Drones Courses and Certifications

Drones for Environmental Science

94 ratings at Coursera

Explore how drones serve environmental research: drone types and components, data collection versus traditional methods, legal and ethical practice, mission-appropriate drone choice, and scientist-pilot career paths.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission

12 ratings at edX

Take a dive and expand your knowledge about drones en drone technology. Learn how to prepare and execute a flight mission with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and how to use, process and understand t

• edX
• 3 weeks, 4-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Career Certificate

Flying Car and Autonomous Flight Engineer

127 ratings at Udacity

Build and program autonomous aerial vehicles through hands-on projects in quadrotor flight, 3D path planning, nonlinear control, and sensor-fusion-based state estimation.

• Udacity
• 86 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Hackaday

Introduction to FPV Drones

1 rating

Explore how FPV drone flight controllers combine IMU data, digital filtering, sensor fusion, and PID control to stabilize flight.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hackaday

Introduction to FPV Drones

Explore quadcopter frame selection and assembly, then learn how transmitters, receivers, antennas, telemetry, and failsafe systems control an FPV drone.

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

media.ccc.de

SearchWing - Open Source Drones for Search and Rescue

Entwicklung und Einsatz von Open-Source-Drohnen für Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer. Einblicke in technische Herausforderungen, Missionen mit NGOs und die humanitäre Bedeutung des Projekts.

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

NDC Conferences

Drones, RemoteID and the Thrilling Future of UAS Flight

Explore RemoteID technology reshaping drone flight with real-time tracking. Discover applications, challenges, safety, and regulatory aspects of the drone industry. Ignite your imagination about the future of UAV flight.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NDC Conferences

Drones, RemoteID and the Thrilling Future of UAS Flight

Explore RemoteID technology reshaping drone flight, focusing on safety, security, and regulatory compliance. Discover current applications and challenges in the thrilling future of UAV aviation.

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

Wolfram

Modeling Fighters and Drones Using System Modeler

Model fighters and drones with Wolfram's Aircraft library v2, featuring quadrotors, improved fixed-wing design, and insights into transonic and supersonic flight regimes.

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

Devoxx

Drones, RemoteID and the Thrilling Future of UAS Flight

Explore the evolution of drone technology, focusing on RemoteID's role in tracking and identification, current industry challenges, and the exciting future of unmanned aerial systems.

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

Make an Open Source Drone

1864 ratings at Udemy

A fun project in which you learn about drones by making one. Use the Pixhawk or Multiwii AIO flight controllers

• Udemy
• 11 hours 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Unmanned Aerial Systems/Drone Technology

1 rating

Learn UAS fundamentals by tracing their history, distinguishing system types, evaluating industry applications, and using correct technical and regulatory terminology.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

UAS/Drone Technology: Flight Planning and Data Collection

Plan UAS missions using airspace and weather considerations, decode METAR/TAF reports, apply photogrammetry and SFM, and georeference nadir and oblique imagery.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Unmanned Aerial Systems: Fundamentals

Connect UAS aircraft design, sensor payloads, and flight principles to selecting platforms and deriving photogrammetry and 3D models for real-world applications.

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

UAS/Drone Technology: Safety, Regulations, and Operations

Plan UAS missions by applying regulations and certifications, assessing risks, managing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and coordinating site surveys and transportation logistics.

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