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9 Best Physics Courses Online for 2026 (Free & Paid)

I reviewed 14,000+ physics courses on Class Central to find the 9 best for 2026. Free options from MIT, Yale, and Udacity. Certificate and college credit picks included.

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  1. Intro to Physics

    15 reviews
  2. University of Virginia

    How Things Work: An Introduction to Physics

    28 reviews
  3. Yale University

    Fundamentals of Physics

    9 reviews

  4. PHYS101: Introduction to Mechanics

  5. General Physics I
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Classical Mechanics

    2 reviews
  7. Rice University

    Physics 102 - Electric Charges and Fields
  8. Columbia University

    Space, Time and Einstein

    5 reviews
  9. University of Edinburgh

    The Discovery of the Higgs Boson

  10. PHYS102: Introduction to Electromagnetism

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