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Here are 300 free college courses from the Ivy League that you can take online right now: Quartz

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

The eight schools are located in the top 15 of the national university rankings of US News and World Report 2017.

These Ivy League schools are also very selective and extremely difficult to enter. But the good news is that all of these universities now offer free online courses on multiple platforms of online courses.

So far, they have created more than 430 courses, of which about 344 are still active. Here is a collection of all of them, divided into courses in the following subjects: computer science, business and administration, humanities, art and design, science, health and medicine, mathematics, education and teaching and engineering.

Humanities (59 courses)

Modern and Contemporary American Poetry ("ModPo")
University of Pennsylvania

Moralities of Everyday Life
Yale University

Greek and Roman Mythology
University of Pennsylvania

Ancient Philosophy: Plato and his predecessors
University of Pennsylvania

China (Part 1): Political and Intellectual Foundations: From the Topos Kings to Confucius and the Legalists
Harvard University

Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and its successors
University of Pennsylvania

China (Part 2): The Creation and the End of the Centralized Empire
Harvard University

China (Part 4): Literati China: Review is and Neo-Confucianism
Harvard University

China (Part 6): The Manchus and the Qing Dynasty
Harvard University

Visualization of Japan (1850s-1930s): westernization, protest, modernity
Harvard University

Religious Literacy: Traditions and Writings
Harvard University ]

China (Part 8): Creating Modern China: The Birth of a Nation
Harvard University

The Civil War and Reconstruction – 1865- 1890: The Unfinished Revolution
Columbia University

The Civil War and Reconstruction – 1850-1861: a divided house
Columbia University

China (Part 10): Greater China today: People's Republic, Taiwan and Hong Kong Harvard University

China (Part 9): China and Communism
Harvard University

China (Part 3): Cosmopolitan Tang: Aristocratic Culture
Harvard University

China (Part 5): from a global empire under the Mongols to a global economy under the Ming Dynasty
Harvard University

China (Part 7): Invasions, rebellions and the fall of imperial China
Harvard University

English for Career Development
University of Pennsylvania

English for Journalism
University of Pennsylvania

The Civil War and Reconstruction – 1861 – 1865: A new birth of freedom
University of Col umbia

Effective altruism
Princeton University

Journey of the universe: The unfolding of life
Yale University

American Capitalism: A History
Cornell University

The Ethics of Eating
Cornell University

Reality Question! Science, philosophy and the search for meaning
Dartmouth

The ancient Greek hero
Harvard University

The Book: Books in the Medieval Liturgy
Harvard University

The Book: The Medieval Book of Hours: Art and Devotion in the Late Middle Ages
Harvard University ]

Christianity through its writings
Harvard University

Masterpieces of world literature
Harvard University

PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854
Harvard University

Buddhism through its writings
University of Harvard

Introduction to Ancient Egypt and its Civ
University of Pennsylvania

Hamlet's Ghost
Harvard University

Wonders of Ancient Egypt
University of Pennsylvania

English for Business and Entrepreneurship
University of Pennsylvania

A Journey Through Western Christianity: From Persecuted Faith to Religion World (200 – 1650)
Yale University

Women have always worked: The experience of EE. UU 1700 – 1920
Columbia University

The American Renaissance: Classical Literature of the 19th Century
Dartmouth

Religion, Conflict and Peace
Harvard University

Poetry in America: Whitman
Harvard University

The Book: Book Sleuthing: What nineteenth-century books can tell us about the rise of the reading public?
Harvard University

Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature
Harvard University

Modern masterpieces of world literature
Harvard University

Bond of Shylock
Harvard University

Judaism through its writings
University by Harvard

Humanities of China: the individual in Chinese culture
Harvard University

Islam through his writings
] Harvard University

Hinduism through its writings
Harvard University

Poetry in America: The Civil War and its Aftermath
] Harvard University

Poetry in America: Modernism
Harvard University

English for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
University of Pennsylvania

The worldview of Thomas Berry: The flourishing community of earth
Yale University

