Online courses for students
There is a wide range of high-quality online courses from various providers for students. The range of courses covers all subject areas and can usually be taken free of charge.
Your lecturers decide whether courses can be accredited. In order to check the possibility of gaining credit for an online course, please ask the lecturers whose course you would like to replace with the online offering. Some teachers may provide a selection of courses that you can be sure will be accredited on their website.
edX, founded by Harvard University and MIT, offers free online courses in the auditing track, and gives the possibility to join the verified track for a fee and obtain an edX certificate for the course. edX has a community of 160 partner universities and over 35 million learners. You can find the University of Bayreuth courses on edX under BayreuthX.
Over 3000 courses are offered in the following areas:
- Architecture
- Art & Culture
- Biology & Life Sciences
- Business & Management
- Chemistry
- Communication
- Computer Science
- Data Analysis & Statistics
- Design
- Economics & Finance
- Education & Teacher Training
- Electronics
- Energy & Earth Sciences
- Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- Ethics
- Food & Nutrition
- Health & Safety
- History
- Humanities
- Language
- Law
- Literature
- Math
- Medicine
- Music
- Philanthropy
- Philosophy & Ethics
- Physics
- Science
- Social Sciences
The Virtual University of Bavaria offers courses completely free of charge. ECTS points can be acquired in the CLASSIC vhb course programme, if the local examination offices provide for this. All OPEN vhb courses can be used by anyone interested and anyone who is interested.
The following areas are covered:
- Entry-level courses
- humanities and cultural studies
- health sciences
- computer science
- engineering sciences
- teaching profession in medicine
- natural sciences
- law
- key qualifications
- social work
- social sciences
- languages
- business informatics
- economics
- additional courses
The platform offers an overview of courses from providers such as Coursera, FutureLearn and EdX as well as independent courses from various universities. The courses are mostly free of charge, a certificate will be invoiced upon request.
Courses are offered in the following disciplines:
- Computer Science
- Business
- Humanities
- Data Science
- Personal Development
- Art & Design
- Programming
- Physical Sciences and Engineering
- Health & Medicine
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Sciences
- Education & Teaching
Many courses can be used free of charge, completion certificates cost from 39 USD. As a guest you can also attend certificate courses for free without purchasing a certificate.
Courses are offered by the renowned universities Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale.
Many courses can be used free of charge, completion certificates cost from 39 USD. As a guest you can also attend certificate courses for free without purchasing a certificate.
Departments:
- Arts and Humanities
- Economics
- Computer Science
- Data Processing
- Information Technology
- Health
- Mathematics and Logic
- Personal Development
- Physics and Engineering
- Social Sciences
- Languages
The "Unlimited" account offers free access to selected courses for a limited period of time. Certificates can be acquired for a fee.
Offered disciplines are:
- Business & Management
- Creative Arts & Media
- Nature & Environment
- Politics & Society
- Literature
- Healthcare & Medicine
- Science
- Engineering & Maths
- Law
- History
- IT & Computer Science
- Teaching
- Language
- Study Skills
- Psychology & Mental Health