Web Development
Python
SQL
JavaScript
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
IT & Software
IT Certifications
Hacking
Arduino
AWS
3D Modeling
Graphic Design
Photoshop
Drawing
Digital Painting
UX Design
Business
Data Analysis
Communication Skills
Project Management
Leadership & Management
E-Commerce
Digital Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Marketing
SEO
Google Analytics
Office Productivity
Excel
Finance & Accounting
Bitcoin
Video Editing & Animation
Photography
Adobe Premier Pro
Adobe Lightroom
Personal Development
Health & Fitness
Music
Guitar
Teaching & Academics
Language Learning
Engineering
Lifestyle
62 Best + Free Branding Courses & Certificates [2026]
Ranked by Michael Kuhlman, CourseDuck's founder, from student reviews across every provider. How we rank
Our top picks
- Personal Branding: Strengthen Your Professional Reputation [Udemy]
- Business Branding: The Complete Course Part 1 - Strategy [Udemy]
- The Branding Masterclass The Entire Brand Design Process [Udemy]
- Personal Branding at Work: The System To Reinvent Yourself! [Udemy]
- Brand New Brand [Coursera]
- Branding & Brand Management with Dekker: Branding Strategy+ [Udemy]
- Graphic Design Masterclass - Learn GREAT Design [Udemy]
- Instagram Marketing: Complete Guide To Instagram Growth [Udemy]
- How to Start an Amazon FBA Store on a Tight Budget [Udemy]
- Adobe Photoshop Masterclass with Photoshop + AI Updates [Udemy]
About the best Branding courses
Frequently asked questions
- Udemy and Eduonix are best for practical, low cost and high quality Branding courses.
- Coursera, Udacity and EdX are the best providers for a Branding certificate, as many come from top Ivy League Universities.
- YouTube is best for free Branding crash courses.
- PluralSight, SkillShare and LinkedIn are the best monthly subscription platforms if you want to take multiple Branding courses.
- Independent Providers for Branding courses & certificates are generally hit or miss.
- Average
- $46,050 a year
- Middle half earn
- $37,000 to $49,000 25th to 75th percentile
- Full range
- $21,500 to $71,000
Share of US job postings in each pay band; the dark bar holds the average, the striped bars the 25th and 75th percentiles. Source: ZipRecruiter salary data, gathered when this guide was first published in October 2026.
1
Personal Branding: Strengthen Your Professional Reputation (2023)
A tight 90-minute crash course from a former Hagen-Dazs brand marketer that applies consumer branding rules to a resume, a LinkedIn profile and a professional reputation.
Best for: Mid-career professionals who want a quick, structured way to explain their value on LinkedIn and a resume.
-
- Instructor is a former blue-chip brand marketer; reviewers call him clear, articulate and concise.
- Short lessons, about 104 minutes in total, so it fits into one sitting.
- Uses real brand case studies and a simple 4-part framework to define a personal brand.
- Covers the practical bits: resume, cover letter and LinkedIn profile wording.
-
- Last updated October 2023, and reviewers say the social media advice feels dated.
- Assumes an established career; little for people starting out or the self-employed.
- One reviewer reports static in the audio in places.
2
Business Branding: The Complete Course Part 1 - Strategy (2019)
A tight 2.8-hour brand strategy primer from a Sydney agency founder, covering audience, positioning and personality before anyone touches a logo.
Best for: Founders and small business owners who need to define what their brand stands for before spending on design or ads.
-
- Clear, methodical structure that reviewers say makes brand strategy finally make sense
- Explains why branding is more than a logo and tagline, a point one reviewer says cleared up all the confusion
- Action prompts at each step so students build their own brand as they go
- About 4,400 five-star reviews out of 7,200, with under 100 at one or two stars
-
- An overview, not a workshop: reviewers wanted research techniques and a worked example brand
- Last updated November 2019 and only part 1; messaging, storytelling and visuals need a second course
- No quizzes or assignments; the action items rely entirely on self-direction
3
The Branding Masterclass The Entire Brand Design Process (2023)
One sushi restaurant brand built end to end in 8.5 hours, from client brief and sketches to logo, color system and a Behance case study, by a teacher students find easy to follow.
Best for: Graphic designers who know Photoshop and Illustrator basics and want to sell full brand packages, not just logos.
-
- Follows one real project, a sushi restaurant, from brief to client presentation and Behance case study
- Reviewers single out the research section as the part that changed how they work
- Comes with a 50-page downloadable brand design guide covering the whole class
- Explanations described as clear and digestible; about 70 percent of 5,663 reviews are five stars
-
- Last updated April 2023, so no coverage of AI tools in the branding workflow
- Typeface choice and color palette ratios get less depth than some reviewers wanted
- Assumes working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator; no software basics taught
4
Personal Branding at Work: The System To Reinvent Yourself! (2026)
An 8-hour, 113-lecture system for defining your vision, voice and expert positioning at work, taught by Silviu Marisca, refreshed in 2026, with a loyal four-and-five-star following.
Best for: Professionals and recent graduates who want a step-by-step framework for how they come across at work, with no prior branding knowledge.
-
- Short lectures that fit into a commute; reviewers call the structure easy to follow
- Practical vision, mission and values exercises students say they could apply straight away
- Still being updated in 2026, with captions in 10 languages
- Large student base: about 36,500 enrolled and 4,565 reviews, mostly four and five stars
-
- Archived older versions and bonus sections repeat the same ideas and make up more than half the runtime
- Some reviewers find the instructor's voice and tonality hard to listen to
- Leans on general self-help advice; no quizzes or assignments, and little on social media
5
Brand New Brand
A free Coursera capstone that has learners invent a start-up and build its whole brand guide, logotype to applications, in about 13 hours of project work.