Women have always worked: The US Experience 1920 – 2016
Columbia University

Writing case studies: Science of Delivery
Princeton University

Fantastic places, non-human humans: exploration of humanity through the Literature
Brown University

The Ethics of Memory
Brown University

Computer Science (23 courses)

Introduction of CS50 to computing
Harvard University

Algorithms, Part I
Princeton University

Algorithms, Part II
University by Princeton

Automatic Learning for Data Science and Analysis
Columbia University

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies
Princeton University

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Columbia University

Reinforcement Learning
Brown University

Computer Architecture
Princeton University

Machine Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology

Enabling technologies for data science and Analysis: Internet of Thin gs
Columbia University

Machine Learning
Columbia University

Algorithm Analysis
Princeton University

Illustrated networks: Principles without calculation
Princeton University

Machine Learning: unsupervised learning
Brown University

CS50's Computer Science for Business Professionals
Harvard University

AP50 Computer Science Principles of CS50
Harvard University ]

HI-FIVE: Health IT for Innovation, Value and Enrichment (IT / Administrative Perspective)
Columbia University

Animation and CGI Motion
] Colum bia University

Networks: Friends, money and bytes
Princeton University

CS50's Understanding Technology
Harvard University ]

Data Structures and Software Design
University of Pennsylvania

Algorithm Design and Analysis
University of Pennsylvania

Computer Science: Algorithms, Theory, and Machines
Princeton University

Art and Design (19 courses)

Gamification University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to classical music
Yale University

Design: creation of artifacts in society
University of Pennsylvania

Architecture ro mana
Yale University

First Nights – Handel's Messiah and the Baroque Oratory
Harvard University

Listening to World Music
University of Pennsylvania

Reinventing the piano
Princeton University

Hollywood: History, industry, art
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Italian opera
Dartmouth

First nights – Ninth symphony by Beethoven and the 19th century Orchestra
Harvard University

First Nights – Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony and Music Program in the 19th Century
Harvard University

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots
Harvard University

Digital photography exhibition
Harvard University

The Architectural Imagination
Harvard University

First nights: L'Orfeo de Monteverdi and the birth of the opera
Harvard University

Music and social action
] Yale University

Pyramids of Giza: Art and Archeology of Ancient Egypt
Harvard University

Age of Cathedrals
Yale University

Introduction to the German Opera
Dartmouth

Business (66 courses)

Introduction to marketing
University of Pennsylvania

I 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

Viral marketing and how to make contagious content
University of Pennsylvania

The global financial crisis
Yale University

Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part I
Columbia University

Global Trends in Human Capital [19459] 006] Columbia University

Business Initiative 2: Launch of its Start-Up
University of Pennsylvania

Operations Analytics
University of Pennsylvania

Accounting Analytics
University of Pennsylvania

Entrepreneurship 1: Development of opportunity
University of Pennsylvania

Fundamentals of quantitative modeling
University of Pennsylvania

Social impact strategy: tools for entrepreneurs and innovators
University of Pennsylvania

More Introduction to Financial Accounting
University of Pennsylvania

A preview course on the 5 killer risks of Enterprise Risk Ma nagement
University of Columbia

Entrepreneurship 3: Growth Strategies
University of Pennsylvania

Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability
University of Pennsylvania

Wharton Business Foundations Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

Financial Engineering and Risk Management Part II
] Columbia University

Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
Harvard University

Arts and Culture Strategy
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Marketing
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Global Hospitality Management
Cornell Unive rsity

市场 营销 (中文 [)
University of Pennsylvania

Leading the life you want
University of Pennsylvania ]

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Strategic Approach
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Corporate Finance
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Financial Accounting
University of Pennsylvania

Construction Project Management
Columbia University

Construction Programming
Columbia University

Analytics in Python
Columbia University

Construction Finance
Columbia Unive rsity

Entrepreneurship and healthcare in emerging economies
Harvard University

Decision making and scenarios
University of Pennsylvania

Modeling risk and realities
University of Pennsylvania

Value management of customer relations
University of Pennsylvania

Influence
University of Pennsylvania

Optimization of diversity in equipment
University of Pennsylvania

Wharton Entrepreneurship Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

Commercial Strategies for Social Impact
University of Pennsylvania

Fun Project Wharton Business Studies
University of Pennsylvania

The Power of Team Culture
University of Pennsylvania

Wharton Business and Financial Modeling Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

