Manufacturing courses can help you learn production planning, quality control, supply chain management, and lean manufacturing techniques. You can build skills in process optimization, inventory management, and equipment maintenance. Many courses introduce tools like CAD software for design, ERP systems for resource planning, and Six Sigma methodologies for quality improvement, showing how these skills are applied in real-world manufacturing environments.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Computer-Aided Design, AutoCAD, Drafting and Engineering Design, Product Design, Product Development, Technical Drawing, Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Politecnico di Milano
Skills you'll gain: Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Technical Design, Systems Design, Computer Architecture, Hardware Architecture, Electronic Hardware, Distributed Computing, System Configuration, Cloud Computing Architecture, Computer-Aided Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Dental Informatics, Dental Procedures, Dentistry, Dental Care, Oral Health, Disabilities, Biomedical Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Digital Transformation, Medical Imaging, Computer-Aided Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Dassault Systèmes
Skills you'll gain: SolidWorks (CAD), Computer-Aided Design, Drafting and Engineering Design, Engineering Drawings, 3D Modeling, Mechanical Engineering
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Indian Institute of Science
Skills you'll gain: Electronics Engineering, Semiconductors, Electronics, Electronic Hardware, Biomedical Technology, Hardware Design, Embedded Software, Materials science, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Design, Manufacturing Processes, Communication Systems, Laboratory Equipment, Engineering Design Process, Laboratory Testing, Analytical Testing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universidade de São Paulo
Skills you'll gain: Production Planning, Production Process, Manufacturing Operations, Lean Manufacturing, Resource Planning, Inventory Control, Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Management System, Material Requirements Planning, Capacity Planning, Operations Management, Scheduling, Operational Efficiency, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Demand Planning, Forecasting, Transportation Operations, Business Operations
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Power Electronics, Electronic Systems, Control Systems, Electrical Engineering, electromagnetics, Electrical Power, Electronics Engineering, Electronics, Engineering Analysis, Simulations, Simulation and Simulation Software, Mathematical Modeling, Systems Analysis, Electrical Systems, Computer-Aided Design, Matlab, Technical Design, Systems Design, Verification And Validation, Design Specifications
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

ISAE-SUPAERO
Skills you'll gain: New Product Development, Emerging Technologies, Innovation, Sustainable Technologies, Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Engineering, Cost Reduction, Environmental Issue, Thermal Management, Physics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Manufacturing Processes, Semiconductors, Mechanical Engineering, Materials science, Thermal Management, Failure Analysis, Reliability, Engineering Calculations
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Skills you'll gain: Process Analysis, Six Sigma Methodology, Process Improvement, Lean Methodologies, Process Optimization, Operational Analysis, Business Process, Lean Manufacturing, Statistical Analysis, Analysis, Regression Analysis, Continuous Improvement Process, Statistical Methods, Statistical Inference
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Hardware Design, Computer-Aided Design, Systems Design, Computer Architecture, Network Routing, Computational Logic, Electrical Engineering, Data Structures, Algorithms, Graph Theory, Mathematical Modeling, Calculus
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Leeds
Skills you'll gain: Robotics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing and Production, Engineering, Healthcare Ethics, Emerging Technologies, Data Ethics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Vision, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Programming
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks