Finance 101 courses can help you learn budgeting, financial analysis, investment strategies, and risk management. You can build skills in interpreting financial statements, conducting market research, and evaluating investment opportunities. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling, QuickBooks for accounting, and various financial analysis software, showing how these skills are applied in real-world financial decision-making.

University of Cape Town
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Social Impact, Financial Inclusion, Risk Management, Business Modeling, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Performance Measurement, Resource Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Partnership, Entrepreneurial Finance, Finance, Due Diligence, Case Studies
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Plotly, Plot (Graphics), Data Visualization, Statistical Visualization, Box Plots, Scatter Plots, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Histogram, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Probability
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Yale University
Skills you'll gain: Land Management, Environmental Science, Sustainable Development, Environment, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Engineering and Restoration, Environment and Resource Management, Climate Change Mitigation, Socioeconomics, Finance
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Social Impact, Investments, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Fundraising, Capital Markets, Financial Market, Financial Management, Finance, International Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Entrepreneurship, Fiscal Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Business Strategy, Business Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Skills you'll gain: Corporate Sustainability, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Sustainable Business, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sustainable Development, Corporate Finance, Risk Analysis, Governance, Corporate Strategy, Capital Budgeting, Capital Markets, Financial Analysis, Social Impact, Business Valuation, Market Dynamics
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

AI Business School
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Agentic Workflows, AI Workflows, Generative AI, Sales Enablement, No-Code Development, Financial Forecasting, AI Personalization, Sales, Responsible AI, Risk Management, AI Security, AI Product Strategy, Generative AI Agents, LLM Application, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Innovation, Productivity, Operational Efficiency
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Torque (Physics), Mechanics, Physics, Geometry, Algebra, Mechanical Engineering, Trigonometry, Calculus, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Problem Solving
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

AI CERTs
Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Agentic Workflows, Risking, Generative AI Agents, AI Enablement, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Power BI, AI Workflows, Accounting and Finance Software, Regulatory Compliance, Automation, Financial Data, Wealth Management, Compliance Management, Generative AI, Financial Forecasting, Data Processing, Finance, Workflow Management, General Finance
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Fundação Instituto de Administração
Skills you'll gain: Financial Statement Analysis, Business Valuation, Financial Analysis, Cash Flows, Competitive Analysis, Financial Modeling, Investment Management, Finance, Capital Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Market Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Package and Software Management, Linux, Command-Line Interface, Linux Servers, Operating System Administration, Linux Commands, Unix Commands, Ubuntu, File Systems, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OS Process Management, Bash (Scripting Language), Unix, Software Installation, Systems Administration, File Management, Service Management, Operating Systems, Servers
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Financial Modeling, Descriptive Statistics, Data Literacy, Financial Forecasting, Reconciliation, Financial Analysis, A/B Testing, Portfolio Risk, Model Evaluation, Data Cleansing, Decision Tree Learning, Regression Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Predictive Modeling, Data Analysis, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
McMaster University
Skills you'll gain: Finance, Peer Review, Project Design, Business Mathematics, Market Dynamics, Financial Analysis, Financial Planning, Capital Markets, Economics, Decision Making
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks