Database Systems Courses and Certifications

Database Systems - Cornell University Course (SQL, NoSQL, Large-Scale Data Analysis)

45 ratings

Learn about relational and non-relational database management systems in this course.

• freeCodeCamp
• 17 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

Database systems

703 ratings at Coursera

Learn when to use relational databases, business intelligence and data warehousing, NoSQL technologies or big data, and design reliable, scalable, maintainable data-intensive applications.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Career Certificate

Large-Scale Database Systems

11 ratings at Coursera

Design fault-tolerant distributed databases covering transaction management, concurrency control, query optimization and reliability protocols, plus Hadoop, MapReduce, collaborative filtering, clustering and classification for scalable analysis.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Coursera

Fundamentals of Database Systems

32 ratings at Coursera

Identify the components of a database system and diagram a database, seeing how those parts interact to deliver secure, accurate data for business decisions.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CS403: Introduction to Modern Database Systems

1 rating

Learn how modern databases work: model data with entity-relationship diagrams, apply relational algebra and normalization, and write SQL SELECT and JOIN statements.

• Saylor University
• 42 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

NPTEL;  IIT Madras

Introduction to Database Systems

This course introduces the students to the various theoretical and practical principles involved in the design and use of databases systems with the help of database management systems (DBMS) and the SQL Standard.

• YouTube
• 1 day 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CMU Database Group

Data Formats and Encoding for Advanced Database Systems - Part 2

Explore advanced data formats and encoding techniques for database systems, focusing on efficient storage and retrieval methods.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Intro to Database Systems - Fall 2021

Learn how database engines store, execute, optimize, synchronize, and recover data, progressing from relational models and SQL to distributed databases.

• YouTube
• 1 day 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reliability, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning

Manage distributed database transactions with ACID properties, two-phase locking, and ARIES recovery, then run Hadoop MapReduce analytics and Mahout clustering, classification, and collaborative filtering on Accumulo.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Foundations of Distributed Database Systems

Design distributed database systems: compare distributed architectures, translate SQL queries into relational algebra, and apply horizontal and vertical partitioning to improve query performance and scalability.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Install and manage IMS Database Recovery Control: RECON data sets, database authorization, registering FF, Fast Path, HALDB and nonrecoverable databases, data sharing and change accumulation groups.

• IBM Training
• 32 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

University of Madras, Chennai;  CEC

Database Management System

Explores how database management systems organize, process, secure, and recover data through relational design, SQL, concurrency control, storage, and distribution.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 12, 2026
• Free Online Course

Databases In-Depth - Complete Course on Database Architecture and Optimization

Explore SQLite internals through storage engines, B-trees, transactions, parsing, journaling, and code walkthroughs.

• freeCodeCamp
• 3 hours 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Database Systems Concepts & Design

1 rating

This course presents an example of applying a database application development methodology to a major real-world project.

• Udacity
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Neso Academy

File System vs. Database Management System

1 rating

Explains how database management systems address redundancy, access, isolation, integrity, atomicity, concurrency, and security problems in conventional file systems.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video