Fundamentals of Management
University of Pennsylvania

财务 会计 (中文 [)
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Operations Management
University of Pennsylvania

运营 管理 (中文 [)
University of Pennsylvania

Creation of a culture of continuous learning equipment
University of Pennsylvania

Management of social and human capital
University of Pen silvania

企业 金融 (中文 [)
University of Pennsylvania

Building high-performance teams
University of Pennsylvania ]

Global Trends for Business and Society
University of Pennsylvania

Financial Vision for Non-Financial Managers
University of Pennsylvania

沃顿 基础 [[[(中文 [)
University of Pennsylvania

Crowdfunding
University of Pennsylvania

Business Analytics Capstone
University of Pennsylvania

Cost of Construction and Cost Control
Columbia University

Introduction to corporate finance
A Columbia University

Marketing Analytics
Columbia University

Demand and Supply Analytics
Columbia University

Wharton's Business Strategy: Competitive Advantage
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Fundamentals of Retail
Dartmouth

Omnichannel Strategy and Management
Dartmouth

Health and Medicine (25 courses)

Vital signs: understanding what the body tells us
University of Pennsylvania

Fundamentals of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania

Improving global health: Focusing on quality and safety
Harvard University [1 9459008]

Introduction to dental medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to breast cancer
Yale University

Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster
Harvard University

United States Health Policy
Harvard University

Exiting an extremity: Anatomy of the upper extremity
University of Pennsylvania

The crisis of opioids in America
Harvard University

Global health case studies from a biosocial perspective
Harvard University

Health and society
Harvard University

Readings on global health [1 9459006] Harvard University

Fundamentals of global health
Yale University

HI-FIVE: Health informatics for innovation , Value and Enrichment (Clinical Perspective)
Columbia University

The Science and Politics of GMOs
Cornell University

Ebola Lessons: Preventing the Next Pandemic
Harvard University

Science of Practical Improvement in Health Care: A Road Map for Results
Harvard University

Innovating in medical care
Harvard University

Fundamentals of clinical trials
University of Harvard

The Economic s of Health Care Delivery
University of Pennsylvania

Health Care Innovation
University of Pennsylvania

The oral cavity: Portal de health and disease
University of Pennsylvania

Feeding the world
University of Pennsylvania

HI-FIVE: Computer science Health for innovation, value and enrichment (Social / Peer Perspective)
Columbia University

Artful Medicine: The power of art to enrich patient care
Brown University

Social Sciences (54 courses)

Justice
Harvard University

Buddhism and Modern Psychology
Princeton University

Introduction to the American law
University of Pennsylvania

Moral foundations of politics
Yale University

Paradoxes of war
Princeton University

Written Constitution of the United States
Yale University

Contract Law: from Trust to Promise to the contract
Harvard University

Designing Cities
University of Pennsylvania

Tangible things: Discovering history through works of Art, Artifacts, Scientific Samples and Things Around You
Harvard University

Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Cases of the Supreme Court
University of Pennsylvania

Microeconomics: The power of markets
University of Pennsylvania

United States Government
Harvard University ]

Revolutionary Ideas: Utility, Justice, Equality, Freedom
University of Pennsylvania

A tool for law students
Yale University

Introduction to Sociology
Princeton University

The book: Monasteries, schools and notaries, Part 1: Reading the medieval archive of late Marseille
Harvard University

The book: Creation and meaning in the medieval manuscript
Harvard University

Unwritten Constitution of the United States
Yale University

JuryX: Deliberations for Social Change
Harvard University

Bioethics: Law, Medicine and Ethics Reproductive Technologies and Genetics
Harvard University

The book: Monasteries, schools and notaries, Part 2: Introduction to the Gothic transitional script
Harvard University

Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills
University of Pennsylvania

