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324 Best + Free Engineering Courses & Certificates [2026]

324 courses compared 87 over 10 hours long Updated October 5, 2026

Ranked by Michael Kuhlman, CourseDuck's founder, from student reviews across every provider. How we rank

Our top picks

  • Crash Course Electronics and PCB Design [Udemy]
  • ROS 2 for Beginners (ROS Jazzy - 2026) [Udemy]
  • Product Development & Systems Engineering (INCOSE / 15288) [Udemy]
  • Aerospace Engineering: Aircraft Fundamentals [Udemy]
  • MATLAB/Simulink for the Absolute Beginner [Udemy]
  • Introduction to Reliability Engineering [Udemy]
  • Agentic RPA Overview - Robotic Process Automation [Udemy]
  • Learn 5 PLCs in a Day-AB, Siemens, Schneider, Omron & Delta [Udemy]
  • Learn Social Engineering From Scratch [Udemy]
  • The complete SOLAR ENERGY course. Beginner to advanced level [Udemy]

About the best Engineering courses

CourseDuck compares the 324 Engineering courses listed here from 3 providers, 9 of them free, and ranks them from the 384,000 ratings and reviews their students have left, with the price, length and level of each one side by side. No course pays to be listed or ranked. As featured on Harvard EDU, Stackify and Inc. How we rank

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The most-reviewed course in this category is Agentic RPA Overview - Robotic Process Automation by Bryan Lamb, with about 32,000 reviews at 4.6 as of October 2026.

Robotic process automation with UiPath, PLC programming, electronics and PCB design, solar PV design, robotics with ROS, electrical wiring and controls, and introductions to automotive and aerospace engineering.

Paid Udemy courses include a certificate of completion when you finish. It shows you did the work, but it is not an accredited qualification, and free Udemy courses do not include one.

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Crash Course Electronics and PCB Design
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Crash Course Electronics and PCB Design (2026)

4.7

A 112 hour, university style electronics course from Andre LaMothe that goes from the electron to three finished PCB designs, with 4.7 stars from over 19,500 reviews.

Best for: Patient self-learners and embedded programmers who want real circuit theory plus hands-on board building, not a quick PCB tutorial.

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    • Every circuit is worked on the board, simulated in Proteus, then built on camera in high definition.
    • Ends with three real products designed in CircuitMaker and taken all the way to manufacturing files.
    • Refreshed in July 2026, with an 800 page engineering textbook included as a PDF.
    • Students from a 10th grader to a 62 year old say the math and physics finally make sense.
    • 112 hours and many one hour lectures. Even the requirements warn it needs a lot of patience.
    • Early sections assume some high school physics, and a few students found them confusing.
    • The bundled textbook is over 20 years old, and the section 8 project briefs are hard to find.
ROS 2 for Beginners (ROS Jazzy - 2026)
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ROS 2 for Beginners (ROS Jazzy - 2026)

4.7

A 13-hour, hands-on introduction to ROS 2 Jazzy that teaches every concept in both Python and C++ and ends with a Turtlesim project.

Best for: Programmers with basic Python or C++ who want to learn ROS 2 by writing nodes, not by reading architecture docs.

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    • Each concept taught twice, in Python and in C++, with an activity and solution video per section
    • Refreshed in January 2026 and taught on ROS 2 Jazzy, the release named in the title
    • Final Turtlesim project ties nodes, topics, services and parameters together
    • Reviewers say the Q&A section is useful and the instructor stays engaged
    • Shows what to type and what happens, but skips how ROS 2 works underneath
    • No Gazebo, simulation or hardware; you leave with fundamentals only
    • One student found the pace fast and the material hard, though pausing the videos helped
Product Development & Systems Engineering (INCOSE / 15288)
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Product Development & Systems Engineering (INCOSE / 15288) (2026)

4.5

A 26-hour, standards-driven tour of systems engineering mapped to ISO 15288 and the INCOSE handbook, with 4.5 stars from roughly 6,600 reviews and an August 2026 refresh.

Best for: Engineers and project managers prepping for the INCOSE knowledge exam, or anyone who needs the 15288 processes explained in plain terms.

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    • Maps closely to ISO 15288:2023, 29148:2023, and the INCOSE handbook 5th edition
    • Reviewers say the diagrams and worked examples make dense standards practical
    • Updated August 2026, with 103 lectures across the whole life cycle from concept to disposal
    • Nearly 12 hours on the technical processes alone: requirements, architecture, SysML, V&V
    • Recent reviewers call the narration monotone and robotic; one asks if it was machine-read
    • Talking often doesn't track the slides, so it's hard to read and listen at once
    • No quizzes or exercises; the practice question bank is a separate course off Udemy
Aerospace Engineering: Aircraft Fundamentals
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Aerospace Engineering: Aircraft Fundamentals (2026)

4.4

A short, slide-driven tour of how airplanes fly, from lift and drag to turbofans, taught by a young aerospace engineer and rated 4.4 by about 5,000 students.

Best for: Curious non-specialists and first-year engineering students who want the physics of flight explained in under five hours.

