Boost University Applications With Qualifications From Top Universities

Give your university applications a headstart on other students with Coursera.  

Applying for university as an international student is incredibly competitive – for the top universities you’ll be competing with the best students from around the world, and so giving yourself a competitive advantage to make your university application stand out is really important.   One way to do this is by completing a course run by some of the world’s top Universities.

Universities offering courses:

Examples of the top universities offering courses include: The University of Tokyo, Caltec, University of Manchester, Imperial College London, Duke, Stanford, Yale, University of Sydney, National University of Singapore, amongst many others, alongside major companies such as IBM, Google, Intel and Goldman Sachs.

Courses on offer

You can sign up for free and access modules run by these universities and companies, with the possibility of obtaining a certificate at the end of the course which can then go towards your university application.

Some of the courses on offer include:

Biological science courses such as Genetics and Evolution from Duke University, Understaning the brain from the University of Chicago, Astrobiology and the search for Extraterrestrial life from Edinburgh University and Medical Neuroscience from Duke University,

Business courses such as Business foundations from University of Pennsylvania, Digital Marketing from the University of Illinois, Viral Marketing and How to Create Contagious Content with the University of Pennsylvania, the Math Behind Moneyball with the University of Houston and studying the Global Financial Crisis with Yale University.

Physical science courses such as Welcome to Game Theory with Tokyo University, Science Literacy with Erasmus University Rotterdam and The Journey of the Universe with Yale University.

Arts and humanities courses such as Creative writing from Wesleyan University, Graphics design from Californian Institute of Arts, Music Production from Berklee College of Music, Introduction to Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh.

Overall there are over 3000 courses from 170 universities and partners – so almost certainly there’ll be something worth investigating.  Have a look and give your University application a boost over everyone else!