Sustainable development courses can help you learn frameworks for social, economic, and environmental progress. You can build skills in policy evaluation, community planning, climate resilience, and measuring development outcomes. Many courses introduce tools for sustainability indicators, data analysis, and impact assessment to support informed decision-making across global contexts.

Rice University
Skills you'll gain: Development Environment, Data Structures, File Management, Data Storage, Scripting, Python Programming, Program Development, Scripting Languages, Debugging
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

The University of Edinburgh
Skills you'll gain: Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainable Development, Environmental Policy, Environment, Community Organizing, Social Justice, Sustainable Business, Environmental Science, Advocacy, Education and Training
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Sprint Planning, Azure DevOps, Backlogs, Issue Tracking, Kanban Principles, Agile Software Development, Project Management, DevOps
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

ESSEC Business School
Skills you'll gain: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Sustainable Development, Investments, Governance, Entrepreneurship, Financial Inclusion, Sustainable Business, Return On Investment, Financial Services, Due Diligence, Stakeholder Engagement, New Business Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Skills you'll gain: Scala Programming, Software Design, Software Design Patterns, Functional Design, Java, Programming Principles, Performance Tuning, Data Structures, Algorithms
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Skills you'll gain: User Story, Agile Software Development, Backlogs, Agile Methodology, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Retrospectives, Test Driven Development (TDD), Requirements Analysis, Sprint Planning, Unified Modeling Language, Software Development Methodologies, Software Engineering, Software Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Product Development, New Product Development, Product Management, Sustainable Business, Product Lifecycle Management, Marketing, Sustainable Design, Marketing Strategies, Financial Analysis, Target Market, Business Metrics, Presentations
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Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Digital Transformation, Cloud Computing Architecture, Systems Design, Cloud Computing, SAP Applications, Cybersecurity, Case Studies, Software As A Service, Systems Analysis, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Resource Planning, Business Technologies, Customer experience strategy (CX), Data Modeling, Business Process Automation, Business Analysis, Application Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Information Architecture, Persona (User Experience), UI/UX Strategy, Web Design, User Experience, Wireframing, User Research, User Centered Design, Mockups, Usability Testing, Requirements Analysis, Target Audience, Agile Methodology
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Self-Awareness, Innovation, Personal Development, Sustainable Development, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Action Oriented, Creative Problem-Solving, Social Work, Professional Development, Visionary, Corporate Sustainability, Adaptability, Business, Collaboration
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Agentic systems, Responsible AI, Artificial Neural Networks, Data Ethics, Governance, Artificial Intelligence, LLM Application, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Compliance Management, AI Product Strategy, Data Governance, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Large Language Modeling, Business Ethics, Risk Management, Machine Learning, Project Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Java Programming, Object Oriented Design, Unified Modeling Language, Unit Testing, Software Engineering, Agile Software Development, Software Design, Software Development, Programming Principles, Eclipse (Software)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months