Free Architecture Engineering Courses & Certifications

Buildings are one of the primary consumers of resources today. Thus, it is imperative to consider sustainability aspects in designing more efficient buildings. As such, the Sustainable Architecture certification course aims to understand the role of sustainable practices in developing efficient buildings for reduced consumption. 

Available at the UG level, the Sustainable Architecture online course touches upon various parameters of planning and designing sustainable buildings. It also elucidates concepts of design, technology, and practices used to create efficient buildings. The Sustainable Architecture program explains the science behind the high performance of efficient buildings; and covers the various tenets of sustainable architecture planning as a subset of sustainable development.

The Sustainable Architecture course by Swayam is approved by AICTE and caters to the needs of individuals involved in the domain of architecture and planning. Moreover, you can earn a digital course certificate on successful completion and find lucrative work offers across the design and architecture industry. 

As an emerging field of research, the programme on Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground by Edx investigates and explores the possibilities that lie beneath cities' surface. This 11- week intermediate course is supported by architectural studies and provides candidates with a verified certificate on successful completion. 

The concept of Groundscape in Edx's course on Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground offers aesthetic, durable, and responsible responses to urban challenges through underground solutions. Learners can also participate in an Underground Design Studio – a design-oriented studio, where they acquire skills and conceptualize their underground project.

Moreover, the medium of instruction is English, and learners can also opt for video transcripts in the same language. A self-paced course, the Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground course by Edx is taught by the faculty of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). 

Mr. Dominique Perrault, Mr. Juan Fernandez-Andrino, Mr. Ignacio Ferrer Rizzo, and Mr. Richard Nguyen are the course instructors.

The architecture depicts the most profound social significance of civilization in artistic and material form. The Architectural Imagination course will let you look at architecture from different viewpoints of methodical accomplishment and cultural manifestation. You will examine the most commendable buildings of human history to derive insightful lessons from them.

As a learner of The Architectural Imagination MOOC, you will get to explore various concepts of architecture with practical exercises in modelling and drawing as well as study the important theoretical ideas to strengthen your understanding. Ideas such as architectural typography and perspective drawing will be taught in considerable detail.

With the learnings of this course, investigate how architecture represents the sophisticated yearnings of a cultural system. The Architectural Imagination course is a MOOC created by the Harvard University of USA and is eligible for AIA (American Institute of Architects) CUE (Continuing Education Units). Therefore, this course is academically fulfilling and professionally insightful. 

The programme is designed in the self-paced mode and can be pursued by the candidates in two varied tracks; paid and free. The free audit track will give access to the course only for a limited duration. 

Engineering/Architectural Graphics - part I - Orthographic projection online course is a short-term core program offered by Swayam in association with IIT Roorkee. This eight-week-long course falls under the architecture and planning category. It aims to introduce the study of engineering graphics that architects and engineers use to design new products.

The Engineering/Architectural Graphics part I certification syllabus explores the grammar and vocabulary of engineering graphics and its distinct components that include 2D and 3D. This program's curriculum will mainly focus on the 2D section of graphics.  It will prepare you to use the techniques and tools necessary in engineering.

Further, the Engineering/Architectural Graphics part I training includes eight assignments during the course's tenure and a proctored exam at the end, which is optional. This exam along with the assignments will help you obtain a digital and verified certificate after finishing all the modules. You can attach the certificate to your resume after finishing the course.

In the Landscape Architecture and Site Planning - Basic Fundamentals certification course, the events that led to rapid urbanization and the recent trends that are there in the domain of urbanization will also be accessed. The course will be covering the reasons behind the - fast depletion of natural resources with special mention to the vegetation. The Landscape Architecture and Site Planning - Basic Fundamentals certification syllabus will also be covering the reasons for the depletion of the natural ground-cover along with the landscapes. And will be elaborating on topics such as the sources of natural hazards like- flood, landslide, soil, heat island, soil erosion, and others. 

