data Science
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

IE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Integrated Marketing Communications, Peer Review, Marketing Communications, Strategic Decision-Making, Strategic Marketing, Product Management, Promotional Strategies, Brand Management, Marketing Channel, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Product Strategy, Sales Presentations, Case Studies, Price Negotiation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Operational Efficiency, Six Sigma Methodology, Operations Management, Lean Methodologies, Performance Metric, Business Process Management, Process Improvement, Process Analysis, Continuous Improvement Process, Business Technologies, Data-Driven Decision-Making
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: MySQL, Bash (Scripting Language), Scripting, Database Management, Relational Databases, Command-Line Interface, SQL, Databases, Data Import/Export, Database Application, Data Pipelines, Data Manipulation, Python Programming, Linux
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Restful API, API Design, GitHub, Git (Version Control System), Postman API Platform, Application Programming Interface (API), Application Deployment, Node.JS, API Testing, Web Development, Server Side, Full-Stack Web Development, Back-End Web Development, Web Applications, Front-End Web Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Open Source Technology, Package and Software Management, Linux, Ubuntu, Operating System Administration, Linux Administration, Linux Commands, Operating Systems, Unix, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Network Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Web Servers, System Configuration, General Networking, Firewall, Virtual Machines
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: OpenAI API, SQL, ChatGPT, Prompt Engineering, Pandas (Python Package), Natural Language Processing, Data Import/Export, Data Manipulation, Databases, Python Programming, Machine Learning, Software Engineering
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, JSON, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Network Protocols, Data Access, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Data Processing, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Scripting, Python Programming, Development Environment, Software Installation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months