Optimization courses can help you learn techniques for improving performance, resource allocation, and decision-making processes. You can build skills in linear programming, heuristic methods, and simulation modeling, that support analyzing complex systems. Many courses introduce tools like Excel Solver, MATLAB, and Python libraries such as SciPy, enabling you to apply optimization methods to real-world problems in logistics, finance, and operations management.

EIT Digital
Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Theoretical Computer Science, Data Storage Technologies, Algorithms, Graph Theory, File Systems, Data Access, Performance Tuning, Computer Hardware
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Algorithms, Graph Theory, Data Structures, Theoretical Computer Science, Computational Thinking, Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Probability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Skills you'll gain: Computer Science, Machine Learning Algorithms, Solution Design, Problem Solving, Mathematical Theory & Analysis, Scalability
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: SQL, Relational Databases, Database Management, Database Systems, Performance Tuning, Databases, Database Administration, Query Languages
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Application Frameworks, Tensorflow, Applied Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, Hardware Architecture, Computer Hardware, Algorithms, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Computational Thinking, Algorithms, Program Development, Computer Programming, Software Development, Software Engineering, Data Structures, Problem Solving, Pseudocode, Computer Science, Javascript, Web Development, Machine Learning Methods, Data Science
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks
Stanford University
Skills you'll gain: Algorithms, Bioinformatics, Graph Theory, Computational Thinking, Data Structures, Theoretical Computer Science
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universidad Austral
Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Deep Learning, Performance Tuning, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning Methods, Machine Learning Algorithms, Analysis, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Algorithms
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: LangChain, Responsible AI, Large Language Modeling, OpenAI, Supervised Learning, Reinforcement Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Algorithms, Graph Theory, Computational Thinking, Programming Principles, Pseudocode, Theoretical Computer Science, Data Structures, Computer Programming, Performance Tuning
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Estimation, Simulations, Failure Analysis, Electronic Components, Matlab, Mathematical Modeling, Power Electronics, Systems Engineering, Thermal Management, Electrical Power, Control Systems, High Voltage, Probability, Electronic Systems, Electrical Engineering, Energy and Utilities, Basic Electrical Systems, Applied Mathematics, Laboratory Testing, Electrical Systems
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Algorithms, Bayesian Statistics, Theoretical Computer Science, Pseudocode, Computational Thinking, Data Structures, Graph Theory, Network Analysis, Probability, Probability & Statistics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months