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    • Short lectures that reviewers say work well on a commute, 25 videos averaging about ten minutes
    • Infographic-heavy slides that students with no aerospace background found easy to follow
    • Aerodynamics and jet engine sections get the most time, 70 and 77 minutes
    • Updated in May 2026, with six quizzes to check understanding
    • A survey, not a deep course: reviewers ask for more detail and note missing topics like the V-n diagram
    • A three-star review reports spoken errors that still need correcting
    • No assignments, projects or worked problems, just slides and quizzes
Introduction to Reliability Engineering
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Introduction to Reliability Engineering (2026)

4.7

A five-hour primer on reliability engineering from a 25-year manufacturing veteran, covering failure analysis, life testing and block diagrams for engineers with no formal training.

Best for: Mechanical, quality or manufacturing engineers who have never had formal reliability training and want the core tools first.

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    • Reviewers say the instructor breaks the concepts down clearly and keeps the energy up
    • Refreshed in August 2026 and still a Bestseller with 4,371 reviews at a 4.7 rating
    • Covers ALT, HALT, HASS, block diagrams and maintenance strategy in about 5 hours
    • One reviewer calls it exactly the starting point they wanted for CRE study
    • All 43 lectures sit in one section, so jumping back to a specific topic is awkward
    • Only six quizzes and no assignments or practice tests, so nothing hands-on
    • One reviewer felt the length could be trimmed and ran it at double speed
Agentic  RPA Overview - Robotic Process Automation
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Agentic RPA Overview - Robotic Process Automation (2026)

4.6
Get the Agentic RPA big picture from a top-ranked, 4-time UiPath MVP!

iconWhat You'll Learn

  • Understand what Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is
  • Learn the WHY behind RPA
  • See a simple RPA demo using UiPath Studio
  • Understand why RPA is a massive career & earning opportunity
  • Know which RPA tools are most relevant
  • Understand the challenges & risks when implementing RPA
  • Envision a basic RPA implementation plan
Learn 5 PLCs in a Day-AB, Siemens, Schneider, Omron & Delta
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Learn 5 PLCs in a Day-AB, Siemens, Schneider, Omron & Delta (2025)

4.5
PLC Programming of Allen Bradley, Delta, Siemens, Omron and Schneider using LIVE Examples with HMI Interfacing

iconWhat You'll Learn

  • To Learn Ladder Logic Programming
  • PLC Wiring Concepts & Troubleshooting
  • To Teach Programming to Technician & Engineer
Learn Social Engineering From Scratch
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Learn Social Engineering From Scratch (2025)

4.7
Hack secure accounts and computers (Windows, Apple Mac OS, Linux and Android) and secure yourself from hackers

iconWhat You'll Learn

  • Hack updated & patched systems (Windows, Linux, Apple Mac OS and Android).
  • Generate undetectable backdoors for Windows, Apple Mac OS, Linux & Android.
  • Steal passwords from Windows & Linux.
  • Hack with Microsoft Office documents.
  • Backdoor Android applications.
  • Make evil files (backdoors / keyloggers) look and function like normal files (image, pdf or any other file type).
  • Manually modify malware to bypass anti-virus programs.
  • Advanced malware delivery techniques (fake pages, fake emails, indirect notifications, etc)
  • Advanced post exploitation.
  • Discover websites, companies, people, emails and social networking accounts associated with a person or a company.
  • Install hacking lab & needed software (on Windows, Apple Mac OS and Linux)
  • Install Kali Linux - a penetration testing operating system
  • Install windows & vulnerable operating systems as virtual machines for testing
The complete SOLAR ENERGY course. Beginner to advanced level
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The complete SOLAR ENERGY course. Beginner to advanced level (2026)

4.4
2026 The only online course with everything you need to know on Solar Energy - Online CERTIFICATE - BEST SELLER!

iconWhat You'll Learn

  • Design your own Grid-Tie PV System
  • Learn everything on Solar Modules, Optimizers (DC/DC converters), Junction Boxes, Inverterers, Solar Meters
  • Calculate Solar Array size
  • Determine and select the correct components for the Solar PV system
  • Calculate Peak Sun Hours for any location in the world!
  • Determine if the Roof Pitch and Azimuth of a property is good for a Solar System
  • Determine the optimum panel placement for Solar PV
  • Calculate efficiency losses due to Roof Pitch/Azimuth and equipments
  • Energy production curve of a PV system vs. house energy needs
  • Learn about the Solar Cells Chemistry
  • Learn about Monocrystalline vs. Polycrystalline modules
  • Learn the wiring foundations
  • Build your own Grid-Tie Solar design
  • Power concepts & Units
  • Learn all the fundamentals of Solar PV energy
  • Applications of Solar PV Systems
  • Foundations about Off-Grid vs. Grid-Tie<
Electricity & electronics - Robotics, learn by building
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Electricity & electronics - Robotics, learn by building (2023)

4.7

A hands-on first module in a robotics series, where students solder and breadboard analog circuits, then drive a servo from their own muscle signals.

Best for: Beginners who want to solder and breadboard real circuits as step one toward building robots.

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    • Reviewers call the teaching calm, patient and clear, slow enough to absorb
    • Detailed parts and tools list in the first section, down to wire lengths
    • Builds real circuits, from buzzers and flashers to a muscle-controlled servo
    • Bestseller with about 6,050 reviews, and roughly two thirds are five stars
    • Q&A questions often go unanswered, which hurts a hands-on course
    • Kits are hard to get outside the US and Canada, so parts must be sourced
    • Last updated January 2023, and all 60 lectures sit in one section

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