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.

Multiple educators
Skills you'll gain: Policy Analysis, Systems Thinking, Storytelling, Visionary, Sociology, Innovation, Social Sciences, Creative Thinking, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Social Impact, Sustainable Development, Social Justice, Cultural Diversity, Critical Thinking, Sustainable Systems, Case Studies, Environmental Science, Spatial Analysis, Human Centered Design, Public Policies
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Geneva
Skills you'll gain: Climate Change Adaptation, Water Resources, Hydrology, Risk Management, Water Quality, Natural Resource Management, Environment, Climate Change Mitigation, Sustainable Development, Social Network Analysis, Governance, Health Disparities, Environmental Science
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Santa Cruz
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Network Model, Machine Learning, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Supervised Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Policy Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, Java Programming, Java, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Development Environment, Problem Solving, Algorithms, Eclipse (Software), Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Project Management Software, Collaborative Software, Spreadsheet Software, Project Management, Productivity Software, Project Planning, Data Validation
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: C# (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Debugging, .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Copilot, Computer Programming, Integrated Development Environments, Development Environment, Event-Driven Programming
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Verification And Validation, Systems Design, Computational Logic, Development Testing, Test Case, Hardware Architecture, Simulations, Debugging
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Django (Web Framework), Model View Controller, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Application Deployment, Web Applications, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Back-End Web Development, Web Servers, SQL, Databases, Network Protocols, Python Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

The University of Tokyo
Skills you'll gain: Visualization (Computer Graphics), Interactive Design, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques, Human Computer Interaction, Animation and Game Design, User Interface (UI), Robotics, 3D Assets, Algorithms, Simulations
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Docker (Software), Containerization, Google Cloud Platform, Devops Tools, DevOps, Web Development
Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Skills you'll gain: Transportation Operations, Transportation Management, Network Analysis, Operations Research, Systems Analysis, Operational Analysis, Analysis, Demand Planning, Mathematical Modeling, Econometrics, Markov Model, Behavioral Economics, Economic Development, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Cost Benefit Analysis, Market Dynamics, Customer Demand Planning, Probability, Social Impact, Model Evaluation
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Animations, Game Design, Video Game Development, Design, Technical Design, Conceptual Design, Design Elements And Principles, Creative Design, Storytelling
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks