15 Best Project-Based Learning Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Project-based Learning courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 10 come from a named university or institution, including Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Creative Time & Duke University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 14 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "project-based learning" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris (Project-Centered Course)
Offered by Hebrew University of Jerusalem
What you’ll achieve: In this project-centered course* you will build a modern computer system, from the ground up. We’ll divide this fascinating journey into six hands-on projects that will take you from constructing ele...
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ART of the MOOC: Activism and Social Movements
Offered by Creative Time & Duke University
This course is for activists, artists, and thinkers who wish to better understand and participate in social change. We will focus on the prolific and exciting overlap between socially engaged art and cultural practices g...
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Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Healthcare
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This course covers deep learning (DL) methods, healthcare data and applications using DL methods. The courses include activities such as video lectures, self guided programming labs, homework assignments (both written an...
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Fondamentaux de l’infographie
Offered by California Institute of the Arts
L’infographie est partout ! Les mots et les images, les composantes de l’infographie, sont les éléments qui véhiculent la majorité du contenu à la fois dans le monde numérique et dans celui des documents imprimés. À mesu...
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Designing Larger Python Programs for Data Science
Offered by Duke University
Modern programs are complicated structures, with hundreds to thousands of lines of code, but how do you efficiently move from smaller programs to more robust, complicated programs? How do data scientists simulate the ran...
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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Patterns and Principles
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
An applied analysis and design class that addresses the use of object-oriented techniques. Topics include domain modeling, use cases, architectural design and modeling notations. Students apply techniques in analysis and...
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Frontend Web Development
Offered by LearnKartS
You have opened enough tutorials. Bookmarked enough courses. This time, you finish with a real website instead of another half-built project. Frontend Web Development covers the complete foundational stack across HTML, C...
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Fundamentals of Computing
Offered by Rice University
This Specialization covers much of the material that first-year Computer Science students take at Rice University, brought to you by the world-class Faculty who teach our master's and PhD programs. Students learn sophist...
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Cybersecurity with Python: Beginner to Advanced
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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Ultimate Guide to Raspberry Pi - Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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Learn React
Offered by Scrimba
This is the ideal starting point for anyone eager to learn modern React basics in the most interactive, hands-on way possible. Throughout this course, you'll tackle over 170 interactive coding challenges and build six ex...
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Learn C# by Building Applications
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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Cloud Computing
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Cloud Computing Specialization takes you on a tour through cloud computing systems. We start in in the middle layer with Cloud Computing Concepts covering core distributed systems concepts used inside clouds, move to...
$49.00listed price -
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Design Thinking: Insights to Inspiration
Offered by University of Virginia
Welcome Designers! In this course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, we will introduce you to the design thinking process. It is a project-based course in which you will identify a...
$49.00listed price -
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Applied AI
Offered by Vanderbilt University
Master the practical techniques, strategies, and tools used to apply artificial intelligence across work, business, and everyday problem solving. Through hands-on projects, you'll learn prompt engineering, AI agents, AI-...
$49.00listed price
Best Project-Based Learning Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris (Pr... | Coursera | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | ART of the MOOC: Activism and Social Movements | Coursera | Creative Time & Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Healthcare | Coursera | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $79.00 | View → |
| 4 | Fondamentaux de l’infographie | Coursera | California Institute of the Arts | $79.00 | View → |
| 5 | Designing Larger Python Programs for Data Science | Coursera | Duke University | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Patterns and Principles | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Frontend Web Development | Coursera | LearnKartS | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Fundamentals of Computing | Coursera | Rice University | $49.00 | View → |
| 9 | Cybersecurity with Python: Beginner to Advanced | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | Ultimate Guide to Raspberry Pi - Tips, Tricks, and Hacks | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 11 | Learn React | Coursera | Scrimba | $49.00 | View → |
| 12 | Learn C# by Building Applications | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 13 | Cloud Computing | Coursera | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $49.00 | View → |
| 14 | Design Thinking: Insights to Inspiration | Coursera | University of Virginia | $49.00 | View → |
| 15 | Applied AI | Coursera | Vanderbilt University | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 10 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Creative Time & Duke University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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