Free Engineering And Architecture Courses & Certifications

Convective Heat Transfer online programme aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of convection. Convection is a significant form of heat transfer linked to fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Swayam and IIT Roorkee have collaborated and designed this free short-term course for students interested in learning about convective heat transfer.

Moreover, the Convective Heat Transfer certification belongs to the ‘Mechanical Engineering' subject category and is an elective course. The course can be finished in four weeks. The curriculum goes into detail to explain mass transfer analogies and phase change heat transfer. You can also learn the fundamental concepts with the help of mathematical examples, derivations and weekly assignments.

Furthermore, the Convective Heat Transfer training will help you earn a course certificate after finishing all the modules in four weeks. There are three criteria to obtain a soft copy of the certificate that NPTEL can verify. The certificate will carry the logo of IIT Roorkee.

The Machining Science certification training spans four weeks, enabling you to complete essential machining topics quickly. It is an online program approved by AICTE and delivered by Swayam. The program receives industry support from manufacturing, automobile, and aeronautical industries.

Machining Science online program will primarily focus on machining processes and metal cutting techniques. It also covers topics like mechanics of metal cutting, machining economics, friction in metal cutting processes, and measurement of cutting forces. You will gain an in-depth understanding from a theoretical and practical point of view.

The learning process of the Machining Science online course includes weekly assignments, readings, and video lectures. You also get access to an online forum where you can clear all your doubts and get in touch with course instructors. As for the course instructor, you will be taught by Prof. Sounak Kumar Choudhury, a faculty at IIT Kanpur. You can also earn an e-certificate by appearing for the final test conducted by Swayam.

We need to go through various processes to get a finished product from the raw material. These manufacturing processes include metal removal or mass removal, constant mass operations, casting, welding, etc. This mechanical engineering course on Manufacturing Processes - Casting and Joining by Swayam places emphasis on two primary techniques: casting and welding. 

Throughout the course duration of four weeks, the Manufacturing Processes - Casting and Joining syllabus will touch upon various casting processes and characteristics. Candidates will analyze various casting aspects like how the riser and gating systems are designed under the guidance of Professor Sounak Kumar Choudhury. 

This Manufacturing Processes - Casting and Joining certification course gives students the chance to earn a verifiable certification by IIT Kanpur and NPTEL and learn from esteemed IIT Kanpur faculty. This is a course of the undergraduate level and has no prerequisites. Anyone interested can enroll and learn from this MOOC for free.

Metal cutting is done by the application of mechanical forces. It involves the usage of tools like lathes, shapers, and milling machines. The course on Metal Cutting and Machine Tools by Swayam provides candidates with the opportunity to study these in detail with Professor Asimava Roy Choudhury from IIT Kharagpur. 

This will be a four-week online training. The Metal Cutting and Machine Tools training will cover different aspects of metal cutting, such as geometrical analysis of metal cutting tools. Candidates will go into further detail about the orientation and make-up of these tools, their features, and applications. Also, they will supplement their learning by solving numerical problems. 

The total duration of the Metal Cutting and Machine Tools syllabus is ten hours. Candidates can test their learning and gain greater insights during the MCQ discussion lecture after each week. This is an AICTE-approved FDP course by IIT Kharagpur. Thus, its optional certification is up for grabs and will be of immense value to the students.

IIT Kharagpur, one of the most renowned engineering and technology institutions in India, has developed the Non-Traditional Abrasive Machining Processes certification course. Through this program, candidates will learn about three major types of machining, including Ultrasonic, Abrasive Water Jet Machining, and Abrasive Jet Machining. 

These methods comprise a major part of the non-traditional techniques. The Non-Traditional Abrasive Machining Processes curriculum consists of descriptive parts which describe the machine configurations and types of technology. Further, there are process derivations, analyses, and numerical problems to make every concept clear to the candidates. The syllabus is of the UG level of study. 

The course instructor will discuss various multiple-choice questions to consolidate the students’ understanding. The Non-Traditional Abrasive Machining Processes training is verified by AICTE as an FDP course. Candidates can complete this course quickly in just four weeks and apply to get the paid certification, which is optional. Interested students can also appear for the offline exam.

