Free MIT Online Courses with Certificates in 2026

Cost

Free

Course Format

Self-paced and Instructor-paced

Eligibility

Open to all (with prior knowledge if needed)

Duration

From a few weeks to several months

Key Areas

Aeronautics, Chemical Engineering, Economics, Management, Literature, Mathematics, Science, Humanities

Advanced Fluid Mechanics 1: Fundamentals

22 weeks (8-12 hours per week)

Continuum mechanics, Hydrostatics, Buoyancy and rigid body accelerations, Inviscid flow

AI and Finance

1 week (7-10 hours per week)

AI in financial analysis, Reinforcement learning in finance, Opportunities and limitations of LLMs in finance

Engineering Apollo: The Moon Mission as a Complex System

12 weeks (4 hours per week)

Systems engineering, Use of digital computers in Apollo, How to develop and execute a large-scale project

Biochemistry: Biomolecules, Methods, and Mechanisms

12 weeks (3-6 hours per week)

Scientific method for research questions, Analysis of protein purification schemes, Bohr effect

Cell Biology: Cell-Cell Interactions

7 weeks (4-6 hours per week)

Regulation of cellular functions and interactions, Properties of different cell types, Identification of recurring themes in cell biology impacting human health

Science of Learning and Memory

3 weeks (2-4 hours per week)

How learning and memory processes work, Classical and operant conditioning principles, Different types of memory systems, Causes and impacts of memory disorders

Supply Chain Analytics

13 weeks (6-10 hours per week)

Model uncertainty in supply chains using probability and statistical analysis, Hypothesis testing and regression analysis, Mathematical optimization models for supply chain planning and network design

AP® Microeconomics

12 Weeks (4 Hours / Week)

Basic Economic Concepts, Supply and Demand, Production, Cost, and the Perfect Competition Model, Imperfect Competition, Factor Markets, Market Failures and the Role of Government

Energy Economics and Policy

14 weeks

Interrelated energy markets, Natural gas and international oil markets, Electricity markets, Externalities associated with oil and gasoline

Ethical AI for Decisions in Today’s World

1 week (7-10 hours per week)

Common data and model issues, Practical mitigation strategies, AI system as a data–model–decision pipeline