Drones Courses and Certifications

UAS/Drone Technology: Sensors and Payloads

Learn to integrate accelerometers, IMUs, and GPS with UAS payloads, evaluate remote-sensing sensors, and select equipment for mapping, inspection, agriculture, or public safety.

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

Career Certificate

Unmanned Aerial Systems: Operations

Plan and execute safe UAS missions, navigate regulations, collect imagery, and use Structure from Motion software to create orthomosaics and digital elevation models.

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

The Ultimate Guide for Land Surveying with Drones - Part 1

1325 ratings at Udemy

Master the complete workflow with DroneDeploy, Litchi and Pix4D. Start UAV mapping business right away | Photogrammetry

• Udemy
• 1 hour 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS): Fundamentals

9 ratings at edX

Learn the fundamentals of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) including terminology, types of platforms, flight physics, and selection of UAS for specific needs and applications.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS): Operations

Dive into the applications of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for research, industrial, surveying, emergency response, and commercial purposes. Learn flight planning, the basics of flying, and how to pr

• edX
• 4 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Career Certificate

Unmanned Aerial Systems

Gain a thorough understanding of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) from the basics to advanced flight planning and data processing.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $448.00
• 2 courses

NITTTR

UAV in Engineering Applications

Learn how UAVs are designed, integrated, and deployed for inspection, environmental monitoring, water-quality sensing, 3D mapping, and flapping-wing research.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

Principles of Perception and Planning for Aerial Vehicles

Camera-based perception, monocular SLAM, and motion planning for autonomous UAV obstacle avoidance and goal-reaching with ROS.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Know the rules and develop a strong foundation so you can be a safer recreational flyer.2 hours of free contentAn understanding of the regulations you need to follow to stay legal and safeAccess to an

• FAA Safety Learning Center
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

This FREE course gives you a head start on other drone pilots. Learn what it takes to fly - recreationally or commercially.75 minutes of free videos that are fun to watch.Discover the different rules

• FAA Safety Learning Center
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

The key word when it comes to being a drone pilot is pilot—when flying drones, you need to know a significant amount of the same core subjects pilots flying airplanes need to know and fully understand

• FAA Safety Learning Center
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

This is a very exciting, and highly motivating online course that delivers comprehensive training to prepare you to be a safe, knowledgeable, and efficient pilot. This class will be fun and interestin

• FAA Safety Learning Center
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

This course is applicable to anyone who is NOT already certificated with the FAA as a manned pilot under Part 61 (recreational, private, commercial and ATP) or who are certified but are not current. I

• FAA Safety Learning Center
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Drones for Agriculture: Advanced Sensing and Analysis

Are you wondering how drones can contribute to improving crop management? Discover what sensing approaches are available on the market. Join us and learn how to turn the data you collect into valuable

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Murtaza's Workshop - Robotics and AI

Drone Show Basics - PySimverse

2 ratings

Discover how to create stunning drone light shows using PySimverse simulation software in this hands-on robotics tutorial.

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