Pen testing courses can help you learn vulnerability assessment, network security, and ethical hacking techniques. You can build skills in penetration testing methodologies, risk analysis, and incident response strategies. Many courses introduce tools like Metasploit, Wireshark, and Burp Suite, that support identifying and exploiting security weaknesses in systems and applications. By engaging with these tools, you can practice practical work that enhance your ability to secure networks and protect sensitive data.

Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, z/OS, COBOL (Programming Language), Unit Testing, Systems Analysis, Systems Development, Pseudocode, Agile Methodology, Software Development, Software Design, Systems Architecture, Mainframe Computing, Programming Principles, Scrum (Software Development), Software Testing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Imperial College London
Skills you'll gain: Logistic Regression, Descriptive Statistics, Exploratory Data Analysis, Regression Analysis, Statistics, Model Evaluation, R Programming, Statistical Modeling, Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Data Preprocessing, Public Health
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, Test Driven Development (TDD), Test Case, Program Development, Software Testing, Java Programming, Java, Software Engineering
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

IIT Bombay
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Research, Prototyping, Human Centered Design, Product Design, Sustainable Business, Innovation, Brainstorming, Creative Thinking, Empathy, User Feedback, Product Development, Customer experience improvement, Case Studies, Collaboration
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Development Testing, Application Deployment, LLM Application, Multimodal Prompts, Artificial Intelligence, Test Case, Agentic systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Application Programming Interface (API), Natural Language Processing, Technical Documentation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Prototyping, Usability Testing, Wireframing, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Figma (Design Software), Usability, User Interface (UI) Design, Mockups, UI/UX Research, Design Thinking, User Research, Style Guides
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Google Cloud
Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Dataflow, Big Data, Data Pipelines, Serverless Computing, Data Migration, Data Lakes, Apache Hadoop, Identity and Access Management, Data Storage, Tensorflow, Cloud Storage, Data Infrastructure, AI Personalization, Advanced Analytics, AI Enablement, Scalability, Data Integration, Data Integrity, Data Processing
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Accounting, Data Management, Internal Controls, Internal Auditing, Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), Auditing, Financial Auditing, Fraud detection, Data Quality, Accounting Software, Data Integrity, Pandas (Python Package), Emerging Technologies, Data Analysis, Analytics, Automation, GitHub, Python Programming, Natural Language Processing
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Software Documentation, Generative AI, API Testing, Test Automation, Mockups, Software Development Tools, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Software Testing, AI Security, AI Workflows, Application Security, Maintainability, Prompt Engineering, Test Case, Software Architecture, Code Review, Secure Coding, Artificial Intelligence, Debugging
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Wireframing, Adobe XD, Mockups, Storyboarding, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Usability Testing, Graphic and Visual Design, Figma (Design Software), Design Elements And Principles, UI/UX Research, Design Reviews, Responsive Web Design, Presentations, User Story, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Prototyping, Ideation, Web Design, User Centered Design
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Skills you'll gain: Model View Controller, Selenium (Software), Web Applications, Java, JUnit, Data Access, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Agile Methodology, Software Testing, Application Development, Software Design Patterns
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Health Informatics, Health Information Management, Health Systems, Health Technology, Clinical Informatics, Health Care, Health Care Administration, Data Sharing, Electronic Medical Record, Interoperability, Decision Support Systems, Data Management, Data Storage, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks