Remote Sensing Courses and Certifications

ArcGIS

Imagery and Remote Sensing

11 ratings

Learn the basics of observing and understanding our planet with the help of Arc Gis.

• YouTube
• 7 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

University of New South Wales;  IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society

Remote Sensing Image Acquisition, Analysis and Applications

186 ratings at Coursera

Learn how satellite and airborne imagery is acquired, corrected for radiometric and geometric distortion, classified with SVMs, neural networks and k-means, and interpreted from radar and SAR.

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

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis

1414 ratings at Udemy

Become proficient in satellite remote sensing, spatial analysis principles, methods, applications, sensors, and GIS!

• Udemy
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera Career Certificate

Satellite Imagery, Remote Sensing & Machine Learning

7 ratings at Coursera

Turn satellite data into environmental insight: compute vegetation indices, process LiDAR and SAR, run spatial statistics, train CNNs with Grad-CAM, and scale analysis in Google Earth Engine.

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

Coursera

Start Remote Sensing

Satellites collect measurements, not photographs: compare Landsat and Sentinel, calculate NDVI from red and near-infrared bands, and apply atmospheric correction to get surface reflectance for forest health.

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

Packt

Satellite Remote Sensing Data Bootcamp With Opensource Tools

Analyze optical and SAR satellite data with open-source tools: preprocess Landsat in QGIS and R, compute vegetation and texture indices, and classify imagery with machine learning.

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

Coursera

Raster Processing & Remote Sensing

Process satellite raster data with Rasterio and GDAL, calculate NDVI, apply speckle filtering to SAR, detect flood and vegetation change, and evaluate classification accuracy.

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

Management of Marginal Lands and Carbon Sequestration estimation through Remote Sensing and GIS

In this MOOC, you will be able to better understand the concept of MLs and will be able to analyze large MLs extensions in a fast way.

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

Remote Sensing of Wildfires

Learn how satellite imagery and the science of remote sensing allows us to detect wildfires, help manage their spread, and guide ecological restoration.

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

Radar Remote Sensing and Channel Modeling

Explores how microwave electromagnetic waves interact with real-world materials and atmospheres for radar remote sensing and wireless channel modeling.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

IIT Bombay;  NPTEL

Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications

Learn the physical principles behind quantitative remote sensing, from electromagnetic radiation and sensor resolution to radar, lidar, and land-monitoring applications.

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

Remote Sensing for Natural Hazard Studies

Applies remote sensing and GIS—including optical, microwave, and hyperspectral data—to assess floods, cryosphere hazards, landslides, liquefaction, and drought.

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

Geospatial Science: Remote Sensing

This course conveys geospatial remote sensing concepts starting with the basics of imaging and geospatial data. It introduces airborne remote sensing and provides an introduction to multispectral imag

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

Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar;  CEC

Photo Geology and Remote Sensing

Explore aerial photography, photogeological mapping, remote sensing, digital image processing, GIS, and GPS for geological interpretation and earth-resource evaluation.

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

Photogrammetry and remote sensing

In the digital age, photogrammetry and remote sensing technology are changing our understanding and management of the world at an unprecedented speed. The course "Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing" is the key to exploring the mysteries of modern space in…

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course