Materials Science Courses and Certifications

Ceramics and Composites

56 ratings at Coursera

Explore glassy and crystalline ceramics, network modifiers, glass strengthening, flaw effects on strength, and fiber-reinforced composites, their properties, processing, and applications.

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

Shape and Property Control of Metals I & II

23 ratings at Coursera

Learn how shaping metals alters their structure and properties: diffusion mechanisms, diffusivity and activation energy, dislocations, and strengthening mechanisms for alloys.

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

Cellular Solids: Structure, Properties and Applications

2 ratings

This course reviews the processing and structure of cellular materials as they are created from polymers, metals, ceramics, glasses, and composites, develops models for the mechanical behavior of cellular solids

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 21 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Basics of Material selection for mechanical design engineers

1774 ratings at Udemy

Learn about the fundamentals of materials and their selection for mechanical engineering design for design engineers

• Udemy
• 3 hours 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

From Chemistry to Living Materials: Matter & Sound

MIT professor and materials scientist Markus Buehler discusses how scientists can design new proteins that can revolutionize materials engineering through manipulating vibrations that have been changed from matter into sound and from sound back into matt…

• World Science U
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Defects and Diffusion

Learn how point defects govern diffusion in solids: microscopic diffusion mechanisms, chemical strengthening of glass by ion exchange, and charge carrier concentrations via the Brouwer approximation.

• MITx Online
• 3 weeks, 10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Microstructural Evolution of Materials: Surfaces & Surface-Driven Reactions

Predict surface energy along crystalline planes, see how it is exploited in nanoparticle synthesis, and explain Ostwald ripening in solid solutions.

• MITx Online
• 3 weeks, 10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Structure of Materials

Trace how atomic structure sets material behavior: characterize glasses and polymers, probe crystals with x-ray diffraction, and link symmetry, liquid crystals, and defects to properties.

• MITx Online
• 16 weeks, 6-8 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Basics of Materials Engineering

Explore how crystal structures, defects, phase transformations, and heat treatments shape material strength, fracture, fatigue, and mechanical performance.

• YouTube
• 1 day 3 hours 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Toys and engineering materials

3 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Toys and engineering materials, introduces engineering in context. It explores the variation in materials and composite materials, and provides real-life examples of material use ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Career Certificate

Materials Engineering for Intelligent Infrastructure

Learn non-destructive testing of steel and concrete structures using wave-based and electrical methods, plus nanomaterials synthesis, characterization, and nano-devices for infrastructure sensing and energy harvesting.

• edX
• 31 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $4,500.00
• 6 courses

Material Science

1 rating

Survey how metals, ceramics, plastics, smart materials, and surface treatments determine the behavior and design of everyday and construction products.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

Material Selection in Project Design

Learn strategic material selection for engineering projects using digital decision-support tools, with applications to mechanical design and strength-based variables.

• Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques (Analytical)

90 ratings at Udemy

From Microscopy to Spectroscopy: A Comprehensive Approach, Electron Microscopy, Thermal analysis, X-ray Diffraction

• Udemy
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

IIT Madras;  NPTEL

Basics Of Materials Engineering

Introduces materials science through crystal structure, defects, processing, mechanical failure, fracture, fatigue, phase diagrams, and steel heat treatment.

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