Founded by Harvard and MIT, edX offers more than 800 free, online courses as well as certificates from top universities around the world, including Harvard, MIT and UC Berkeley. The courses cover everything from literature to poetry, medicine, biology, urban planning, engineering, history and architecture.
Taught mostly in English, the courses have different weekly requirements, and generally require participants to be online at designated times of the day. There are also classes offered in other languages like Chinese, French, Spanish and Portuguese. They also offer certificates that can be purchased at the end of the course, costing between $50-$70.
Below we’ve rounded up some of the most interesting courses in the areas of Architecture, Engineering and Urbanism:
- Sustainable Urban Development: Discover Advanced Metropolitan Solutions
- The Software Architect Code: Building the Digital World
- Liderando o Desenvolvimento Sustentável das Cidades
- Housing and Cities
- Introduction to Project Management
- Quality of Life: Livability in Future Cities
- The Art of Structural Engineering: Bridges
- Cellular Solids 1: Structures, Properties and Engineering Applications
- Modern Japanese Architecture: From Meiji Restoration to Today
- The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City
- Engineering: Building with Nature
- Introduction to the Treatment of Urban Sewage
- Geology and Engineering Geology
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