The History of Medieval Medicine through Jewish Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania

Networks, crowds and markets
Cornell University

The book: The history of the book in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Europe
] University of Harva rd

The book: Rolls in the book era
Harvard University

The book: print and manuscript in Western Europe, Asia and Middle East (1450-1650)
Harvard University

Central Challenges of American National Security, Strategy and the Press
Harvard University

Revolutionary Ideas: Frontiers, Elections, Constitutions, Prisons
University of Pennsylvania

English for Media Literacy
University of Pennsylvania

Positive Psychology: Applications and Interventions
University of Pennsylvania

Social Norms, Social Change II
University of Pennsylvania

Corruption
University of Pennsylvania

Intellectual Property Law and Policy: Part 1
University of Pennsylvania

Social Standards, Social Change I
University of Pennsylvania

Microeconomics: when markets fail
University of Pennsylvania

Intellectual property law and policy: Part 2
] University of Pennsylvania

Positive Psychology: Visionary Science by Martin EP Seligman
University of Pennsylvania

Parenting Journal: The ABC of the child rearing
Yale University

Making the government work in difficult places
Princeton University

Call shots a Big Data: Privacy and Vigil in the Age of Interconnection
Cornell University

Recovery of Broken Places: Introduction to Civic Ecology
Cornell University

CitiesX: The past, present and future of urban life
Harvard University

PredictionX: Fortune Teller Guide
Harvard University

Network dynamics of social behavior
University of Pennsylvania

Positive Psychology Specialization Project: Design your life for well-being
University de Pensilvania

Psicología positiva: carácter, gravedad y métodos de investigación
Universidad de Pensilvania

Los 10 principales problemas sociales de los primeros 100 días del presidente
Universidad de Pensilvania

La ciencia del bienestar
Yale University

Riesgo y rendimiento y el costo promedio ponderado del capital
Columbia University

Libertad de expresión en la era de la globalización
Columbia University

Global Muckraking: Periodismo de investigación y medios globales
Columbia University

Economía del dinero y la banca
Universidad de Columbia

Estructuración de acuerdos comerciales para el éxito
Universidad de Cornell

Ciencia de datos (21 cursos)

Pensamiento estadístico para ciencia de datos y análisis
Columbia University

Estadísticas y R
Universidad de Harvard

Introducción a las Hojas de Cálculo y Modelos
Universidad de Pennsylvania

People Analytics
Universidad de Pennsylvania

Análisis de datos de alta dimensión
Universidad de Harvard

Introducción al Bioconductor: Anotación y Análisis de Genomas y Ensayos Genómicos
Universidad de Harvard

Data Science: R Basics
Harvard University

Estudios de caso en Genómica Funcional
Universidad de Harvard

Diagramas causales: Dibuje sus suposiciones antes de sus conclusiones
Universidad de Harvard

Big Data and Education
Columbia University

Principios, herramientas estadísticas y computacionales para la ciencia reproducible
Universidad de Harvard

Ciencia de datos: inferencia y modelado
Universidad de Harvard

Ciencia de datos: Visualización
Universidad de Harvard

Computación de alto rendimiento para la genómica reproducible
Universidad de Harvard

Data Science: Linear Regression
Harvard University

Data Science: Capstone
Harvard University

Data Science: Wrangling
Harvard University

Data Science: Machine Learning
Harvard University

Data Science: Productivity Tools
Harvar d University

Data Science: Probability
Harvard University

Data, Models and Decisions in Business Analytics
Columbia University

Education & Teaching (17 courses)

Leaders of Learning
Harvard University

Applying to US Universities
University of Pennsylvania

American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice
University of Pennsylvania

Saving Schools, Mini-Course 1: History and Politics of US Education
Harvard University

Saving Schools, Mini-Course 3: Accountability and National Standards
Harvard University

Saving Schools, Mini-Course 2: Teacher Policies
Harvard University

Saving Schools, Mini-Course 4: School Choice
Harvard University

Orchestrating Whole Classroom Discussion
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Online and Blended Teaching
University of Pennsylvania