The Smart Materials and Intelligent System Design certification course aim to introduce you to the domain of advanced functional materials. During the programme, you will get proficient in the foundational concepts of smart materials. You will explore common smart materials such as magnetostrictive and piezoelectric materials, electroactive polymers, etc.

The Smart Materials and Intelligent System Design programme by Swayam is a four-week-long online course brought to you by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. The course is also approved by the AICTE. You will study various topics covering composites, control systems, materials, basic electronics, and informatics. This elective course also offers a digital certificate after fulfilling the specified criteria.

Through the learnings of the Smart Materials and Intelligent System Design training, you will realise the importance of smart materials in developing actuators and special sensors for a host of industrial applications. These include defence, medical, aerospace, manufacturing, and other specific engineering applications.

Two-phase flows are encountered in various industrial processes such as nuclear reactor technology, chemical processes, power generation, food production, automotive industries and aerospace. That is why the  Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer programme will provide a thorough understanding of two-phase flows with and without phase change. 

Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer certification is a four-week elective course that is approved by AICTE as an FDP course. This is an online course wherein the course material will be available on Swayam, the online learning platform. The syllabus of this course has been curated by the faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in association with NPTEL.

Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer is a UG/PG course in mechanical engineering. The course will be taught by Dr Arup Kumar Das of IIT Roorkee. The course also offers certification. You need to have knowledge of fluid mechanics and heat transfer to be able to comprehend this course completely.

Polymer Assisted Abrasive Finishing Processes certification is a 4 weeks course by Swayam, NPTEL, and  IIT Guwahati. This is an online certification that will gradually help in understanding the different importances of surface finish, and how these polymers are of help in supporting the abrasive particles to get done with the workpiece surface to the nano level. Micro and Nano finishing will be one of the basic ones for the mechanical engineering undergraduate students. 

Polymer Assisted Abrasive Finishing Processes training gives an understanding of the different abrasive polymer assisted micro, and nano process of finishing, and its physics. Basically, this certification course deals with the abrasive flow finishing process in the case where fluids of the abrasive flow finishing process are involved. This course is arranged systematically and taught smoothly and in a clear way by an IIT professor so that students understand easily.

Principles of Vibration Control certification is an elective course that is designed to be hosted for 4 weeks. The course is structured by NPTEL and IIT Kanpur and is hosted by Swayam’s platform. This certification course is divided into 4 modules, 4 assignments, and one single proctored exam that needs to be completed for seeking the completion certification. 

Principles of Vibration Control training explains that vibration is not desirable in almost any different engineering system, and that vibration has certain bad effects like severe resonance damage,  fatigue failure, loss of accuracy, sensitive system or instrument malfunctioning, and more. This course is proven to give a small brief of the different ways in which vibration of systems can be controlled. Also, when candidates have received the course certificate, it is valued in industries like oil, manufacturing, and space engineering.

The Business of Mining program covers the mining process and its varying fundamentals, from the exploration to closure of such operations. This introductory course proceeds at the student’s pace. Learners can access the video materials provided upon registration and review lessons to better understand the curriculum.

The duration of this online program is for four weeks. The Business of Mining certification syllabus lends a comprehensive learning perspective, starting from discovering mineral deposits to extraction and rehabilitation. It completes the study of mine’s life cycle. Students get to investigate the economic forces that influence the conditions and decisions relating to the mining industry.

The Business of Mining online course recently received an award in the Interactive Media Awards of the USA for the Best in Class University category. Offered by Curtin University, associate professors Bryan Maybee and Eric Lilford teach the curriculum. They are experts in Chemical Engineering, Energy, Minerals, and mines. What’s more? Students can verify their achievement with a certificate upon paying the necessary fee.

Corrosion science explores the process of corrosion in metallic and non-metallic structures. The Cathodic Protection Engineering online programme attempts to dig deeper and explain some essential means of corrosion control in buried metallic structures. This is a free-to-learn curriculum by Swayam and IIT Bombay, accredited by AICTE.

Furthermore, the Cathodic Protection Engineering certification belongs to the 'Metallurgy and Material science and Mining Engineering' and 'Materials Joining' categories. If you are interested in learning this course, you should also note that this is a short-term FDP programme that runs for just four weeks.

