This course explores the full spectrum of Prompt Engineering, equipping AI practitioners, developers, and knowledge workers with the skills to design, optimize, and govern high-performance prompts for large language models. You'll begin by mastering the foundations of LLM interactions including effective prompting techniques, few-shot patterns, and self-consistency prompting using tools like Google AI Studio and simulated chat environments.

Advanced Prompting and Context Engineering

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Advanced level
Recommended experience
8 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Apply foundational and advanced prompting techniques to solve complex, real-world AI tasks
Design multi-step prompt workflows using chaining, auto-prompting, and context engineering
Build and evaluate RAG pipelines that return citation-grounded, provenance-aware responses
Govern prompt systems responsibly by defending against injection attacks and applying ethical principles
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June 2026
Assessments
10 assignments
Taught in English
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