Drug Discovery Courses and Certifications

Drug Discovery

3952 ratings at Coursera

Follow a new therapeutic from target selection to compound screening, lead design, fragment-based approaches for protein kinases, preclinical studies, and filing an Investigational New Drug application.

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

Introduction to Small Molecule Drug Discovery & Development

116 ratings at Coursera

Explore the drug discovery value chain, from unmet medical need and hit discovery to medicinal chemistry, pharmacokinetics, drug safety, and the phases of clinical trials.

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

Capstone Project: Advanced AI for Drug Discovery

Compare COVID-19 genome sequences in Python to find a drug target: run EDA, reduce dimensions with PCA, cluster with K-means, and predict bit scores with regressors.

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

AI in Healthcare & Drug Discovery

Apply AI without coding across the drug development lifecycle: target identification, molecule screening, clinical trial optimization, precision medicine and genomics, and regulatory and ethical review.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Drug Discovery

This course provides an integrated overview of modern drug discovery, covering drug delivery principles, biophysical and structural methods, and computational approaches such as docking, molecular dyn

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

Literature Case Studies in Drug Discovery

Once a person understands the ideas of drug efficacy, potency, pharmacokinetics, and safety, original research articles can be readily understood. The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry of the American Ch

• edX
• 3 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Career Certificate

Drug Discovery and Lead Optimization

This comprehensive program equips you with the essential knowledge and skills needed to understand and participate in the drug discovery and development process.

• edX
• 20 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $489.00
• 6 courses

Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery and Development

Apply AI across the drug discovery pipeline, from target prediction and virtual screening to generative drug design, ADMET modeling, and drug repurposing.

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

Toronto Machine Learning Series (TMLS)

Industrializing Machine Learning Workflows in Drug Discovery

Discover how machine learning workflows accelerate drug discovery through automated predictive modeling, data management, and cloud computing for evaluating compound properties and safety.

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

Novartis Career Certificate

Drug Hunting: The Science of Making New Medicines

314 ratings at Coursera

Explore preclinical drug discovery from target identification and assay screening through lead selection and optimization, pharmacokinetics, preclinical safety, and preformulation.

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

新药发现和药物靶点 | Drug Discovery and its Target

掌握新药发现的基本步骤与常见药物靶点类型，学习抗血栓、抗糖尿病、抗肿瘤、抗菌等八大类代表药物的治疗作用及其对应靶点。

• edX
• 10 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Novartis

Introduction to Drug Hunting

166 ratings at Coursera

Follow a drug from idea to candidate: survey preclinical discovery steps, target and molecule evaluation, pharmacokinetics, safety, clinical hurdles, and competitive intelligence.

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

Novartis

Targets, Assays & Screening

39 ratings at Coursera

Explore early-stage drug discovery: compare target-based and phenotypic approaches, screen small-molecule libraries, design assay types, and validate that hits engage the intended target.

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

Novartis

Lead Selection & Optimization

33 ratings at Coursera

Follow an antimalarial discovery case study to select and optimize drug leads: screening assays, potency, efficacy, pharmacokinetics criteria, and structure-activity relationships shaping a pharmacophore.

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

Stanford Seminar - When DNA Meets AI

2 ratings

See how genomics and machine learning can transform drug discovery, using ALS research and an integrated biotech platform as examples.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course