Saylor Academy
BUS103: Introduction to Financial Accounting
Saylor Academy's free financial accounting course, from recording transactions to the statement of cash flows, with a free certificate.
Free certificate
63 hrsBeginner
9 free courses
Free Finance & Accounting courses
Understand money before you need to: budgeting, saving, investing basics and the accounting that runs every business. Taught by universities, non-profits and regulators, not by anyone selling a product.
9 free courses
Saylor Academy
BUS202: Principles of Finance
Saylor Academy's free introduction to corporate finance: statements, time value of money, markets, risk and capital budgeting.
Free certificate33 hrsBeginnerA free eight-hour Open University introduction to bookkeeping: essential numeracy, double entry, the balance sheet and profit and loss.
Free certificate8 hrsBeginnerOpenLearn
Managing my money for young adults
An eight-week Open University course on earning, budgeting, borrowing, credit ratings and planning ahead, with a free badge.
Free certificate24 hrsBeginnerSaylor Academy
BUS105: Managerial Accounting
Saylor Academy's free managerial accounting course: costing, cost-volume-profit, budgets, variances and performance evaluation.
Free certificate53 hrsIntermediateCoursera
Financial Markets
Nobel laureate Robert Shiller's Yale course on how financial markets, insurance, banking and regulation work.
Paid certificate34 hrsBeginnerKhan Academy
Financial Literacy
Khan Academy's free personal finance course: budgeting, credit, loans, insurance, investing, taxes, banking and housing.
No certificateSelf-pacedBeginnerVarsity by Zerodha
Introduction to Stock Markets (Varsity by Zerodha)
Zerodha's free, plain-English module on how Indian stock markets work, from regulators and IPOs to indices like Nifty and Sensex.
No certificateSelf-pacedBeginnerMIT OpenCourseWare
Finance Theory I (15.401)
MIT Sloan's graduate finance course by Andrew Lo, with full video lectures, slides, problem sets and exams.
No certificateSelf-pacedAdvanced
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