This programme is suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates, and industry professionals. Aspirants will have to submit four assignments during the course tenure, which will help their understanding and progress.

What's more, after finishing the Cathodic Protection Engineering program, you will also get a chance to obtain a verified digital certificate offered by Swayam and NPTEL. This requires you to clear a proctored exam and fulfill other criteria to achieve certification.

Elementary Stereology for Quantitative Metallography certification is a 4 weeks programme that is conducted by NPTEL and IIT Madras on Swayam’s provider platform. This elective course’s category is Materials Characterization, Metallurgy, and Material science & Mining Engineering which is ideal for students of both undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study.

Quantitative metallography or stereology is nothing but the measurements of certain features like grain size, and second phase spatial distribution catering to observations conducted on 2-D sections. So basically stereology is connected with geometric probability where a small sample size of the material is kept under observation for deriving the microstructural characteristic related to the bulk of that particular material. Elementary Stereology for Quantitative Metallography training gives information on all the above topics. Getting study materials for this course is free, but obtaining certificates are chargeable, and based on students attending proctored exams.

Fundamentals of electronic device fabrication certification is a 4 weeks course that is 100% online, conducted on the platform of Swayam. The design, and thought behind this course are by NPTEL and IIT Madras. The semiconductor industry uses different practices of fabrication that are used there, and this course exactly helps in understanding those practices along with their future opportunities, and challenges.

Basically, the Fundamentals of electronic device fabrication training caters to the undergraduate, and postgraduate students who may belong to separate backgrounds of  Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Physics, and Chemistry. The certification course even provides an overview of the entire integrated circuit fabrication that uses the different practices and challenges for continuing to satisfy the law of Moore.

Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels for Automotive Applications certification is a 4 weeks small course that is developed under the joint association of NPTEL and IIT Madras, and they have chosen Swayam as their partner for providing the course. With this certification course, candidates will understand where the advanced high strength steel or AHSS is used, and why its use is increasingly rising in the automotive industry. The reasons identified will be enhanced strength-ductility, and crash energy management that will cause the building of safer, and greener vehicles.

Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels for Automotive Applications training will be ultimately responsible for teaching the weldability of AHSS. The certificate in this course is unique as it has the entire break up of marks that will be secured in the examination, and the assignments by the applicants. It will also be useful for seeking support from automotive manufacturers. Another important aspect is that learning up the content is free but the certificate is not.

The Structural Analysis of Nanomaterials certification is a 4 weeks course that gets placed under the metallurgy category and is conducted on Swayam by the two institutions which are NPTEL and IIT Roorkee. This course on nanomaterials is an important part of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology which mainly deals with crystal structure studies, and also their defects. 

For the Structural Analysis of Nanomaterials training, candidates must have knowledge that is detailed in nature regarding the atomic/molecular structure to the crystal structure. This course has the main goal that deals with making a nanomaterial analysis that aims at investigating the relationship between structure, and property so that relevant suggestions can be incorporated in finding the new properties and improving the materials. Candidates do get to enrol in the course for free but certificates will require registering with Rs. 1,000 and attending a proctored final test.

Adaptive control refers to a set of techniques and approaches used to control plans whose dynamics are uncertain or keep changing. Using adaptive control techniques, you can reduce the unpredictability of such plans. The Nonlinear and Adaptive Control certification course will delve into such concepts in-depth and train candidates in essential and advanced features of adaptive control. 

The candidates interested in joining this program need to have an essential understanding of MATLAB and Simulink, along with Lyapunov Stability Theory. The Nonlinear and Adaptive Control syllabus deals with relevant topics in great detail and runs for four weeks. IIT Delhi has developed this online training which is available on Swayam for free. 

This is an elective course at the postgraduate level. Professor Shubhendu Basin, Associate Professor in IIT Delhi’s Department of Electrical Engineering will teach the Nonlinear and Adaptive Control online course with two teaching assistants. The candidates also have the chance to become certified in this course by option for the paid certification. 

Swayam’s Optical Sensors online course is an elective, four-week curriculum dealing with optical biosensors and their introductory working fundamentals. Developed in collaboration with IIT Roorkee, this program is set at PG/UG-level and belongs to the ‘Photonics’ and Electrical and Electronics Engineering categories. The entire training features weekly modules, evaluations, optional exams, and term-end notes for research. 