The Landscape Architecture and Site Planning - Basic Fundamentals training will be held for the students who are willing to pursue a career in the field as- planner, architecture, or engineers. The twelve-week programme will thus be helping the students to develop their skills in the field of site planning and landscape.

The Structure, Form, and Architecture certification course is an eight-week course that throws light on the various aspects of creating robust, stable, and aesthetically pleasing architecture. It highlights the importance of the factors to be considered while designing architecture. This AICTE-approved FDP course falls under the architecture and planning domain. 

The Structure, Form, and Architecture curriculum is designed to satisfy the academic needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Professor Shubhajit Sadhukhan, an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture and amp, IIT Roorkee, offers the training. He has several publications in reputed international journals under his name. 

Moreover, the Structure, Form and Architecture online training will touch upon the basic concepts of structural forms, the properties of the materials used and the pros and cons of choosing specific architectural forms. Learners are also introduced to relevant case studies from across the world, along with a few study model experiments for enhanced conceptual understanding.

The Contemporary Architecture and Design online course offered by Swayam, an initiative by the education ministry of the Indian government. The course will teach students about the historical context and current architectural trends and discusses primary stages of modernism, contemporary architecture, and postmodernism.

The Contemporary Architecture and Design training briefly discusses key characteristics with examples of both stages of modern architecture. For a more comprehensive understanding, these periods of the architectural model of philosophy will be expanded into the domains of fine arts and visual design. The contemporary Architecture and Design syllabus will assist students in developing critical thinking skills related to architectural appreciation as well as developing design vocabulary.

The Contemporary Architecture and Design training covers various Post-Modern Architecture's Stages, Master architects' works from the modern period. The course also offers participants a government-recognized certificate through Swayam. Students must register and take the course provider's proctored in-person test at one of the certified testing centres, which costs Rs 1000.

The Culturally Responsive Built Environments online course is an 8 weeks program provided by Swayam, an initiative by the Ministry of Education of the Indian government. The goal of this course is to present cultural discourse theory, practice, education, and research in the built environment. 

The Culturally Responsive Built Environments training aims to lay the groundwork and re-orient learners to apply interdisciplinary and systems thinking approaches for putting together the ecological, scientific, technical, and political elements of the topic of the culturally relevant living environment under one roof.

The Culturally Responsive Built Environments syllabus includes culture risk and disaster, practices and principles of conservation, cultural economies, social change, architectural education, winter urbanism, etc.

The 8 weeks Housing Policy & Planning online course is offered by Swayam. For a long time, the Government of India has prioritized ‘Housing for All.' It has developed the Housing for All mission, which includes a sub-mission centred on ‘technology' to improve social housing delivery. The government has also been working to create an enabling environment for private companies by implementing changes in the land and finance sectors in order to boost the total housing supply.

As a result, the housing market is always changing. The Housing Policy & Planning training teaches about new conditions which helps academics and practitioners to deliver in the field of housing projects without a solid understanding of the rapidly changing housing planning practice and policy dynamics.

The Housing Policy & Planning syllabus includes current housing land and policy reforms, planning, and strategic intervention at the municipal and sub-regional levels. The program is highly engaging and full of best practices and important cases, as well as course resources that are extremely valuable for students at the bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. levels, academics, professionals/consultants, and policymakers at all levels.

Principles and Applications of Building Science certification is an AICTE approved course that is conducted for a period of 4 weeks. It is held on the Swayam platform by two renowned institutions IIT Roorkee, and NPTEL. Both the construction and design professionals need command over the fundamental principles in the building of physics for ensuring efficiency functionally in already built environments. Hence this course is ideal for providing a holistic solution for professionals to understand the disciplines of architecture and engineering for understanding the practical application of these principles.

Principles and Applications of Building Science training will make the participants engage in a series of learning which is experiential, and in the modules, the candidates will go through basic tutorials, and animated examples with the inclusion of case studies that can be applied, and also some self-done exercises. The end certificate will help those in the design and construction engineering firms.