R Programming Courses and Certifications

Statistics and R

20 ratings

An introduction to basic statistical concepts and R programming skills necessary for analyzing data in the life sciences.

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

R for Programmers

253 ratings at Codecademy

Learn R as an experienced programmer through core syntax, data structures, programming, and introductory data analysis.

• Codecademy
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

R Programming and Tidyverse Capstone Project

Analyze COVID-19 data with R and the tidyverse: import New York Times and Johns Hopkins datasets, clean, tidy and join them, visualize trends, and interpret results in a report.

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

Data Analytics and Statistical Modelling in R for Beginners

Learn R-based statistical analysis from data import and wrangling through hypothesis testing and regression, with results reported in academic tables, graphs, and narratives.

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

Statistical Computing with R - a gentle introduction

Learn the basics of R: work with variables and data types, use inbuilt functions, handle data frames, and create plots for basic data analysis.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

STAT 484: Topics in R Statistical Language

Learn R as a language, not just a package: manage and manipulate data, run common statistical procedures, make graphics, and document analyses using the CRAN toolkit.

• OPEN.ED@PSU
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

STAT 485: Intermediate Topics in R Statistical Language

Use R for common statistical analyses, build sophisticated graphics, write simple programs, and document data manipulation while collaborating with the wider R user community.

• OPEN.ED@PSU
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Foundations of R Software

Learn R fundamentals for mathematical and statistical computing, including programming, data handling, statistical functions, and graphics.

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

R for Data Science

Learn R fundamentals using movies data: vectors, lists, matrices, data frames, conditionals, functions, classes, debugging, reading CSV, Excel and text files, regular expressions and dates.

• Cognitive Class
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

En esta introducción a R, vas a dominar los elementos básicos de este bello lenguaje de programación: vectores, factores, listas y data frames.

• DataCamp
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Neste curso de introdução a R, você dominará o básico desta linda linguagem de código aberto, incluindo fatores, listas e data frames.

• DataCamp
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

swirl teaches you R programming and data science interactively, at your own pace, and right in the R console!

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Welcome to Bioinformatics Bootcamp Beginner Topics: R for Biologists!

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Bayesian Statistics

12 ratings

Apply Bayes' rule to turn priors into posteriors: work with conjugate families, credible intervals, Bayes factors, and Bayesian regression with model averaging in R.

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

Introducción a Data Science: Programación Estadística con R

8589 ratings at Coursera

Aprende a programar con R para leer, manipular, analizar y visualizar datos cuantitativos mediante RStudio, gráficos base, ggplot2 y simulación.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 9 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course