Best for: People who finished the four Graphic Design Specialization courses and want one real project to show for it.
-
- Ends with a finished brand development guide for an invented start-up, a usable portfolio piece
- Walks through the whole process from ideation to logotype, palette and presentation in logical steps
- Free to take, with a certificate on completion and a 4.9 average from 109 reviews
- One reviewer praises the further-reading recommendations given throughout the course
-
- Peer review only; one three-star student found classmates' feedback thin, often a single word
- Locked to learners who hold certificates from the four earlier specialization courses
- Focuses on process and theory, so expect little technique instruction
6
Branding & Brand Management with Dekker: Branding Strategy+ (2026)
A 14.5-hour brand management course from a former Sony PlayStation brand manager. Well liked for clear explanations, but reviewers say the structure is loose.
Best for: Marketers and founders with some marketing background who want brand theory plus a personal branding block.
-
- Simple explanations with plenty of real examples, say the happy reviewers
- Taught by a former Sony PlayStation global brand manager with a Kellogg MBA
- Covers B2B, luxury and personal branding, plus a Lacoste case study
- Updated in June 2026 and rated 4.5 across 2,267 reviews
-
- Low-star reviews call the structure loose, like a pile of separate videos
- Repetition late in the course, plus loud music and typos in the slides
- Some reviewers object to the AI app promotion and the long personal branding block
7
Graphic Design Masterclass - Learn GREAT Design (2025)
A 32 hour beginner survey of design theory plus Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, with 305,000 students and lessons added as recently as November 2025.
Best for: Complete beginners who want theory, branding and all three Adobe apps in one place before picking a specialty.
-
- Design theory (typography, color, grids) comes first, then each app gets a real project like a cookbook or a vector badge
- Still being updated: Photoshop 2026, generative AI and Affinity comparison lessons were added in late 2025
- Reviewers with design degrees and working designers say they still learned new tricks
- Downloadable guides on typography history, color theory, grids and font pairing
-
- One star reviewer says lessons show 2020 era Adobe and the interfaces have changed; some sections are labeled older
- Broad rather than deep; one reviewer wanted a single project to follow from start to finish
- Adobe or Affinity software is not included and must be bought separately
8
Instagram Marketing: Complete Guide To Instagram Growth (2023)
A 7.7-hour beginner playbook for growing a business Instagram account, backed by 37,500 reviews, though some lectures have aged since its 2023 update.
Best for: Small business owners or creators with under 10,000 followers who want a step-by-step growth plan.
-
- Clear, well-organized lectures that build on each other, according to reviewers
- Practical tips students say they could apply to their own account straight away
- Covers profile setup, the algorithm, influencers, content, cheap ads and monetizing in under 8 hours
- Huge review base: about 21,000 five-star ratings out of 37,500
-
- Last updated June 2023; reviewers flag lectures on removed features such as IGTV
- Some reviewers call the advice generic and easy to find online
- No walkthrough of creating a business account, which one newcomer missed
9
How to Start an Amazon FBA Store on a Tight Budget (2026)
A beginner-friendly Amazon FBA walkthrough, from product research and suppliers to a first listing and launch, in short videos with a 4.8 rating from nearly 30,000 reviews.
Best for: Complete beginners who want a calm, step-by-step path from product research to a first Amazon listing.
-
- Short, clear videos that reviewers say are easy to follow and keep them focused
- Covers the whole path: products, suppliers, listings, shipping to FBA, launch and bundles
- Refreshed in September 2026 despite a 2015 launch, so the material is kept current
- Includes 24 pages of niche and product research plus downloadable resources
-
- Results vary: one reviewer sold nothing in six months after following the steps
- Does not make clear whether beginners should pick wholesale or private label, per one reviewer
- Not about retail or online arbitrage, and one reviewer felt steered toward another product
10
Adobe Photoshop Masterclass with Photoshop + AI Updates (2026)
Phil Ebiner's beginner-friendly Photoshop course, 12 hours with a crash course up front, a Firefly AI section and a long Camera RAW block, backed by more than 22,000 reviews.
Best for: Beginners and rusty casual users who want a fast crash course first, then the full tour of layers, masks, retouching and Camera RAW.
-
- Opens with a 108-minute crash course so beginners can get productive before the full tour
- Phil's explanations are clear and simple; several reviewers are repeat students who came back for him
- Downloadable practice photos and project files to follow along with the lessons
- Updated February 2026; includes a Firefly AI section and a 22-lecture Camera RAW block
-
- Some lessons show an older Photoshop, so menus and buttons don't match a current install
- On-screen keyboard shortcuts drift to Mac-only, which frustrates PC users
- Leans into design and illustration work; pure photo editors may want a narrower course
11
The Complete Graphic Design Theory for Beginners Course (2023)
A beginner-friendly tour of design theory, from color and type to logos and font licensing, with a lot of runtime given to 2020 to 2022 trend projects.
Best for: Curious beginners who want the vocabulary and basic principles of design before they pick a tool like Photoshop or Canva.
-
- Instructor's voice is engaging enough to hold easily distracted viewers
- Covers color, type, photography, layout, logos and font licensing in 81 lectures
- Reviewers with no design background say it is easy to follow
- Trend sections come with projects to follow along with
-
- Nearly half the runtime is 2020 to 2022 trends, and the last update was April 2023
- Little tool teaching or guided practice, so Adobe newcomers can get lost late on
- Instructor shows her choices more than her reasoning, which confuses some beginners