Introduction to Family Engagement in Education
Harvard University

Introduction to Data Wise: A Collaborative Process to Improve Learning & Teaching
Harvard University

Saving Schools: Reforming the US Education System
Harvard University

Understanding Classroom Interaction
University of Pennsylvania

How to Apply to College
University of Pennsylvania

The Science of Learning – What Every Teacher Should Know
Columbia University

Innovating Instruction: Reimagining Teaching with Technology
Columbia University

University Studies for Student Veterans
Columbia University

Science (25 courses)

The Age of Sustainable Development
Columbia University

Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 1: Electrical Properties of the Neuron
Harvard University

Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science (part 1)
Harvard University

Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 2: Neurons and Networks
Harvard University

Introduction to Environmental Science
Dartmouth

Principles of Biochemistry
Harvard University

Relativity and Astrophysics
Cornell University

Super-Earths And Life
Harvard University

Basic Behavioral Neurology
University of Pennsylvania

Best Practices for Biomedical Research Data Management
Harvard Medical School

Sharks! Global Biodiversity, Biology, and Conservation
Cornell University

The Quantum World
Harvard University

AnatomyX: Musculoskeletal Cases
Harvard University

Imagining Other Earths
Princeton University

The Climate-Energy Challenge
Harvard University

Cell Biology: Mitochondria
Harvard University

The Fundamentals of Neuroscience Part 3: The Brain
Harvard University

Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science (physics)
Harvard University

MalariaX: Defeating Malaria from the Genes to the Globe
Harvard University

宇宙之旅:对话 (Journey of the Uni verse: Weaving Knowledge and Action)
Yale University

宇宙之旅:展现生命 (Journey of the Universe: The Unfolding of Life)
Yale University

Anatomy of the Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvis
Yale University

Thomas Berry的世界观:地球社区的繁荣 (The Worldview of Thomas Berry: The Flourishing of the Earth Community)
Yale University

Journey Conversations: Weaving Knowledge and Action
Yale University

Bipedalism: The Science of Upright Walking
Dartmouth

Engineering (16 courses)

Robotics: Aerial Robotics
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Computational Motion Planning
University of Pennsylvania

Energy Within Environmental Constraints
Harvard University

Robotics: Perception
University of Pennsylvania

The Art of Structural Engineering: Bridges
Princeton University

Robotics: Mobility
University of Pennsylvania

A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering Simulations
Cornell University

The Engineering of Structures Around Us
Dartmouth

Robotics: Estimation and Learning
University of Pennsylvania

MOS Transistors
Columbia University

Robotics: Locomotion Engineering
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Capstone
University of Pennsylvani a

Robotics: Vision Intelligence and Machine Learning
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Dynamics and Control
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics: Fundamentals
University of Pennsylvania

Robotics
Columbia University

Mathematics (11 courses)

Introduction to Linear Models and Matrix Algebra
Harvard University

Calculus: Single Variable Part 1 – Functions
University of Pennsylvania

Calculus: Single Variable Part 2 – Differentiation
University of Pennsylvania

Calculus: Single Variable Part 3 – Integration
University of Pennsylvania

Statistical Inference and Mo deling for High-throughput Experiments
Harvard University

Calculus: Single Variable Part 4 – Applications
University of Pennsylvania

Analytic Combinatorics
Princeton University

Calculus Applied!
Harvard University

Fat Chance: Probability from the Ground Up
Harvard University

Single Variable Calculus
University of Pennsylvania

A Crash Course in Causality: Inferring Causal Effects from Observational Data
University of Pennsylvania

Programming (4 courses)

Using Python for Research
Harvard University

Programming for the Web with JavaScript
University of Pennsylvania

The Computing Technology Inside Your Smartphone
Cornell University

Software Development Fundamentals
University of Pennsylvania

Personal Development (4 courses)

Introduction to Negotiation: A Strategic Playbook for Becoming a Principled and Persuasive Negotiator
Yale University

A Preview Course on Collaborative Knowledge Services
Columbia University

Success
University of Pennsylvania

Improving Communication Skills
University of Pennsylvania

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