15 Best System Design Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 System Design courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 10 come from a named university or institution, including University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Irvine and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 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
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "system design" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
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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Exploring Renewable Energy Schemes
Offered by University of Pennsylvania
What do you picture when you hear the term “renewable energy?” Do you imagine fields of solar panels, giant windmills, or huge hydroelectric dams? Those are all examples of large-scale, grid-tied systems. In this course,...
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Programming for the Internet of Things Project
Offered by University of California, Irvine
In this Capstone course, you will design a microcontroller-based embedded system. As an option, you can also build and test a system. The focus of your project will be to design the system so that it can be built on a lo...
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Software Engineering
Offered by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Software development is not just about coding, it also involves the application of scientific knowledge and well-defined engineering techniques to produce maintainable, scalable, cost-effective and on-schedule software p...
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Digital Manufacturing
Offered by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
This specialization provides a comprehensive understanding of computer-aided process planning, guiding learners from a CAD model to the final product. It covers the model processing stage and explores suitable printing t...
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Internet of Things and AI Cloud
Offered by University of California San Diego
This Specialization covers the development of Internet of Things (IoT) products and services—including devices for sensing, actuation, processing, and communication—to help you develop skills and experiences you can empl...
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Solar Energy for Engineers, Architects and Code Inspectors
Offered by University at Buffalo
This specialization provides an overview of solar photovoltaics (PV), intricacies of solar system design, and a framework for solar PV project management. Targeted for engineers, HVAC installers, architects and building...
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Packaging Design for the Circular Economy
Offered by Siemens & University of Colorado Boulder
The Circular Economy is about zero waste, where products are disassembled into their constituent components, either to be recycled or composted. While considerable attention has focused on the product itself, a product c...
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Internet of Things Capstone V2: Build a Mobile Surveillance System
Offered by University of California San Diego
In the Capstone project for the Internet of Things specialization, you will design and build your own system that uses at least 2 sensors, at least 1 communication protocol and at least 1 actuator. You will have a chance...
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Operations Systems Excellence
Offered by University of London
The sole task of organisations is to either deliver customers the services that they require, or design, manufacture, and deliver products that customers are after. How do firms and organisations manage the very tasks th...
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Understanding the Healthcare Ecosystem
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Learners will obtain foundational knowledge and insights to begin to identify potential targets for innovation in healthcare. This course provides an overview of the healthcare ecosystem, which is comprised of diverse st...
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Network Systems: Principles in Practice
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This specialization covers the fundamentals of networking within modern computing infrastructure. IT infrastructure has shifted towards software-oriented networks and cloud-based services, changing the roles of engineers...
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Productivity and Systems Development
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This course provides hands-on experience with technology-based productivity tools, as well as foundational knowledge and understanding of system design and development. The course is designed to integrate concepts of har...
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Data, Security, and Privacy
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This course provides hands-on experience with technology-based productivity tools, as well as foundational knowledge and understanding of system design and development. The course is designed to integrate concepts of har...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditBasics of Air Conditioning & Heat Load Calculation
Offered by L&T EduTech
This comprehensive HVAC course begins by establishing a solid foundation in the core concepts of air conditioning and refrigeration. Students are introduced to the technologies that are fundamental to controlling and man...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditVector Databases and Retrieval Data Engineering
Offered by IBM
This course teaches learners to design, operate, secure, and evaluate vector-based retrieval systems used in semantic search and RAG applications. Learners work with embeddings, vector schemas, index design, refresh stra...
$49.00listed price
Best System Design Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Exploring Renewable Energy Schemes | Coursera | University of Pennsylvania | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Programming for the Internet of Things Project | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $69.00 | View → |
| 3 | Software Engineering | Coursera | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Digital Manufacturing | Coursera | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Internet of Things and AI Cloud | Coursera | University of California San Diego | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Solar Energy for Engineers, Architects and Code Inspectors | Coursera | University at Buffalo | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | Packaging Design for the Circular Economy | Coursera | Siemens & University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | Internet of Things Capstone V2: Build a Mobile Surveillance System | Coursera | University of California San Diego | $79.00 | View → |
| 9 | Operations Systems Excellence | Coursera | University of London | $49.00 | View → |
| 10 | Understanding the Healthcare Ecosystem | Coursera | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $49.00 | View → |
| 11 | Network Systems: Principles in Practice | Coursera | University of Colorado Boulder | $49.00 | View → |
| 12 | Productivity and Systems Development | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 13 | Data, Security, and Privacy | Coursera | University of California, Irvine | $49.00 | View → |
| 14 | Basics of Air Conditioning & Heat Load Calculation | Coursera | L&T EduTech | $49.00 | View → |
| 15 | Vector Databases and Retrieval Data Engineering | Coursera | IBM | $49.00 | View → |
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