Material science courses can help you learn about the properties of materials, material selection, nanotechnology, and the principles of thermodynamics. You can build skills in analyzing material behavior, conducting experiments, and applying statistical methods to interpret data. Many courses introduce tools such as scanning electron microscopes, X-ray diffraction, and software for modeling material properties, that support practical applications in industries like aerospace, electronics, and biomedical engineering.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, R (Software), Relational Databases, Statistical Software, Data Import/Export, R Programming, Databases, Microsoft Excel
★ 4.6 (19) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Data Structures, Programming Principles, Data Manipulation, Software Installation, Python Programming, Data Processing, Development Environment
★ 4.8 (22) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Board Infinity
★ 4.6 (27) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Skills you'll gain: Energy and Utilities, Chemistry, Sustainable Engineering, Sustainable Development, Plant Operations and Management, Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Thermal Management, Environmental Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Materials science, Analytical Testing, Laboratory Research, Engineering Calculations, Mathematical Modeling, Experimentation
★ 4.8 (27) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Energy and Utilities, Electrical Wiring, Electrical Systems, Electric Power Systems, Electrical Power, Infrastructure Architecture, Basic Electrical Systems, Electrical Equipment, Power Electronics, Interoperability
★ 4.1 (32) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Skills you'll gain: Scala Programming, Scalability, Distributed Computing, Dataflow, Event-Driven Programming, Microservices, System Design and Implementation, Software Architecture, Data Pipelines, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Functional Design, Cloud Computing, Communication Systems
★ 3.9 (31) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Javascript, Data Structures, Dataflow, Computer Programming
★ 4.7 (25) · Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Internal Communications, Data Store, Corporate Communications
★ 4.5 (23) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Model Deployment, Restful API, AI Integrations, Application Deployment, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), LLM Application, Java, Development Environment, Image Analysis, Software Development, Computer Vision
★ 4.6 (20) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Correlation Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Statistical Programming, Statistical Methods, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Visualization, Analysis, Data Analysis, R (Software), Data Visualization, R Programming, Statistics, Statistical Inference, Variance Analysis, Sampling (Statistics)
★ 4.8 (32) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Skills you'll gain: Mathematical Modeling, Computational Logic, Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling, Mathematical Software, Systems Design, Model Optimization, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Applied Mathematics, System Design and Implementation, Programming Principles, Machine Learning Algorithms, Logical Reasoning, Arithmetic
★ 5 (48) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Java, Data Structures, File I/O, Java Programming, Data Access, Data Cleansing
★ 4.6 (20) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours