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Data engineering courses can help you learn data modeling, ETL (extract, transform, load) processes, and data warehousing techniques. You can build skills in data pipeline construction, database management, and ensuring data quality and integrity. Many courses introduce tools like Apache Spark, Hadoop, and SQL, that support processing large datasets and optimizing data workflows. You’ll also explore cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, which facilitate scalable data solutions and enhance your ability to manage data in various environments.


Popular Data Engineering Courses and Certifications


  • U

    University of Leeds

    Fundamental Skills in Engineering Design

    Skills you'll gain: Engineering Design Process, Engineering Management, Requirements Elicitation, Product Lifecycle Management, Problem Solving, Product Design, Product Requirements, Conceptual Design

    ★ 4.7 (230) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • V

    Vanderbilt University

    Engineering Maintainable Android Apps

    Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Unit Testing, Maintainability, Software Design Patterns, Software Testing, Test Automation, Integration Testing, Test Driven Development (TDD), Development Testing, Testability, Software Engineering, Test Tools, Secure Coding, Android Development, Application Security, Software Design, Mobile Security

    ★ 4.5 (297) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • B

    Board Infinity

    Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering Tools, Prompt Patterns, Responsible AI, Generative Model Architectures, Google Gemini, AI literacy, LLM Application, Model Evaluation, Debugging

    ★ 4.7 (79) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • G

    Google Cloud

    Feature Engineering en Français

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Data Preprocessing, Model Training, Tensorflow, Dataflow, Data Processing, Data Transformation, Data Store, Keras (Neural Network Library), Data Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Data Pipelines, Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Clinical Trials Data Management and Quality Assurance

    Skills you'll gain: Clinical Data Management, Data Quality, Quality Assurance, Clinical Trial Management Systems, Case Report Forms, Clinical Trials, Data Maintenance, Clinical Monitoring, Data Cleansing, Data Management, Data Integrity, Clinical Research, Microsoft Excel, Data Compilation, Data Collection, Data Sharing, Data Security, Treatment Planning, Statistical Analysis

    ★ 4.8 (186) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Spark, Skew & Speed: Pipeline Performance Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: System Monitoring, Data Quality, Performance Tuning, Apache Spark, Data Validation, Data Pipelines, Query Languages, Debugging, Data Transformation, Anomaly Detection, PySpark, Performance Analysis, Extract, Transform, Load, Failure Analysis, SQL, Data Architecture, Data Processing, Benchmarking, Root Cause Analysis, Distributed Computing

    Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • M

    Microsoft

    Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Excel Formulas, Spreadsheet Software, Power BI, Data Analysis, Timelines, Data Management, Data Wrangling, Data Processing, Data Entry, Data Presentation, Data Manipulation

    ★ 4.7 (5.5K) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Finding, Sorting, & Filtering Data in Microsoft Excel

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet Software, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Productivity Software

    ★ 4.7 (509) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Free
    Free
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • T

    Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

    Global Environmental Management

    Skills you'll gain: Water Resources, Water Resource Management, Energy and Utilities, Water Sustainability, Environmental Engineering, Hydrology, Environmental Engineering and Restoration, Stormwater Management, Natural Resource Management, Environment and Resource Management, Sustainable Technologies, Environmental Issue, Water Quality, Public Works, Land Management, Sustainable Systems, Sustainable Development, Environmental Policy, Waste Minimization, Demography

    ★ 4.7 (2.2K) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • B

    Board Infinity

    Agent Foundations and Prompt Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, LLM Application, Generative AI Agents, AI Workflows, AI Orchestration, Agentic Workflows, Large Language Modeling, Tool Calling, Agentic systems, Debugging, Quality Assurance, Model Evaluation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Production-Ready Multimodal ML Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Data Validation, Model Deployment, Test Driven Development (TDD), Apache Airflow, Data Pipelines, Containerization, Extract, Transform, Load, Kubernetes, Model Training, Data Integrity, Model Optimization, Cloud-Native Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Machine Learning Software, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning Algorithms, Natural Language Processing, Algorithms

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of Colorado System

    Systems Engineering Fundamentals Part 2

    Skills you'll gain: Systems Engineering, Verification And Validation, Systems Architecture, Configuration Management, Systems Development, Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Design, Reliability, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Systems Analysis, Systems Integration, Integration Testing, System Requirements, Maintainability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular data engineering courses

  • Fundamental Skills in Engineering Design: University of Leeds
  • Engineering Maintainable Android Apps: Vanderbilt University
  • Generative AI: Prompt Engineering Basics: Board Infinity
  • Feature Engineering en Français: Google Cloud
  • Clinical Trials Data Management and Quality Assurance: Johns Hopkins University
  • Spark, Skew & Speed: Pipeline Performance Engineering: Coursera
  • Preparing Data for Analysis with Microsoft Excel: Microsoft
  • Finding, Sorting, & Filtering Data in Microsoft Excel: Coursera
  • Global Environmental Management: Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
  • Agent Foundations and Prompt Engineering: Board Infinity

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