The Optical Sensors certification syllabus commences with the elementary components, performance parameters, characteristics, etc. It then proceeds with optical phenomena, sensing applications, tissues’ optical properties, biomaterials’ optics, and more. Through an extensive curriculum, the course familiarises candidates with the mesmerizing sphere of optics principles-based sensors. In doing so, it also helps them gain industry-relevant skills to pursue career growth in this domain. 

While a basic optics experience is enough to join this training, students must complete all in-course assessments and register for Swayam’s offline test (proctored) to acquire the Optical Sensors certificate. This will further help them display their skills and seek lucrative job opportunities in Photonic Sys and related organizations.

The Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering course introduces basic concepts of electronic and electrical engineering along with a variety of examples. Japan’s leading research-intensive national university, Tokyo Institute of Technology, also known as Tokyo Tech, offers the program. The introductory course spans over four weeks.

The EdX’s Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering certification syllabus includes topics such as portable cell phones, solar cells, and batteries. The curriculum also comprises various applications from top Japanese companies like the high-speed railway and more. Students also get familiar with the advanced work being done in Japanese high-tech laboratories.  

Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering by edX will allow students to gain expertise in broad aspects of electronic and electrical engineering. Applicants learn from experienced Tokyo Tech instructors and skilled engineers currently employed in the Japanese industry. 

Candidates can access all the lecture videos, examples, fundamental research, introductory content, and practical applications in Japanese and English. All the material, including the reports, slides, and quizzes has English transcripts too. Learners can choose anyone from the audit or the verified track to finish studying the programme. Both these tracks are self-paced and can be pursued at their own pace. The verified track offers paid but unlimited access to the materials of the course and the audit track offers free but limited course access.

A Brief Introduction of Micro – Sensors course by Swayam introduces learners to micro - and nano-sensors fabrications. This elective study is based on communications and electrical engineering. An e-certificate is available with the course. For the certificate, candidates must submit all assignments and write a final proctored examination.

Set at a postgraduate level of study, the Brief Introduction of Micro – Sensors certification syllabus integrates online learning through video lectures and practical application of concepts through assignments. Learners will understand the principles of strain-stress in energy dissipation used to design such sensors. Other topics include pressure sensors, lithography, MEM sensor applications, microfabrication, and accelerometers.

The Brief Introduction of Micro – Sensors training is curated by IISER Bhopal. Students will interact with the video lectures recorded by Professor Santanu Talukder from the institute. Any student interested in learning more about such sensors can apply for the course. Companies based around semiconductor and processing technology prefer students who have completed the study.

There is a substantial requirement for electrical energy around the world. Several countries, including India, are adopting UHV (ultra-high voltage) AC and DC transmission. The main objective of the Recent Advances in Transmission Insulators online course by Swayam is to understand the significance of basic principles of insulation design.

Recent Advances in Transmission Insulators programme will also discuss different kinds of insulators and recent developments in insulator technology up to UHV levels. During this course, you will also know about vital components in a transmission system such as conductors, earth wire, accessories, insulators, towers, foundations, and hardware fittings.

The Recent Advances in Transmission Insulators certification course will provide you with knowledge on major challenges faced by utilities in the design of overhead transmission insulators for UHV-DC/AC, especially in contaminated circumstances. You will learn through practical examples, 11 hours of video content, and assignment exercises. The course also provides an e-certificate on the fulfillment of some eligibility criteria.

Basics of software-defined Radios and Practical Applications is a 4 weeks programme that is a joint initiative of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee. This course offers an electronic copy of the certificate for its participants. The course teaches that SDR is a very important part of modern communication where processes used for hardware implementation are defined using the domain of software regarding flexibility.

Basics of software-defined Radios and Practical Applications training are used for providing the description of the several components of software-defined radios along with their significance, and relevance. The participants shall also understand the interrelationship between digital, and analog power processing and spectrum transmission of signals. At the final stage of this course, candidates will understand what kind of term solutions are used for industrial datasheets, and the motivation for appropriate transceiver design.