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400 Ivy League university courses you can try online for free in 2019

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The eight Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania.

All eight schools place in the top fifteen of the US News and World Report 2017 national university rankings.

These Ivy League schools are also highly selective and extremely hard to get into. But the good news is that all these universities now offer free online courses across multiple online course platforms.

So far, they’ve created over 494 courses, of which around 396 are still active. Here’s a collection of all of them, split into courses in the following subjects: Computer Science, Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Art & Design, Science, Health & Medicine, Data Science, Education & Teaching, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Personal Development, and Programming.

Computer Science (31 courses)

Algorithms, Part I
Princeton University

Algorithms, Part II
Princeton University

Reinforcement Learning
Brown University

Machine Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology

Analysis of Algorithms
Princeton University

Computer Architecture
Princeton University

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Columbia University

Algorithm Design and Analysis
University of Pennsylvania

Data Structures and Software Design
University of Pennsylvania

Animation and CGI Motion
Columbia University

Machine Learning
Columbia University

C Programming: Language Foundations
Institut Mines-Télécom

Business (74 courses)

Introduction to Marketing
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Financial Accounting
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Operations Management
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Financial Markets
Yale University

Introduction to Corporate Finance
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Customer Analytics
University of Pennsylvania

Accounting Analytics
University of Pennsylvania

Global Human Capital Trends
Columbia University

Operations Analytics
University of Pennsylvania

Entrepreneurship 3: Growth Strategies
University of Pennsylvania

Wharton Business Foundations Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling
University of Pennsylvania

Arts and Culture Strategy
University of Pennsylvania

Introducción al Marketing
University of Pennsylvania

Construction Scheduling
Columbia University

Construction Finance
Columbia University

Modeling Risk and Realities
University of Pennsylvania

Decision-Making and Scenarios
University of Pennsylvania

Management Fundamentals
University of Pennsylvania

Crowdfunding
University of Pennsylvania

市场营销概论 (中文版)
University of Pennsylvania

运营管理概论(中文版)
University of Pennsylvania

财务会计概论(中文版)
University of Pennsylvania

Optimizing Diversity on Teams
University of Pennsylvania

Business Strategies for Social Impact
University of Pennsylvania

Influence
University of Pennsylvania

The Power of Team Culture
University of Pennsylvania

Leading the Life You Want
University of Pennsylvania

Culture-Driven Team Building Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

企业金融概论(中文版)
University of Pennsylvania

Building High-Performing Teams
University of Pennsylvania

Global Trends for Business and Society
University of Pennsylvania

Wharton Entrepreneurship Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

Managing Social and Human Capital
University of Pennsylvania

Business Analytics Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

Marketing Analytics
Columbia University

Demand and Supply Analytics
Columbia University

Analytics in Python
Columbia University

Business Strategy from Wharton: Competitive Advantage
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Humanities (69 courses)

Greek and Roman Mythology
University of Pennsylvania

The Ancient Greek Hero
Harvard University

Global History Lab
Princeton University

Effective Altruism
Princeton University

The Ethics of Eating
Cornell University

Poetry in America: Whitman
Harvard University

Hamlet’s Ghost
Harvard University

Shylock’s Bond
Harvard University

Othello’s Story
Harvard University

English for Career Development
University of Pennsylvania

Wonders of Ancient Egypt
University of Pennsylvania

English for Journalism
University of Pennsylvania

The Ethics of Memory
Brown University

Have you read?

Social Sciences (66 courses)

Justice
Harvard University

An Introduction to American Law
University of Pennsylvania

Paradoxes of War
Princeton University

Designing Cities
University of Pennsylvania

Microeconomics: The Power of Markets
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Sociology
Princeton University

American Government
Harvard University

Microeconomics: When Markets Fail
University of Pennsylvania

Social Norms, Social Change I
University of Pennsylvania

Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills
University of Pennsylvania

Network Dynamics of Social Behavior
University of Pennsylvania

Corruption
University of Pennsylvania

English for Media Literacy
University of Pennsylvania

Social Norms, Social Change II
University of Pennsylvania

Civil Liberties
Princeton University

Global History of Capitalism
Princeton University

Art & Design (21 courses)

Gamification
University of Pennsylvania

Roman Architecture
Yale University

Listening to World Music
University of Pennsylvania

Hollywood: History, Industry, Art
University of Pennsylvania

Reinventing the Piano
Princeton University

Age of Cathedrals
Yale University

Health & Medicine (27 courses)

Introduction to Dental Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

United States Health Policy
Harvard University

Health and Society
Harvard University

Readings in Global Health
Harvard University

Innovating in Health Care
Harvard University

Health Care Innovation
University of Pennsylvania

Feeding the World
University of Pennsylvania

The Economics of Health Care Delivery
University of Pennsylvania

Pediatric HIV Nursing
Columbia University

Data Science (21)

Statistics and R
Harvard University

People Analytics
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Spreadsheets and Models
University of Pennsylvania

Big Data and Education
Columbia University

Data Science: Capstone
Harvard University

Data Science: R Basics
Harvard University

Data Science: Wrangling
Harvard University

Data Science: Probability
Harvard University

Data Science: Visualization
Harvard University

Education & Teaching (18 courses)

Leaders of Learning
Harvard University

Applying to U.S. Universities
University of Pennsylvania

How to Apply to College
University of Pennsylvania

Understanding Classroom Interaction
University of Pennsylvania

Mathematics (13 courses)

Analytic Combinatorics
Princeton University

Calculus Applied!
Harvard University

Introduction to Probability
Harvard University

Single Variable Calculus
University of Pennsylvania

Causal Inference
Columbia University

Science (26 courses)

Relativity and Astrophysics
Cornell University

Super-Earths and Life
Harvard University

Basic Behavioral Neurology
University of Pennsylvania

Principles of Biochemistry
Harvard University

Cell Biology: Mitochondria
Harvard University

Imagining Other Earths
Princeton University

The Quantum World
Harvard University

Engineering (18 courses)

Robotics: Aerial Robotics
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Perception
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Estimation and Learning
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Computational Motion Planning
University of Pennsylvania

MOS Transistors
Columbia University

Robotics: Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Locomotion Engineering
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Mobility
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Dynamics and Control
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics
Columbia University

Personal Development (5 courses)

Success
University of Pennsylvania

Improving Communication Skills
University of Pennsylvania

Programming (7 courses)

Using Python for Research
Harvard University

Programming for the Web with JavaScript
University of Pennsylvania

Software Development Fundamentals
University of Pennsylvania

A version of this post originally appeared on Medium.

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